PROFILING FEED FOR BETTER NUTRITION

Approximate Weights of Common Feeds
Weights listed below are approximates. The best rations are developed using actual weights.
Table 1. Hay Lbs./bale
Northeast

Commercially grown and baled

  

    2 - tie

   50 - 60

Farm grown and baled

    2 - tie

   35 - 50
Western

    2 - tie

   90 - 110

    3 - tie

110 - 135
Flake of hay      2 - 4
Table 2. Grains*   Lbs./quart
Barley, whole        1.5
Barley, ground        1.1
Beet pulp        0.7
Corn meal        1.5
Corn & cob meal        1.4
Linseed meal        1.3
Molasses        3.0
Oats, whole        1.0
Oats, ground        0.7
Soybeans, ground        1.4
Wheat, ground        1.7
Pelleted feed, 1/8 dia.        1.7
Pelleted feed, 1/4 dia.        1.4
Sweet feed        1.1
* Pounds per quart weights are provided as quart coffee cans are commonly used for feeding.
Table 3. Volume weights   Lbs./bushel Lbs./cu. ft.
Barley      
    whole   48 38
    ground   35 28
Beet pulp   19 15
Brewer's grains      
    dried   19 15
    wet   44 35
Corn, shelled      
    whole   56 45
    ground   48 38
Corn, ear      
    whole   35 28
    ground   45 36
Mixed feed      
    meal   33 26
    coarse textured   44 35
    pellet   50 40
Milo, sorghum   56 45
Molasses   96 77
Oats      
    whole   32 26
    ground   22 18
Soybeans      
    whole   60 48
    meal 54 43
Wheat
    whole 60 48
    ground 54 43
Wheat bran   16 13
Wheat midds   26 21