Table 28. Pasture-forage returns for production season between calf birth and weaning by 12-month management strategy.
		12-M Repeated Seasonal	6.0-M Seasonlong	4.5-M Seasonlong	4.0-M Deferred	4.5-M Twice-over Rotation
Length of Season	days	243	243	243	243	243
Acres/Season	ac	30.41	25.44	22.11	13.94	11.34
Acres/Month	ac	3.80	3.18	2.76	1.74	0.95
Feed Cost/Season	$	280.12	260.34	176.98	150.23	125.02
Calf Gain/Season	lb	437.40*	443.40	443.61	441.14	508.62
Wt. Value @ $0.70/lb	$	306.18	310.38	310.53	308.80	356.03
Calf ADG	lb/d	1.80	1.82	1.83	1.81	2.09
Calf Gain/Acre	lb/ac	14.38	17.43	20.06	31.65	44.85
Net Return/c-c pr	$	26.06	50.04	133.55	158.57	231.01
Net Return/acre	$	0.86	1.97	6.04	11.38	20.37
Cost/lb Accumulated Wt	$	0.64	0.59	0.40	0.34	0.25

*Calf weight estimation based on 1.80 lbs average daily gain.