Economic evaluation of the termination of lambs in pasture

Abstract

The present study it had for objective to evaluate the economic viability of the termination of lambs in pasture cultivated of Lotus subbflorus cv. El Rincón and annual Azevém (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) in 10 hectares, the Sant´Ana Farm, city of Herval, RS. For the costs of the pasture and the commercialization had been in such a way evaluated; gain of body weight and productive characteristics of 225 lambs, separate in ten lots. The first lot of animals entered in the pasture in 02/07/2003 and the last one left in 23/11/2003, in a total period of 145 days, with average capacity of 71,7 lambs. On average the lambs had entered in the pasture with body weight of 24,110 kg and had left with 33,120 body weight of kg in a period of 48,2 days to reach the condition of abate. Important variation in the gain body weight of the lambs was evidenced, enters inside and of races. In 145 days of use of the pasture 2,042 had been produced, 74 kg of lamb. The total cost of the pasture was of R$4.065, 00 and the rude return for and the gain of the lambs of R$6.741, 36. In this way, it was gotten yield of 65,84% of the invested value and gain of R$2.676, 36. In this direction the termination of lambs for meat production, in cultivated pasture was viable economically.