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Prior to entering a feedlot, cattle may spend some period of time grazing on a range or on immature fields of grain such as wheat. Once cattle obtain an entry-level weight, they then enter the feedlot to be fed a specialized diet which may be made up of hay, corn, sorghum, various other grains, by-products of food processing, such as sugar beet waste, molasses, soybean meal , or cottonseed meal , or other feed, and minerals.
Once cattle are fattened up to their finished weight, the cattle are transported to a slaughterhouse.