Castration procedures and feed management in the finishing phase affect the performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of grazing steers.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of different castration methods, body weights at castration, and feeding management practices on the performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of grazing Nellore steers. 60 male cattle were randomly distributed among the following treatments: surgical castration (SC) at 350 kg body weight (BW) and finished in semiconfinement; immunocastration (ImC) at 350, 400, and 450 kg BW and finished in semiconfinement; and ImC at 450 kg BW and finished receiving protein-energy (P-E) supplementation. All steer production phases were carried out in a grazing system with tropical grass, and only the level of supplementation was varied.