Can we decrease frequency of concentrate supplementation for young growing beef calves? For example, concentrate supplementation offered 3 times weekly (Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays) either decreased or did not affect the growth and reproduction of replacement beef heifers and mature beef cows and their offspring compared to daily concentrate supplementation. Therefore, early weaned calves must rely heavily on concentrate supplementation to meet their requirements. The impacts of reducing the frequency of concentrate supplementation on growth, forage intake and digestibility of early weaned beef calves consuming cool-season grasses was never reported in the literature. We hypothesized that reducing the frequency of concentrate supplementation from daily to 3 times weekly would not impact growth performance and average weekly forage intake of early weaned beef calves consuming ryegrass.