The experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance of feedlot lambs feed with exclusive concentrate diet with different percentages of protein. A total of twenty four confined, not castrated Santa Inês crossbred lambs, with approximately 180 days of age, average live weight of 25kg, in a completely randomized design, with four treatments and six repetitions were used. Voluntary intake of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein and total digestible nutrient, besides the daily and total gains, conversion and feed efficiency of feedlot lambs were not affected (P>0.05) by percentage of dietary crude protein. Diets with 18 and 20% crude protein had lower production costs, however, the lowest cost was obtained with a diet containing 18% CP.
lamb; intake; weight gain; protein
