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Seventy-two Angus steers (200\u2009\u00b1\u200940\u2009kg of initial body weight) were housed in 12 pens (6 steers\/pen) and utilized in a randomized complete block design for an 84-d feeding trial. The experiment compared two dietary treatments (6 pens\/treatment): one containing 89% sorghum silage in dry matter (DM) basis chopped at a 15\u2009mm TLOC and another with 89% sorghum silage (DM basis) chopped at a 7.5\u2009mm TLOC. Both diets were supplemented with 10% cracked soybeans and 1% mineral-vitamin premix. The results indicated that steers consuming the diet with the larger particle size (15\u2009mm TLOC) exhibited greater dry matter intake (P\u2009=\u20090.05) compared to those fed the shorter cut (7.42 vs. 7.26\u2009kg\/d). Additionally, growing steers fed a high forage diet with a 15-mm TLOC silage showed greater starch digestibility (P\u2009=\u20090.03) compared to those fed the 7.5-mm TLOC diet (92.2% vs. 88.5%, respectively). Despite these differences in intake and digestibility, average daily gain and feed efficiency did not differ between treatments. 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