FEEDLOT COMPUTER NETWORK INSTALLATION AND INTERACITIVE METHOD OF USING THE SAME TO ASSIGN FEED LOADS AND ANIMAL PEN SUBSEQUENCES TO FEED DELIVERY VEHICLES AVAILABLE AT A FEEDMILL IN THE FEEDLOT

A computer network and method for feeding animals in a feedlot, in which discretion and direct control over the various suboperations of the feed ration assignment and delivery process are distributed among the individual operators in the system, while the feedlot manager is capable of indirectly monitoring the performance of the various suboperations.