This may have been answered already. I was wondering if someone who feeds this knows how many 3qt scoops are in a bag? I have been told two different numbers by different people at pro elite. Before I travel to try a bag and think about switching I would just like to know. It should come somewhere close to triple crown because of weight per scoop? Anyways if someone has this answer it would really help me out.
There are several varieties of Pro Elite. Your question is how many pounds does 3 quarts weigh (or 1 quart, then multiply by 3). Why not figure out which variety of Pro Elite you are talking about and call them and ask?
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Okay I don’t have the bag. I want to switch to it. It’s not cost effective at all for me to switch if it has 14-15 scoops which is what one person told me at pro elite. That’s why I’m asking if anyone who feeds it knows truly how many are in it.
Pro Elite is a brand with several products. Which one are you talking about? Senior, growth, performance, etc etc etc.
If you’re talking about the senior, it’s about a pound a quart. Very similar to TC Senior.
But you really should be feeding by weight instead of scoops. If you want something that’s a lot of scoops per bag, go with the extruded Sentinel feeds–it’s only 0.85#/quart, so there are a lot of scoops per bag. But if you feed by scoops instead of pounds, you’ll be shortchanging your horses nutritionally with something so light.
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We do all of our horses feed programs by weight. I’m not asking for anyone to give me an opinion on my question. If you have the answer then I would like to know it. We feed triple crown senior, complete, light, growth, and cubes. I’m more or less worried about the senior and complete. I get 19 scoops out of my bag of senior. That’s a huge difference in price per scoop. Triple crown is priced higher and I have to drive farther to get it, but if it has 19 scoops I am actually getting more bang for my buck. So it would’nt be worth the switch.
A scoop is a meaningless unit of measurement. How big is your scoop? Two quart, three quart, something different? If you’re getting 19 scoops in a bag of TC Senior, that’s not a full 3 qt scoop.
TC Senior is about a pound a quart. PE Senior is about a pound a quart. Other TC products weigh in differently, just like other PE products will weigh in differently.
Here’s the density measurements for triple crown.
https://www.triplecrownfeed.com/feed…ement-chart-2/
Ask your Pro Elite contact for this same information and compare. I don’t think it’s published in the internet but I’ve found them very responsive on other matters and presumably would be in this as well.
Your question as written in the op is unanswerable. It’s a “how long is a piece of string” question. And comparing cost of grain by scoop is not comparing apples to apples at all. Compare cost per pound. Compare cost per any number of nutritional factors. But by scoop? Not valid information.
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But the weight of the feed per quart does matter. I’m thinking your 3qt scoop must not be getting the whole three quarts in it you are getting 19 three quart servings from a single bag of TC Senior (I estimate your 3qt scoop is actually getting 2.65 quarts).
TC Senior = 1.08 pounds per quart – so for 50LB bag, 46.3 quarts OR 15.4 three quart servings
ProElite Senior = 1.1 pounds per quart – so for 50LB bag, 45.4 quarts OR 15.2 three quart servings
So, to answer your question, there are 15.2 three quart servings in the ProElite Senior.
(I only use the ProElite Senior, so I do not know about the other types of ProElite)
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Isn’t the recommended feeding amount on bags of feed by the pound? All you need to do is see how many pounds your horse needs per day and divide that by a 50 pound bag??
Get a scale and weigh the 3 qt scoop when full of that feed and then you can determine how much to feed using the scoop.
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Yeah, you need to set your feeding program by weight based on the manufacturers recommendations.
Then you can compare brands by price, size (weight) of bag, and weight of feedings.
Once you know your weight, you can get an accurate measuring container and see how much it weighs full. For instance, I know that my yogurt containers take one pound of beet pulp or oats, and that’s equivalent to just over three 250 ml measuring cups.
From the weight of the bag you get cost per pound (bag can be 40, 45 or 50 lbs).
From the weight of your daily feedings you can calculate your cost per feeding.
You can’t do this math accurately if you mix a volume measure like a quart into the mix because the feed isnt sold by volume.
So if a 5O lb bag of feed costs $10, that is 20 cents a lb. If you feed 4 lbs a day, that’s 80 cents a day feeding costs. And the bag will last you about 12 days.
It’s very simple but you need the weight and you need the recommended feeding. The manufacturers will have that stated based on density of feed and of calories and nutrition.
Thats why the company can’t answer your question. You need to get a fish scale or luggage scale, go out to the barn and put your scoop on grain into a grocery bag and weigh it.
Then you need to look at the bag or website and see if you are indeed feeding anything close to what’s recommended.
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In the very first post I said 3 quarts. If you don’t want to believe how many scoops I get out of a bag of feed that’s completely fine with me. The nutritionist that represents pro elite for the company said Pro Elite would have 18-19 scoops in it, and she used to feed triple crown. Another person working for Pro Elite said 14-15 scoops. If you don’t like my question and/or don’t have the answer please refrain from commenting. I shouldn’t have to defend a simple question. There are two different numbers being given from Pro Elite I was just hoping for some clarity. The feed is not in my area, but was offered to me. The feed store in the area is going to get the amount I need from Pro Elite if I want it. Therefor I have know way of getting my hands on a bag unless I want to drive 4 hours one way. That also means my feed store could get stuck with feed if I don’t like the results in a month and want to switch back. Pro Elite and Nutrena have promised there will always be enough bags for me. I feel the responsible thing to do is to get all my questions answered, and do all the research I need to do. I feel my question is answerable. If you feed this and have a 3 quart scoop. How many scoops do you get out of your bag?
How many calories are in bowl of post cereal?
Your question is the SAME. You don’t specify product and your scoop isn’t 3 quarts–if it were, you’d be getting about 15 scoops in triple crown Senior, as described above.
You say you feed by pounds. There are 50 pounds in every bag of Pro Elite. That and the label info about how much product needs to be fed to hit recommended nutrition should give you all the info you need to compare.
Who on earth even counts scoops in a bag?? 
The info is SO meaningless.
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Thank you I have my answer. I also have already stated that we feed by weight. That is why we feed Triple Crown senior, complete, lite, growth, and 30%. Plus hay cubes from another company. We use so many different feeds because for as many horses as we have and care for one or two feeds won’t cut it. I don’t know why everyone feels the need to tell me about how to feed my horses, or just because I asked how many scoops were in a bag I am now not feeding my horses properly. It is sad that from a simple question I asked I almost feel the need to post pictures of my retired 17,18, and 20 year old, young horses, or my horse that won the derby in Wellington about a month ago. I truly appreciate the people who answered my question, or PM’d me. Thank you!
OP I think you are wilfully misunderstanding the responses.
Go weigh the contents of your scoop. Then you will know how many pounds you feed. Then you can answer the question yourself.
Nobody goes around labeling grain in quarts. Thats a volume measurement.
They are labeled in pounds. Thats a weight measurement.
A quart of sand weighs more than a quarter of feathers. A quart of one feed can way more or less than a quart of another.
Just go weigh the contents of your scoop and you can do the math.
No one can answer this question as its posed.
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Scribbler, I don’t have the bag of feed to weigh. That’s the whole reason I’m asking. I would have to drive over 8 hours round trip to get this feed right now. It is being offered to be brought in for me if I want it. I can only base this answer off of what I’m feeding now, but it’s not what I’m thinking about switching to.
You should look into Sentinel. You get A TON of scoops in a bag–nearly 20!!! (probably more in your short 3qt scoop!)–and that’s consistent across the whole product line.
https://www.sentinelfeed.com/index.htm
Perfect for anyone who’s making purchasing decisions based on the number of scoops in a bag 
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I think the question you are looking for is how much does a quart of the feed you are looking at (I am still unsure which pro elite formula you are talking about) weigh. If you feed by weight then a 50 lbs bag is a 50 lbs bag and you would adjust your scoop size as necessary to still be feeding the same amount of feed weight wise.
With the real question being will your horses hold the same weight on the same amount of feed in lbs.
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OP, you are failing to realize that every feed weighs differently per quart, scoop, pudding can or whatever you choose to measure your feed.
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Whbar thank you! That is exactly my question.
Both Triple Crown and Pro Elite feeds (like most horse feeds) are sold in 50 pound bags. It’s the SAME amount of feed, by weight. If you’re really feeding by weight, then just ask for as many bags as you need to get you through your desired trial time frame by multiplying the pounds you feed per day by the number of days you’d like to try out the new feed, then dividing by 50.
Otherwise, since the two products being currently discussed have roughly the same denisty (~1 pound/quart, give or take), it’s safe to assume that there will be roughly the same number of “scoops” in a bag of either product. The reason you got two different answers from two different company representatives is that a scoop is NOT a standard measure, and everyone’s “scoop”, even using the same scooping device, will be slightly different. That’s why feeding by weight, not volume, is so important.
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Simkie you must be a rep for sentinel, and I’m not interested in that feed. Otherwise I would’ve asked about it.
