The invention relates to the technical field of livestock breeding, and especially relates to a breeding method for beef cattle in a calf period. The method specifically comprises: after birth and feeding breast milk for 5-7 d, feeding a calf separated from a cow, transferring the calf to a cowhouse which is provided with a fermentation bed to breed, feeding milk replacer every day, feeding three times every day, the component of the milk replacer including 40-70 parts of alfalfa by weight, 20-50 parts of trefoil by weight, 80-100 parts of corn silage by weight, 10-18 parts of Ficus microcarpa extractive by weight, 25-45 parts of pumpkin extractive by weight, 1-4 parts of putrescine by weight, 3-7 parts of yeast cell wall polysaccharide by weight, and 0.5-1.3 parts of cubilose sialoglycoprotein by weight; in 30 day old, adding adult cattle concentrated feed, and limiting concentrated feed food consumption of each calf every day in 0.3-0.6 kg. The method can effectively promote digestive absorption, and plays a role of disease resistance and disease prevention.