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This study was utilized Urea Multiplenutrient Molasses Block (UMMB) based on 40% of Indigofera flour to determine the daily gain and performance of postpartum Bali Cattle. The parameters of the study were daily gain, chest depth, body length, and withers height. The UMMB consisting of rice bran, urea, coconut cake meal, shrimp waste meal, molasses, mineral, Indigofera flour, salt, and cement as an adhesive. This study was divided into two paddocks where each paddock consisted of 10 head an-estrus postpartum Bali Cattle. Subsequently, each paddock was arranged by different treatment consisted of control (without any treatments) and additional feed supplement of UMMB. The mean values of each parameter were compared by T-Test. The result revealed that the additional feed supplement of UMMB had a significant effect on average daily gain (0,8 kg head-1 day-1) compared to the control treatment (0.2 kg head-1 day-1). The treatments had significant effect on chest depth (0.2 ± 0.05 vs 0.3 ± 0.02 cm head-1 day-1) and body length (0.04 ± 0.01 vs 0.14 ± 0.05 cm head-1 day-1). In contrary, both control and additional feed supplement had no significantly effect (P = 0.55) to withers height of postpartum Bali Cattle (0.13 ± 0.03 vs 0.18 ± 0.06 cm head-1 day-1). Daily gain of an-estrus post-partum Bali cattle tended to be high by feed supplement of UMMB. Therefore, UMMB was appropriate for the ruminant diet as a feed supplement.