Nutrition has an impact on the behavior of dairy calves in the pre- and post-weaning phases; however, an interaction between these 2 phases is poorly understood. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate how plane of nutrition in the pre- and post-weaning phases affects feed sorting behavior post-weaning. Twenty Holstein heifer calves were randomly assigned to treatments according to a 2 × 2 factorial design. Treatments were (1) low pre- and low post-weaning, (2) low pre- and high post-weaning, (3) high pre- and low post-weaning, and (4) high pre- and high post-weaning. Calves were fed 5 L/d (2.5 L, 2 × /d; low) and 10 L (2.5 L, 4 × /d; high) of milk on an automated calf feeder from 1 to 8 wks. Water, concentrate, and chopped straw were provided free choice during the pre-weaning phase. During the post-weaning phase calves were fed a dry TMR containing (as-fed) 30% chopped straw and 70% concentrate (low) or 15% chopped straw and 85% concentrate (high) from wk 9–16. Feed refusal samples were collected once weekly from wk 10 - 16 to assess feed sorting using the Penn State Particle Separator (3 screens: 19, 8, and 1.18 mm) separating into long, medium, short, and fine components. Sorting was calculated as the percentage of actual intake relative to predicted intake. Values > 100% indicated sorting for, and values < 100% indicated sorting against. Statistical analyses were performed using the MIXED procedure of SAS 9.4. Plane of nutrition fed pre-weaning did not have affect feed sorting behavior post-weaning. However, calves fed a low plane of nutrition post-weaning tended to sort for more short particles than calves fed high plane of nutrition post-weaning (102.8 vs. 100.8%; P = 0.10). Post-weaned low plane calves sorted against medium particles, whereas post-weaned high plane calves sorted for medium particles (95.6 vs. 101.3%; P < 0.001). Our results suggest that plane of nutrition fed before weaning does not influence post-weaning sorting behavior, whereas providing a higher plane of nutrition post-weaning through an increased concentrate proportion decreases the incidence of feed sorting.