New Beef Shed build (Slatted Tank)

gilroy

Member

• Feb 24, 2016

• #1

Hi all,

Planning to build a new beef shed this summer. I need it to hold around 200 / 250 head of cattle.
With a slatted tank in the centre 160ft long and width of 20ft and two feed bays either side of the tank.

Is this big enough to hold 40 cattle per pen, so around 6 pens is required.

Can you let me know price of tank and shed erected.

 

Forever Fendt

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Location

Derbyshire

• Feb 24, 2016

• #2

gilroy said:

Hi all,

Planning to build a new beef shed this summer. I need it to hold around 200 / 250 head of cattle.
With a slatted tank in the centre 160ft long and width of 20ft and two feed bays either side of the tank.

Is this big enough to hold 40 cattle per pen, so around 6 pens is required.

Can you let me know price of tank and shed erected.

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yet another one no location you could be anywhere very difficult for anyone to give you a price ,but as its a slatted tank i would guess you are in Scotland or Ireland

 

gilroy

Member

• Feb 25, 2016

• #3

Forever Fendt said:

yet another one no location you could be anywhere very difficult for anyone to give you a price ,but as its a slatted tank i would guess you are in Scotland or Ireland

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Im based in Ireland, can you help with my question.

 

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bigw

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Location

Scotland

• Feb 25, 2016

• #4

Slatted sheds with a suspended passage down the middle with a row of slats at either side would hold about 1 animal per foot. Cost for that would be in the roughly in the region of £1200/ft, don't know what the price would be in Ireland though. I think it has been discussed on here so you may get more accurate prices if you can find it.

 

Forever Fendt

Member

Location

Derbyshire

• Feb 25, 2016

• #5

do you mean a tank under the centre feed passage down the middle of the shed thats how i read your post

 

gilroy

Member

• Feb 26, 2016

• #6

Forever Fendt said:

do you mean a tank under the centre feed passage down the middle of the shed thats how i read your post

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Feed passages will be on either side of the tank. So basically one big tank in the middle. Cattle can feed on both sides. So any idea of what the cost would be for a tank to hold 240 cattle.

Steel structure and tank hopefully put up for €60k all in.

 

jamesy

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Location

Orkney

• Feb 26, 2016

• #7

gilroy said:

Feed passages will be on either side of the tank. So basically one big tank in the middle. Cattle can feed on both sides. So any idea of what the cost would be for a tank to hold 240 cattle.

Steel structure and tank hopefully put up for €60k all in.

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Unlikely!

 

jamesy

Member

Location

Orkney

• Feb 26, 2016

• #8

Foster calf size cattle circa 15ft2/head, fattening 19ft2/head, dry sucklers 25ft2/head as a rough guide

 

gilroy

Member

• Feb 26, 2016

• #9

Ok has anybody built a large tank 160ft long and width of 20ft or more, if so can you post images and rough prices.

 

Jonny B88

Member

Location

ballykelly. NI

• Feb 26, 2016

• #10

Look up the teagasc website in ROI. They have a building cost estimator. It may give you an idea. Im estimating costs at the moment and im using £85-£90m3 for tanks.

 

concrete agri

Member

• Feb 27, 2016

• #11

How deep is the tank?
Roughly priced about 7000 to shutter it
you supply steal and concrete
were abouts are you

 

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cozzie

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Location

Munster, Ireland

• Feb 27, 2016

• #12

gilroy said:

Feed passages will be on either side of the tank. So basically one big tank in the middle. Cattle can feed on both sides. So any idea of what the cost would be for a tank to hold 240 cattle.

Steel structure and tank hopefully put up for €60k all in.

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your dreaming at €60k, double at least. €500 a head would be cheap. I have a shed as you describe but birds are causing me serious problems and probably would go with that design again.

You haven't a hope of fitting 250 cattle in 160ft of a shed with only a tank of 20ft. I have a 110*50 ft fully slatted tank here under a similar shed and would be wedged solid at 200, 600kg cattle. You need 25 - 30sq feet for large animals lying on slats

 

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Sheep

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Location

Northern Ireland

• Feb 27, 2016

• #13

http://www.teagasc.ie/advisory/farm...al_housing/estimating_farm_building_costs.asp

This article reckons around 700 - 750 euro for a slatted unit with 25sqft/head. With a grant incl it drops to 400 - 450 euro. Thats for a 60 x 21ft tank to accommodate 60 cattle.

 

Davy_g

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Co Down

• Feb 27, 2016

• #14

gilroy said:

Ok has anybody built a large tank 160ft long and width of 20ft or more, if so can you post images and rough prices.

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65 X 35. Tank and slats 35k.

 

concrete agri

Member

• Feb 27, 2016

• #15

How deep you looking to go

 

P.O.T

Member

Location

Dumfries and Galloway

• Feb 27, 2016

• #16

We had quotes of £30000ish for 70ft x 20ft x 7ft tank and slats

 

concrete agri

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• Feb 27, 2016

• #17

Right much is concrete wit you

 

ridger

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Location

Tyrone, Northern Ireland

• Feb 27, 2016

• #18

P.O.T said:

We had quotes of £30000ish for 70ft x 20ft x 7ft tank and slats

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I'd have thought about half that, I done one this year, 70 x 13 x 8 tank and slats was 13000 euro

 

concrete agri

Member

• Feb 27, 2016

• #19

That's cause concrete is cheaper here lol

 

P.O.T

Member

Location

Dumfries and Galloway

• Feb 28, 2016

• #20

Load of ready mix is about £600 for 8 cube. Only about half mile from quarry too. This was the quote we got from 3 different companies. Wish it was half the price!