shed costs for beef cattle

[davidroberts30]

how much would a loose house shed cost to house 140/150 cattle?
what sort of size is needed?

 

[Hilly]

how much would a loose house shed cost to house 140/150 cattle?
what sort of size is needed?

Half the price of the straw lol what size type cattle ? New weaned calves or muckle coos .

 

[davidroberts30]

Half the price of the straw lol what size type cattle ? New weaned calves or muckle coos .

400kg plus to finished

 

[mo!]

We have 80 600-700kg in 120x40. I would love to have 50 in that size and save a good bit of straw.

 

[e3120]

It depends how good you are with the clippers! I'd say you want 12000 sqft if you don't like being kicked and don't have straw on tap.

 

[An Gof]

how much would a loose house shed cost to house 140/150 cattle?
what sort of size is needed?

Have a quote here at the moment for a shed to house about 80 and cost is over £70k
But it will all depend on your spec. Mine is for clear span with centre feed passage.

 

[beefandsleep]

Have a quote here at the moment for a shed to house about 80 and cost is over £70k
But it will all depend on your spec. Mine is for clear span with centre feed passage.

That is very expensive, does it include internals and a floor?

 

[An Gof]

We have 80 600-700kg in 120x40. I would love to have 50 in that size and save a good bit of straw.

Are you on TMR ad-lib?
Wouldn’t have thought 120’ was enough trough space for 80 head of that weight to feed at once.

 

[An Gof]

That is very expensive, does it include internals and a floor?

Yes, all internals, full concrete floor and galvanised throughout. Centre passage reinforced concrete.
Rightly or wrongly current quote is for 18’ to eaves ....... just in case beef doesn’t continue to stack up in the future.
Size is 90x75

 

[beefandsleep]

Are you on TMR ad-lib?
Wouldn’t have thought 120’ was enough trough space for 80 head of that weight to feed at once.

Tight for that number on straw too. Trough space not an issue though if ad lib.

 

[beefandsleep]

Yes, all internals, full concrete floor and galvanised throughout. Centre passage reinforced concrete.
Rightly or wrongly current quote is for 18’ to eaves ....... just in case beef doesn’t continue to stack up in the future.
Size is 90x75

That’s not expensive then, bang on what I’ve budgeted actually when initially looking. Though I’m now putting a tank underneath so will be considerably more but maybe not per head.

 

[Optimus]

We have about 85/90 8 month olds in one half of a 120 x 50 .they feed of both sides but their tight to all fit.they'll get the full run of the shed once I thin down the previous years fat stock.

Just had a quote to extend the same shed by another 60ft came to roughly £30k

 

[mo!]

Are you on TMR ad-lib?
Wouldn’t have thought 120’ was enough trough space for 80 head of that weight to feed at once.

Yes, TMR. With hindsight I'd have built it 60 foot deep and make better use of the straw blower.

 

[Hilly]

I’d go 200x40

120 is not enough they will be far to tight To feed and use a load of straw , at 200 they will be much comfortable and use less straw be far better set up all together .

 

[Chae1]

I wonder how the economics of building a shed for cattle stacks up?

Most threads on forum say no money in job. So how do you cost a 100k shed against them?

 

[Skintagain]

Two 120 x 40 looking at each other with verandas. Gate on each end of the passage up middle and you have a secure yarding area too

 

[KennyO]

how much would a loose house shed cost to house 140/150 cattle?
what sort of size is needed?

We can put that number in our 1970s shed if full. Centre pass. Roughly 155x 70. Think pass is roughly 13 foot.

Just built another gp and cattle shed. Decided to feed along open side however we are getting too much rain coming in in wild weather. Going to put a leanto on to cover feed pass and stop rain. We need this for when grain is in shed.

 

[davidroberts30]

I wonder how the economics of building a shed for cattle stacks up?

Most threads on forum say no money in job. So how do you cost a 100k shed against them?

I do not think it does hence asking on appropriate prices
1 way or another if I want to stay in beef I got to spend a chunk
Trying to work out the smallest chunk at the moment

 

[mo!]

Are you on TMR ad-lib?
Wouldn’t have thought 120’ was enough trough space for 80 head of that weight to feed at once.

Just put 2 tonne of feed out for these. 600-670kg, 80 cattle. We have enough trough space to put nearly 2 days feed but we'd rather feed daily.

 

[e3120]

Just put 2 tonne of feed out for these. 600-670kg, 80 cattle. We have enough trough space to put nearly 2 days feed but we'd rather feed daily.

Speaking from experience, the colour, and therefore hair length, of most of those cattle means you can be a bit stingier on space/straw. Get a big angus bullock and the bugger will find a dirty corner to lie in, no matter what you do.