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A steep hill on one side and a creek on another side restricted access to this basic working facility. A stock trailer chute comes off the side crowd pen. Cattle are moved to the gathering pen, then into the 12′ cattle alley where the gate was shut. After treatment in the squeeze chute, the cattle exit back into the gathering pen.

New- Parasitic infestations are more common in the southern feed yards and ranches. Handling systems that allow for the rotation of parasitic drugs helps prevent resistance. Aggressive parasitic treatments like dipping vats or this walk-thru sprayer are needed.

Cattle coming across the border from Mexico undergo health checks and vaccinations before entering the U.S. At peak times, thousands of cattle are gathered at this facility for inspection. After treatment in the squeeze chute, cattle can be precisely sorted into 6 sort pens. The center pen serves as an outlier pen. The double Bud Box system at the top is for overflow.

This unique handling system in South Dakota features a Bud Box inside an 80′ by 120′ building, and includes a feed lane inside, and two feeding pens. The concrete feed apron in the pens serves as an entry alley to the Bud Box.The single file chute has an abrupt entrance, and a handler walkway 42″ down from the top of the 60″ high solid fence.

This hospital facility has three sick pens and fits in line with the feed bunk. Designed with hygiene in mind, the vet area over the squeeze chute has washable walls and the outside wastewater drains to the main pond. Small ranchers could also use this plan and use the pens for multiple purposes.