Cattle panels & livestock fencing

Panels are the structure every handling decision rests on. Gauge, height and rail spacing all change with the species in the pen, and a panel line with a gap an animal can work at will be found within a week. These guides cover panel types and where each one belongs.

What to get right

• Spacing by species
  Spacing that holds cattle will not hold goats or lambs. Goats in particular test every gap.
• Gauge where animals push
  A corral panel taking pressed cattle is a different build from a quiet divider. Paying for heavy everywhere is waste.
• Finish
  Hot-dip galvanizing outdoors or in a wet yard — the difference between a ten-year panel and a three-year one.
• Welded or wire
  Welded panels for pens and yards where animals press; wire for perimeter runs where they do not.

Start with Types of Goat Fence Panels and Welded Wire Fence Panels. Equipment: cattle panels and gates. More in livestock fencing, gates and handling guides.