Which sheep yard supplier is best? Which company should I use for my new cattle yards?
If you are researching cattle or sheep yard suppliers, designers or manufacturers, then this is the article for you.
As farm shed builders servicing Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland, we build hundreds of cattle yard covers, sheep yard covers and shearing shed complexes every year – and, as a result, we work in with a large number of leading livestock handling equipment and yard companies across Australia.
The yard supplier we work in with for the majority of our covered yard projects is ProWay Livestock Equipment, but some other companies we have collaborated with include Clipex, Commander and Te Pari.
So, if you are wondering, which cattle and sheep yard supplier is best, we have created a list of some of the most popular companies.
Please note that these companies are suggestions rather than recommendations, and we have collated this information simply to help you with your project research. We hope you find the article useful.
Keep reading to learn about some of the most popular cattle and sheep yard suppliers in Australia, including design options and customer testimonials.
Listed below – in alphabetical order – are seven of the most popular yard suppliers and livestock handling equipment companies.
7 Of The Most Popular Cattle & Sheep Yard Suppliers
First up is, Arrowquip Australia.
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1. Arrowquip Australia (4.7-Star Rating)
Based in Tamworth, NSW Arrowquip is a family-owned business that manufactures low-stress livestock handling equipment with the aim of helping farmers to manage their livestock efficiently and safely.
You can learn about Arrowquip’s range of cattle yards and designs, here. Popular designs include the 30 head yard – ‘the rural classic’, the 580 head yard – ‘the cattleman’s choice’ and the 1400 head yard – ‘the ultimate breeder yard’.
Their sheep yard designs include the 250 head yard – the ‘drover’s yard’, the 1400 head – ‘shearer’s mate’ and the 2700 head yard – ‘the pastoral package.’
For livestock operations that work both sheep and cattle, Arrowquip also offer combination yards. And Arrowquip’s product range isn’t limited to livestock yards, some of their other products include cattle crushes, lamb cradles and sheep ramps.
Arrowquip currently have a 4.7-star rating on Google Reviews. To learn more about Arrowquip Australia, visit their website which includes case studies and resources.
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2. Clipex (4.1-Star Rating)
Founded in 2007, Clipex is an Australian-owned family business that specialises in both fencing and stock yards, as well as other animal handling equipment such as sheep handlers, cattle ramps and hay feeders.
The Clipex cattle yard range includes permanent cattle yards and semi-permanent yards. The semi-permanent sheep yard range includes the s400 sheep yard, the s650 sheep yard and the s1130 sheep yard. Learn about the permanent sheep yard range here.
Australian wide servicing and installation is also available for Clipex yards, and the permanent yards are built with hot-dip galvanised materials to ensure longevity.
Clipex currently has a 4.1 star rating on Google Reviews and the Clipex YouTube channel includes a number of customer interviews and testimonials.
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3. Commander Agriculture (5-Star Rating)
Commander Ag-Quip are manufacturers of Australian-made grain and livestock handling equipment, with their product range including grain augers, feed-out bins, field bins, shearing shed fit-outs – and custom designed stock yards.
The stock yard range includes:
- Permanent cattle yards
- Permanent sheep yards
- Portable cattle yards
- Portable sheep yards
- Semi-permanent cattle yards
- Semi-permanent sheep yards
Action Steel has also worked with Commander Ag on shearing shed projects, with Commander supplying and installing the fit-out such as their modular shearing stand system.
Along with positive customer stories and nearly 30 years’ experience in the farming industry, Commander Ag Quip have a five-star rating on Google reviews.
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4. Flinn Design (5-Star Rating)
“If you are after the best set of stockyards that you can buy, then you have come to the right place.”
That’s the message you are greeted with when you visit flinndesign.com.au and a 5 star rating of Facebook suggests that this could be the case!
You can learn about Flinn Designs yards here:
And stay up to date with what Simon and the Flinn Design team are doing by following them on Facebook.
Flinn Design are also a supplier you can consider for your shearing shed fit-out too, with the company making the top shearing shed fit-out suppliers list as well – check it out here.
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5. Norton Livestock Handling Solutions (5-Star Rating)
Based in Hastings, VIC and established in 1989 by Tom and Peter Russo, Norton Livestock Handling Solutions manufactures and sells gates, fittings, hay feeders, domestic gates and livestock yards.
Click the links to learn about the Norton sheep yards and cattle yards – as well as the other products they offer. The permanent yards are available in either oval rail or round pipe
Norton Livestock Handling Solutions currently has a five-star rating on Facebook.
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6. ProWay Livestock Equipment (4.8-Star Rating)
ProWay Livestock Equipment products include sheep yards, bulk handlers, cattle yards, loading ramps and shearing shed fit-outs and are designed and manufactured in Wagga Wagga NSW.
Sheep yards by ProWay are designed to improve safety, stock flow and profitability and there are a number of features and design options such as rail options and drafting options, which you can learn about here. ProWay have a number of sample sheep yard designs on their website, and also offer portable or relocatable sheep yards, too.
Click the links below to learn about ProWay Livestock cattle yards:
- Temperate breed cattle yard features
- Tropical breed cattle yard features
- Cattle yard sample designs
- Pneumatic and remote cattle handling
- Portable cattle yards
As well as yard cover projects, we also regularly work with ProWay on state-of-the-art shearing shed projects – such as the Salt Creek shearing shed pictured – you can see some of these here.
ProWay currently has a 4.8-star rating on Google reviews and you can hear from many of their customers on their YouTube channel.
And last, but not necessarily least is Stockpro
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7. Stockpro (5-Star Rating)
Stockpro is an Australian owned and operated family business based in Condobolin NSW that specialises in livestock handling systems. As well as sheep yards and cattle yards, their product range includes shearing stand modules, hay feeders, grain feeders and stock grids – and they also offer finance options for your project.
Stockpro sheep handling products and options include custom permanent sheep yard designs, standard sheep yard designs, portable sheep yards and sheep panels and gates.
Similarly, the cattle yard options include custom designs, standard designs, cattle panels and gates as well as forcing yards and races – visit the Stockpro website to see their full livestock handling product range.
Operating since 2000, Stockpro have more than 20 years’ experience in the industry and currently have a five-star rating on Google reviews.
So, that’s a wrap on seven cattle and sheep yard suppliers that you could consider for your farm! We hope you have found this information helpful.
Installing new livestock yards? We have also collated some other resources that you might find relevant to your project.
Useful Resources
- 2025 Cattle Yard Cover Guide (PDF Download)
- 2025 Sheep Yard Cover Guide (PDF Download)
- The Benefits Of Covering Sheep Yards & How To Capitalise On Them
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