Feedlot Covers For Beef & Lamb

Farm Sheds

Fully hot-dip galvanised feedlot covers

Covered feedlots improve animal comfort and performance, maximise profitability and increase feedlot sustainability.

Maximise weight gains and market opportunities.
Lamb feedlots have become common as a drought management tool. The producers getting ahead are using them year-round, for production feeding, consistent finishing and better profitability.

  • Shelter improves animal comfort. Less stress, more energy into growth. Some producers report lambs under cover gaining 150g more per day in winter.
  • Reduces dust-driven health risks like pneumonia, pink eye and pleurisy.
  • Keeps fleeces cleaner in wetter climates, helping avoid processor penalties.
  • Keeps feed out of the weather, cutting wastage.

Grab our Lamb Feedlot Guide for sizing, design and orientation detail:

tractor feeding out in lamb feedlot

Beef & Cattle Feedlot Covers

Maximise weight gains and market opportunities.
With ALFA’s shade policy becoming a requirement under the National Feedlot Accreditation Scheme, more feedlots are covering up, and finding the gains go well beyond compliance.

  • Reduces heat load and satisfies the five domains of animal welfare.
  • Keeps cattle comfortable, so more energy goes into weight gain instead of managing heat stress.
  • Repurpose bedding for fertiliser, adding to your feedlot’s sustainability.
"By coming into the shed, we're seeing 0.2 to 0.3 kilogram better weight gains per day than in the unshaded pens."​
David Gillett
Jalna Feedlot

Grab our Beef Feedlot Shade Guide for the research, recommendations and relevant projects behind it:

Why Choose An Action Shade Cover?

Every Action feedlot cover is fully hot-dip galvanised for the ultimate corrosion protection, backed by a thorough project consultation covering orientation, access and roof design for effective ventilation.

Our building consultants use research, including Computational Fluid Dynamics studies, to give you feedlot-specific advice, not generic guesswork.

This includes:

  • Effective airflow for heat, moisture and ammonia reduction and how we can manipulate the roof design to achieve this. 
  • Functional and cost-effective configurations that satisfy stocking density and bunk space requirements.  
  • Best-fit orientation depending on feedlot location and climate.

Using the correct ratio of bunk space and stocking density is important. The feedlot calculators are useful tools for greenfield sites and when covering existing pens. 

Speak with the Action team to arrange a consultation for your feedlot shade project. Call us on 1800 68 78 88 or hit the button below:

Feedlot Cover Options

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Standard Farm Shed Sizes
& Designs

The standard shed spans and sizes we offer have been extensively researched and designed to suit agricultural and farming operations.

If you require a particular size and shape please don’t hesitate to contact us and speak with one of our shed professionals.

Span Length HeightBay Size
15m  (50ft)x24mx6m8m
15m  (50ft)x32mx6m8m
18m  (60ft)x32mx6m8m
18m  (60ft)x40mx6m8m
21m  (70ft)x32mx6m8m
21m  (70ft)x40mx7.5m8m
24m  (80ft)x40mx6m8m
24m  (80ft)x40mx7.5m8m
24m  (80ft)x48mx7.5m8m
24m  (80ft)x64mx7.5m8m
24m  (80ft)x80mx7.5m8m
30m  (100ft)x56mx7.5m8m

Design Options & Ideas for
Your Farm Shed

We offer a range of options to help you customise and tailor you farm shed to suit your needs.

Learn about these options and discuss your farm shed project design with our building consultants.

Australian-Made Steel Cladding

We offer two cladding profiles for your shed project – Trimclad® or corrugated iron.

While most of our farm shed build are clad with zinc cladding, we do also offer Colorbond cladding.

If you aren’t sure which options would best suit your shed project, our guide helps explain the advantages and disadvantages of the two products.

Feedlot Cover Project Gallery

120m x 24m x 5m beef feedlot cover with 6m canopy

Willalooka SA

92m x 30m x 6m lamb feedlot cover

Byaduk VIc

92.4m x 30m x 6m lamb feedlot cover

Byaduk VIc

Two 24 metre span lamb feedlot covers

Berrybank VIC

224m x 38m x 6m cattle feedlot cover

Anakie VIC

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PLEASE NOTE: WE DON’T BUILD ANY SHEDS SMALLER THAN 12M SPAN BY 24M LONG.

Contact our expert building consultants today to discuss your requirements!

1800 68 78 88