Water, Fencing & Facilities Calculators
Daily water demand, tank and well sizing, fence material takeoffs, and corral and pen space.
Infrastructure math nobody wants to redo twice. Daily water requirement by class and temperature, storage and recovery rate for a tank, wire, post and corner counts for a fence run, and square footage per head in a pen or working facility.
6 calculators in Water, Fencing & Facilities
- Cattle Water Requirement CalculatorGallons per head per day by class, weight and ambient temperature, plus daily herd demand.
- Fence Post CalculatorLine posts, corners and brace assemblies for a fence run at your chosen spacing.
- Barbed Wire CalculatorRolls of barbed wire per mile by strand count, with waste and splice allowance.
- Corral Space CalculatorSquare feet per head for holding pens, crowding tubs and working alleys.
- Cattle Trailer Capacity CalculatorHead per trailer by deck size and body weight, and how many loads the herd takes.
- Livestock Hauling Cost CalculatorCost per loaded mile, per head and per hundredweight for a load of cattle.
Other calculator categories
- Forage & Grazing — Work out how many pairs a pasture will carry, how long a paddock lasts, and where your AUMs actually go.
- Hay & Winter Feed — Bale counts, hay inventory, waste from feeding method, and what a ton of hay really costs delivered.
- Feed & Rations — Balance TDN and crude protein, convert as-fed to dry matter, and price supplement by the pound of nutrient.
- Herd Economics — Breakeven per cwt, price slide on a load of feeders, cull versus keep, and cost of gain on a stocker.