African Farm Resource Centre

30/08/2026

KINNA SPRAYRACE SETUP ONGOING.
ISIOLO SOUTH, ISIOLO COUNTY
============/===================== MOTORIZED LIVESTOCK SPRAYRACE KENYA

A feedlot spray race is a modern, motorized alternative to traditional cattle dips. It uses a water pump to drive an acaricide solution at high pressure through a network of pipes and strategic nozzles, completely covering the animals from all sides in minutes while recycling the liquid back into a storage tank.
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Reach out to African farm Resource Centre for:
1. Motorized Sprayrace fabrication and installation
Unit Cost : kshs 131000
Installation cost Kshs 120,000
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Tel: 0724 512194

30/08/2026

HOW LONG DO BULLS STAY IN THE FEEDLOT

The fattening process in a feedlot typically lasts between 60 to 120 days.
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Contact us for:
1. Feedlot Consultancy
2. Feedlot Facility Design
3. Feedlot Construction and costing
Tel: 0724 512 194

28/08/2026

28/08/2026

Need a sahiwal, visit@ suswa livestock market, weekly, every wednesday.

28/08/2026

Selection of animals in a feedlot

1. Select the right animal of the right breed, age, s*x, and conformation for optimum performance in pens.
2. Get the price right if purchasing the cattle.
Steers or males, in general, are more preferred than females (cows or heifers), as they respond better when feeding.
3. Young animals perform better in feed lots — low feed conversion ratio.
4. Draft power normally responds poorly to feed hence poor meat grades.

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1. Feedlot Consultancy
2. Feedlot Facility Design
3. Feedlot Construction and costing
Tel: 0724 512 194

28/08/2026

Key constraints identified along the beef value chain

There is a disconnect between the pastoralists and the end market.

There are many actors (for example traders, middlemen and transporters) involved in a single transaction, creating high transaction costs. The producer bears most of the cost and receives the lowest profit margins.

Livestock marketing information is poor and pricing is not transparent.
Formal pricing mechanisms such as weighing scales are absent. This leads to a loss on the side of the seller to the advantage of the traders due to informal and speculative pricing

Limited fattening of livestock.

Limited fattening of livestock. There was limited evidence of livestock fattening groups to fatten livestock before sale and produce higher quality of beef for the market.

The slaughterhouses are mostly concentrated in urban.

Cattle have to be trekked or trucked long distances to reach the end market and can lose condition en route. Producers lose much of the potential value of the animal to traders and other value chain actors.

Minimal value addition or diversification of the meat product.

This is incentivising the supply of low quality meat sold cheaply in the city end markets. There are limited meat processing facilities at slaughterhouses that constrain value addition.

Lack of a well-developed cold meat chain.

Lack of a well-developed cold meat chain. The lack of refrigeration of meat means it must be sold on the day of slaughter. This forces low price sales by the end of the day and can incentivise the production of low quality meat over high quality meat.

Absence of livestock marketing or trading groups.

There are few livestock marketing or trading groups to engage and inform producers on marketing issues.

28/08/2026

KENYAN BEEF MARKET

Market segmentation: The Kenyan meat market is primarily urban and is stratified according to income, with the middle class accounting for the large majority of meat consumers in the urban
centers. While there is a significant price differential for beef between high-end and low-end markets, when consumption is segmented by income quintile, it appears that the four lower
quintiles pay relatively similar prices per kg (although the meat cuts and quality differ).

28/08/2026

FEEDLOT FACILITY CONSTRUCTION.
Contact us for:
1. Feedlot Consultancy
2. Feedlot Facility Design
3. Feedlot Construction and costing
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For construction and consultation on feedlot,
call us on 0724 512 194

27/08/2026

BEEF FEEDLOT ADVISORY

Key aspects of feedlot management that the African Farm Resource Centre can advise on include:

1. Feedlot Feeds Ratio Formulation:
Determining the optimal mix of feed ingredients to maximize weight gain and minimize costs.

2. Feeding Management:
Advising on best practices for feeding schedules, feed delivery, and monitoring feed intake.

3 Feedlot Design and Construction:
Providing guidance on the layout and construction of feedlot facilities to optimize animal welfare and efficiency.

4. Disease Control:
Advising on vaccination schedules, parasite control, and other preventative measures to maintain herd health.

5. Breeding:
Providing guidance on selecting and breeding animals suitable for feedlot conditions.

6. Record Keeping:
Advising on the importance of tracking animal performance, feed consumption, and other relevant data.

7. Market Trends:
Providing insights into market preferences for finished cattle and advising on optimal finishing strategies
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Contact us for;

1. Feedlot consultancy
2. Feedlot design
3. Feedlot construction
4. Feedlot feeding and feeding advisory
Talk to us on 0724 512 194