The Animal Science Feedlot is located approximately 2 miles west of the main campus. It has a one time capacity of 650 head. There are 28 group pens and a trial barn consisting of 136 individual pens. Feed is produced on site in the Animal Science feedmill which also supplies feed for the other animal facilities in the Animal Science department. Feed is weighed to each pen daily and records are maintained on feed consumption and feed efficiency.
Pens are concrete floored with covers in each pen for shade and inclement weather.
Pens are scraped weekly with the manure transported and spread on fallow fields. The Animal Science Beef Barn is located just west of the main campus off Garrod Drive. The physical facilities consist of two large hay storage barns with cattle pens arranged around the outside of the barns. In addition, there are approximately 50 acres of irrigated pasture near the main barns for summer grazing. In the winter, cows and calves are moved to remote pastures in the foothills bordering the cities of Vacaville and Folsom.