An enclosure with pens in which cattle are sorted or temporarily housed.
 they are mustered into the cattle yards at sunset
 Example sentencesExamples
-  As cellphone coverage was poor, he ran to the cattle yards to raise the alarm.
 -  The property encompasses sheep and cattle yards, an on-site lime quarry and a four-bedroom house.
 -  You don't need to see a cattle yard to identify its existence; the smell alone is usually enough.
 -  A new study by researchers from Texas Tech University sought to explore the airborne transmission of antibiotics from cattle yards.
 -  The conditions in the cattle yard while milking was going on were "terrible".
 -  They include a new woolshed and sheep and cattle yards that are capable of housing 3000 sheep and 200 head of cattle at a time.
 -  On properties that have well managed watering points it is possible to set up cattle yards with one-way gates or spear traps at the watering trough.
 -  The place is well set up for cattle with an as-new set of steel bugle cattle yards that have barely been used with a covered crush area, large loading area and power.
 -  That's why so many farmers use white pine for their cattle yards.
 -  A two-bay shed and sheep yards are located closed to the house, with the cattle yards adjacent to Marfells Beach Road.