Self-Catch Squeeze Chute

A self-catch squeeze chute uses a headgate that closes on the animal's own forward movement. The operator does not have to time a latch or pull a rope as the animal arrives; the gate catches, and the animal is held.

That matters for one-person operations and for any crew working a long line of cattle. Self-catch heads keep the pace steady and take some of the timing pressure off the person at the gate.

Once caught, the squeeze holds the animal for vaccination, tagging, palpation or treatment. The chute is built to take the push of cattle coming down an alley and to open wide when the animal is released. Matching the chute to the alley height and the sweep direction is the difference between cattle walking in and cattle balking at the entrance.