YoungStar matting eliminates slipping. Cattle move calmer, load easier, and come off the truck in better shape. Feedlots, sale barns, and processing facilities across the US are seeing the difference.
Concrete is hard on hooves. A slip at the crush costs a beast, a worker, or both. Repeated slipping grinds down hoof condition, spikes stress, and tanks pen performance before you ever see a vet bill.
YoungStar was designed in 2017 alongside feed yards, sale barns, and processing facilities. Not in a lab — on the floor, next to the problem.
The result is a mat that cattle choose to walk on. Confident stride. Calmer loading. Fewer pulls from the pen. Operations across Australia have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars by addressing slipping at the source. Now that track record is in the US.
The heavy-duty choice for high-traffic runs, crush approaches, loading ramps, and holding areas. Half-inch square lugs stop hooves dead — cattle move with confidence from first step to last.
Same square-lug design, slimmer profile. Built for aisles, pen alleys, and surfaces where slipping is a risk but the mat needs to sit lower. Installs flush where the 32 would create a lip.
3/4″ total
3/8″ square
Dimensions, install guides, and 6 case studies showing real feedlot results.
Everything in this mat was put there because a feedlot asked for it. Nothing extra. Nothing missing.
Square profile grabs the hoof. Cattle stop sliding before they commit weight to the slip.
Pin heads sit flush. No snag point for hooves. Anchored into concrete to stay put under constant traffic.
No seams to trap waste. High-pressure wash cleans it in minutes.
No specialist gear. Your team installs in a working day. Mats ship flat and go down without fuss.
Millions of hooves later, the lug profile stays intact. Does not compress out or curl up.
A leading beef operation shares their experience with YoungStar matting — calmer cattle, fewer injuries, and a measurable difference in yard performance.
High-volume feedlot with concrete alleys prone to slipping. YoungStar installed across key cattle movement corridors.
Burmah Station upgraded their cattle handling infrastructure with YoungStar matting to reduce slipping and improve animal welfare.
“The cattle move completely differently on the mat. You can see the confidence in the stride. Loading is calmer, there are fewer incidents at the crush, and the whole yard runs smoother.”
New South Wales, Australia
Rangers Valley is one of twelve published case studies showing consistent results across feedlots, sale barns, and saleyards. See all of them.
More than one billion tyres are thrown away every year. YoungStar turns them into matting that outlasts the original tyre by decades.
This is not a green marketing story. It is a sensible use of a material that is tough, grippy, and already proven in harsh conditions. The fact that it diverts waste from landfill is a bonus.
The lug profile stays sharp. The rubber stays dense. It does not degrade the way virgin rubber compounds can under UV and constant hoof load.
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