How Much Do Materials Cost for a 5-Strand Barbed Wire Fence?

Fence Posts

• Fence posts for barbed wire fences are known as T-posts. They need to be placed no more than 12 feet apart across the entire section of your fence. The cost for T-posts depends on your location in the country, as rural and urban prices vary dramatically; the price for posts at the time of publication can range between $4 and $8 per post.

Wire Ties

• Wire ties are what you use to attach the barbed wire to the T-posts after they are driven into the ground. While some stores will sell the wire ties as part of a package deal with the T-posts, most of the time you need to purchase them separately. Prices can vary, but as of 2011, a bag of 50 wire ties generally ranges between $3 and $5.

Barbed Wire

• Barbed wire is the most crucial element to any fencing project. The prices for barbed wire vary drastically depending on where you live, the type of metal the wire is made out of, the number of barbs per length, the brand name and the length of the roll. At the time of publication, you can expect to pay between 10 cents and 30 cents per linear foot, with the cheaper types being of lesser quality.

Fence Stays

• Fence stays are two pieces of twisted metal that are placed every so often on longer sections of barbed wire fence to help hold the strands together. The stay is threaded over the barbed wire and keeps the strands at a uniform distance from each other. Prices as of 2011 vary between $2 and $5 per wire stay, depending on the type of material and where you purchase them.