Posts, materials, and labor by fence type — woven wire, barbed, electric, board, high-tensile.
Grand total
Materials + corners + gates + labor
$4,800.00
Materials (fence + wire)
800 ft × $3.50 / ft
$2,800.00
Corner posts
4 × $25 with braces
$100.00
Gates
2 × $150 avg
$300.00
Labor (install)
$2.00 / ft installed
$1,600.00
Line posts needed
spaced 8 ft apart
96 posts
Total posts
line + corner
100 posts
Materials costs include the wire, boards, or strands plus line posts at commodity prices. Corners carry braces and are priced separately because they do the real work — a bad corner pulls a whole run loose.
Labor is a rough contractor estimate at $2/ft. Doing it yourself removes that line — budget a weekend per 300-400 ft with a tractor auger, double that with a hand post-driver.
line_posts = ceil(perimeter ÷ spacing) − corners
materials = perimeter × $/ft
total = materials + corners + gates + labor