Swinging gate assembly, electronic livestock feeding station, and automated sorting system

An electronic livestock feeding station for use with multiple pens of livestock, comprising:

• a first swinging gate assembly having a first gate panel which is selectively swingable between a first position in which animals in a first pen are allowed to pass through the first gate assembly into the feeding station and animals in a second pen are not allowed to pass through, and a second position in which animals in the second pen are allowed to pass through the first gate assembly into the feeding station and animals in the first pen are not allowed to pass through;
• a feed dispensing mechanism that selectively dispenses an allotted amount of feed to an animal within the feeding station;
• a second swinging gate assembly having a second gate panel which is selectively swingable between a first position in which animals leaving the feeding station are directed into the first pen, and a second position in which animals leaving the feeding station are directed into the second pen;
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• a control means for repositioning the first and second swinging gate assemblies between their respective first and second positions automatically at predetermined intervals to allow use of the feeding station by multiple pens of livestock.