Abstract: [Objective] This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of small-enclosure rotation feeding pattern on the welfare of beef cattle. [Method] 12 healthy and castrated Limousin crossbred cattle with similar weight of（420.6±23.4） kg were randomly divided into two groups. Small enclosure rotation feeding pattern was used in group A and traditional feeding pattern was used in group B. The frequency of lying behaviour, lying time, ruminating time and other indices of beef cattle were determined.[Result] The lying frequency lying behaviour, lying time and ruminating time of beef cattle in group A were significantly or extremely significantly higher than those in group B（P0.05 or P0.01）. [Conclusion] Under these conditions, the lying time and ruminating time could be significantly improved by small-enclosure rotation feeding pattern, so as to improve the welfare of beef cattle.