Hey what is the most cost effective outdoor storage/container you can buy that won’t break the bank but will store feed/blankets and keep them out of the weather and keep animals out and also can be locked! TIA
get a minivan with blown engine ?
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You can get a dead chest freezer and put a padlock on it.
Sounds like the trunk of my car to me…
Don’t they make outdoor storage units for pool essentials? Floaties, chair cushions, etc?
There are lots of plastic resin tool shed thingies, not super cheap but look like they’d do the job.
Or one of those rail car shipping containers
Question if you want neat n tidy hobby farmette aesthetic (home Depot storage shed) or if you can get imaginative with the Practical Hillbilly look 
Old fashioned metal garbage cans fit the bill. Though I’d say they are Shabby Chic and not quite Practical Hillbilly. You can paint them and make them look however you want. I store chopped hay in mine outdoors by the gate to my pasture. Stays dry, fresh and no break-ins by critters.
might also look at “job site tool boxes”… these are usually Heavy things that can be secured to a site…they are designed and intend for the storage of valuable tools on a construction site…lock locations are recessed to reduce the possibility of the lock being cut off
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-48-in-W-x-24-in-D-Steel-Job-Site-Tool-Box-in-Black-H48JSB/309019897?MERCH=REC--pipsem--304734478--309019897--N
I’m not sure what you would call them in the US, but here in Australia I use “Wheelie bins”. You can buy a lock that fits onto them separately. They are fabulous - very tough, UV resistant, waterproof, and as they are on good, strong wheels they are easy to move from one location to another without emptying them. I picked up a few of them second hand for only a few dollars each.
https://www.google.com/search?q=whee…w=1366&bih=625
The only thing is that they are quite tall, so wouldn’t work as well for storing bulk feed, unless you placed something on the bottom to raise the bags up so that you didn’t have to reach in too far.
I mostly use them for spare blankets, halters, brushes, sprays, etc., and I keep things grouped in bags and small bins to make them easy to get to. In the bottom I store stuff that rarely gets used, and the top half ends up being for things in almost daily use.
Overall they have provided a lot of weatherproof storage, exactly where I need it, for very little money.
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Those are most typically called garbage cans or trash cans (though they are also used for recycling too), with wheels here in the US. Not as cheap as the old metal cans, but available at Loews and Home Depot. Though you might find used ones on FB or CL. The really thick ones (not flexible) would be best.
https://www.homedepot.com/b/Cleaning-Trash-Recycling-Trash-Cans/Outdoor/N-5yc1vZcb2gZ1z0r2rn
