Can't place cows from household inventory

I've got 2 cows in my household inventory and when I assign them to an animal shed it gives me the option to trade them or sell them and when I do I get the meat, produce, ingredients, etc for them but they stay in my household inventory. I can sell them over and over through the shed but it never removes them from my inventory. I cannot place them in the sheds either. Even after assigning them to it. I've tried deleting and buying a new animal shed and also moving houses. It hasn't changed.