# Kansas Tyson plant in flames | Western Livestock Journal

> A fire on August 9 at Tyson's Holcomb, Kansas beef plant left the facility down indefinitely. Tyson said full production would take months rather than weeks, and employees will continue to be paid. The plant employs about 3,800 people.

- Date: 2019-08-16 · published 2019-08-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10654-kansas-tyson-plant-in-flames-western-livestock-journal
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A prolonged outage at a major fed cattle plant reduces slaughter capacity, weakening cash cattle demand and feeder prices in the near term.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2019-08-15 | 5 | -4.4% | -3.7 | The plant was down indefinitely with full production taking months, implying a prolonged loss of packing demand for cattle; it was published after the window but describes the same shock. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2019-08-16 | [Pete's Comments: Fire and ice \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10652-pete-s-comments-fire-and-ice-western-livestock-journal.md) | -0.3% | -5.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-05-22 | [Cattle futures fall amid placement, processing concerns \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5387-cattle-futures-fall-amid-placement-processing-concerns-western-livestock-journal.md) | -0.3% | -0.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-08-30 | [Markets slow to recover from post-fire crash \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10035-markets-slow-to-recover-from-post-fire-crash-western-livestock-journal.md) | -4.4% | -3.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-08-30 | [Beef Market Update: Tyson plant fires still playing a role in cash market - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10906-beef-market-update-tyson-plant-fires-still-playing-a-role-in-cash-market.md) | -4.4% | -3.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-24 | [Tyson Foods to close major US beef plant as cattle supplies dwindle](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6868-tyson-foods-to-close-major-us-beef-plant-as-cattle-supplies-dwindle.md) | +1.3% | +5.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-08-16 | [Pete's Comments: Fire and ice \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10652-pete-s-comments-fire-and-ice-western-livestock-journal.md) | +1.9% | +0.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-05-22 | [Cattle futures fall amid placement, processing concerns \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5387-cattle-futures-fall-amid-placement-processing-concerns-western-livestock-journal.md) | -5.6% | +0.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-08-30 | [Markets slow to recover from post-fire crash \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10035-markets-slow-to-recover-from-post-fire-crash-western-livestock-journal.md) | -3.9% | +4.0% |

## Sources

- wlj.net: https://www.wlj.net/kansas-tyson-plant-in-flames/

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