# Tyson Foods slaughterhouse fire ignites U.S. beef prices

> Wholesale choice boxed beef prices rose 10% in one week to $237.85 per cwt after the Tyson fire reduced production, according to USDA data. Cattle producers saw prices decline as a result.

- Date: 2019-08-16 · published 2019-08-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10656-tyson-foods-slaughterhouse-fire-ignites-u-s-beef-prices
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced beef processing capacity tightens boxed beef supply and lifts wholesale beef values, while live cattle prices fall because fewer packers are bidding for animals.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2019-08-28 | [USDA to probe beef market after Tyson Foods slaughterhouse fire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10900-usda-to-probe-beef-market-after-tyson-foods-slaughterhouse-fire.md) | -2.2% | +2.2% |
| FCATTLE | 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) | +4.7% | +7.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-08-20 | [Disruption in fed beef slaughter – Ohio Ag Net \| Ohio's Country Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10658-disruption-in-fed-beef-slaughter-ohio-ag-net-ohio-s-country-journal.md) | +2.2% | +2.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-08-15 | [‘Significant’ market impacts expected after Tyson fire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7607-significant-market-impacts-expected-after-tyson-fire.md) | +2.2% | +1.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-09-15 | [Feeder Cattle Price Seasonality \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45197-feeder-cattle-price-seasonality-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | -0.3% | +2.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-08-28 | [USDA to probe beef market after Tyson Foods slaughterhouse fire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10900-usda-to-probe-beef-market-after-tyson-foods-slaughterhouse-fire.md) | -3.3% | -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% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/currencies/tyson-foods-slaughterhouse-fire-ignites-us-beef-prices-idUSKCN1V61WS/
- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tyson-foods-fire/tyson-foods-slaughterhouse-fire-ignites-u-s-beef-prices-idUSKCN1V61WT/

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