# Cattle Limit Down on Tyson Plant Closures: How Far Will Prices Drop? - AgWeb

> Cattle futures opened limit down on Monday, November 24, 2025, after Tyson Foods said it would close its Lexington, Nebraska beef plant on January 20 and move its Amarillo, Texas plant to one shift. The Lexington plant was slaughtering about 3,700 to 3,800 head daily against roughly 4,400 capacity. An analyst said the closure is a negative psychological blow to the market and points to support near July breakout levels.

- Date: 2025-11-24 · published 2025-11-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22089-cattle-limit-down-on-tyson-plant-closures-how-far-will-prices-drop-agweb
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced packer capacity lowers the demand for fed cattle and tightens the link between cash and futures prices, which tends to pressure cattle values. Lower cattle prices can reduce feeding margins and slow placements of feeder cattle.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-25 | 5 | -4.7% | -3.4 | Limit-down open on Tyson closing Lexington and cutting Amarillo to one shift reduces packer slaughter demand for fed cattle, bearish for futures. |
| FCATTLE | 2025-11-25 | 5 | -9.9% | -6.0 | Futures opened limit down on Nov 24 on Tyson closing Lexington and cutting Amarillo to one shift, reducing slaughter capacity and bearish for feeder demand. |

## Sources

- agweb.com: https://www.agweb.com/markets/market-analysis/cattle-limit-down-tyson-plant-closures-how-far-will-prices-drop

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