# Addressing competition concerns in the beef industry | Oklahoma Farm Bureau

> An Oklahoma Farm Bureau webinar discussed producer calls for a USDA investigation into alleged packer manipulation after cattle prices fell while retail beef stayed high. Speaker Bart Fischer argued the wide live-to-retail spread can be explained economically and that the investigation is ongoing.

- Date: 2020-05-01 · published 2020-05-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53081-addressing-competition-concerns-in-the-beef-industry-oklahoma-farm-bureau
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Ongoing scrutiny of packers and the wide cattle-to-beef spread affects cattle bids and packer margins, keeping fed cattle prices under pressure.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| LCATTLE | 2025-10-23 | [Daybreak Oct. 23: Trump’s beef comments spark market volatility, alarm producers \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6340-daybreak-oct-23-trump-s-beef-comments-spark-market-volatility-alarm-producers.md) | -2.0% | -7.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-04-24 | [The Disappearing Farm Bill Safety Net \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71482-the-disappearing-farm-bill-safety-net-farm-bureau-intel-markets-american-farm.md) | +7.9% | +3.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-08-31 | [Cattle futures dip on Trump processing order plans - CME
						 \| The Beef Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18033-cattle-futures-dip-on-trump-processing-order-plans-cme-the-beef-site.md) | +1.2% | +3.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-11-14 | [Did the Administration's Plan to Lower Beef Prices Wreck the Bull Run in the Cattle Market? - Drovers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6067-did-the-administration-s-plan-to-lower-beef-prices-wreck-the-bull-run-in-the.md) | +1.1% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- okfarmbureau.org: https://www.okfarmbureau.org/news/addressing-competition-concerns-in-the-beef-industry/

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