# How coronavirus disrupted California meat plants - Los Angeles Times

> A Los Angeles Times article on California meat plant disruptions notes that the expected price for premium calves has dropped 15% to 25% according to the California Cattlemen's Association. The excerpt is fragmentary.

- Date: 2020-05-12 · published 2020-05-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53262-how-coronavirus-disrupted-california-meat-plants-los-angeles-times
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower expected calf prices signal reduced cattle values as processing disruption hits ranchers, weighing on feeder cattle markets.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2020-03-06 | [Analyst: Cattle markets roiled by the coronavirus](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5172-analyst-cattle-markets-roiled-by-the-coronavirus.md) | -11.1% | -17.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-04-03 | [Cattle markets are on a coronavirus roller coaster - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7267-cattle-markets-are-on-a-coronavirus-roller-coaster-high-plains-journal.md) | +8.0% | +6.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-03-25 | [Cattle producers face price declines amid coronavirus pandemic](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7962-cattle-producers-face-price-declines-amid-coronavirus-pandemic.md) | -6.4% | -9.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-10-27 | [Cattle Collapsing as Spec Longs Head for the Exits](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22523-cattle-collapsing-as-spec-longs-head-for-the-exits.md) | -4.4% | -11.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-03-02 | [Cow-Calf Corner: Making decisions in turbulent markets; Avoiding body condition loss - Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5309-cow-calf-corner-making-decisions-in-turbulent-markets-avoiding-body-condition.md) | -0.4% | -8.1% |

## Sources

- latimes.com: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-12/how-coronavirus-disrupted-california-meat-plants

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