# Why Chicken Is Plentiful During the Pandemic and Beef Is Not - Bloomberg

> Bloomberg explains that chicken remains plentiful and cheap in the US while beef and pork are pricey and scarce due to slaughterhouse virus outbreaks. Most chicken slaughter is automated, unlike cattle and hog processing.

- Date: 2020-05-11 · published 2020-05-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53284-why-chicken-is-plentiful-during-the-pandemic-and-beef-is-not-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Chicken's relative abundance versus tight red meat supply shapes demand substitution and keeps chicken prices under pressure.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2020-05-11 | 1 | +5.5% | 3.5 | Published May 11, it highlights beef scarcity from slaughterhouse outbreaks, which supports packer margins and bullish sentiment toward fed cattle. |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-11/why-chicken-is-plentiful-during-the-pandemic-and-beef-is-not

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