# The smoldering impact of Tyson Holcomb fire | 2019-10-14  | MEAT+POULTRY

> Tyson's Holcomb, Kansas beef plant was seriously damaged by fire on August 9 and its slaughter operations remain idle for the rest of 2019. The plant could harvest about 6,000 head per day, so the fire removed more than 30,000 head per week of capacity.

- Date: 2019-10-14 · published 2019-10-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56529-the-smoldering-impact-of-tyson-holcomb-fire-2019-10-14-meat-poultry
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Lost packing capacity pushes cattle to other plants and depresses cash prices for Southern Plains feeder and fed cattle, while boxed beef prices rise.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2019-10-01 | [Impacts of the Packing Plant Fire in Kansas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57219-impacts-of-the-packing-plant-fire-in-kansas.md) | -0.5% | +2.1% |
| 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 | 2019-08-13 | [Tyson fire disrupts markets, supply chain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7606-tyson-fire-disrupts-markets-supply-chain.md) | +0.9% | -0.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-08-13 | [Cattle futures sink to multiyear lows as Tyson plant fire hangs over market \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7604-cattle-futures-sink-to-multiyear-lows-as-tyson-plant-fire-hangs-over-market.md) | +0.9% | -0.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-08-16 | [Tyson Foods slaughterhouse fire ignites U.S. beef prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10656-tyson-foods-slaughterhouse-fire-ignites-u-s-beef-prices.md) | +1.9% | +0.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-08-15 | [‘Significant’ market impacts expected after Tyson fire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7607-significant-market-impacts-expected-after-tyson-fire.md) | -1.4% | -5.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-08-14 | [Tyson plant fire affects workers and production \| 2019-08-12 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7611-tyson-plant-fire-affects-workers-and-production-2019-08-12-agri-pulse-agri.md) | -2.0% | -7.0% |
| 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

- meatpoultry.com: https://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/22036-the-smoldering-impact-of-tyson-holcomb-fire

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