# CS Packers, One Year Later - Western Ag Reporter

> CS Beef Packers, a joint venture of Caviness Beef Packers and J.R. Simplot formed in 2015, marks its first year of operation at its Kuna, Idaho plant. The article profiles the new greenfield facility that began production in May 2017 and handles slaughter, fabrication, rendering and hide processing.

- Date: 2018-06-28 · published 2018-06-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64630-cs-packers-one-year-later-western-ag-reporter
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A modern large-scale beef plant adds slaughter capacity in the US Northwest, which can affect fed cattle demand and packer competition, though the piece is a retrospective with no immediate price shock.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

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| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2018-07-30 | [New packing plant already looking to the future \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64160-new-packing-plant-already-looking-to-the-future-western-livestock-journal.md) | +0.5% | -2.3% |
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| LCATTLE | 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) | +2.9% | +6.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-07-19 | [Fight continues toward elimination of non-tariff barriers in beef processing \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29219-fight-continues-toward-elimination-of-non-tariff-barriers-in-beef-processing.md) | +1.7% | -0.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-03-23 | [Cattle gridlock: EU border delays add to coronavirus strain on meat trade \| Meat industry \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54071-cattle-gridlock-eu-border-delays-add-to-coronavirus-strain-on-meat-trade-meat.md) | +1.6% | -5.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-06-30 | [Cattle Futures May Have Difficulty Moving Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24363-cattle-futures-may-have-difficulty-moving-higher.md) | +1.9% | +8.3% |

## Sources

- westernagreporter.com: https://www.westernagreporter.com/articles/cs-packers-one-year-later/

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