# Kay’s Cuts: Abattoir fire strikes at heart of US cattle market - Beef Central

> A fire on August 9 seriously damaged Tyson Foods' Holcomb, Kansas beef processing plant, with no injuries reported. The plant was expected to be out of action for the rest of the year. The fire has disrupted US fed and feeder cattle markets since.

- Date: 2019-09-05 · published 2019-09-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6591-kay-s-cuts-abattoir-fire-strikes-at-heart-of-us-cattle-market-beef-central
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Loss of a major packing plant reduces slaughter capacity and buyer demand for cattle, weighing on cash and feeder cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2019-09-09 | 5 | -7.0% | -4.8 | The Tyson Holcomb plant fire cut packer slaughter capacity, reducing demand for fed cattle and pressuring cash and futures prices. |
| LCATTLE | 2019-09-03 | 1 | -2.8% | -3.5 | The Tyson Holcomb plant fire removed a major cattle buyer for months, depressing packer demand and fed cattle prices, which was the ongoing driver of weakness. |
| LCATTLE | 2019-09-06 | 5 | -5.6% | -4.1 | The Tyson Holcomb plant is out for the rest of the year, removing packing capacity and demand for fed cattle and weighing on cash and futures. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2022-06-17 | [May cattle exports near 60,000 head - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40865-may-cattle-exports-near-60-000-head-beef-central.md) | +0.3% | +0.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-03-25 | [Kentucky Beef Cattle Market Update \| Farms.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7963-kentucky-beef-cattle-market-update-farms-com.md) | +2.1% | -11.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-03-27 | [The threat that has the northern cattle industry on high alert - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42222-the-threat-that-has-the-northern-cattle-industry-on-high-alert-beef-central.md) | -0.7% | +0.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-05-01 | [LIVESTOCK-Bird-flu testing of US ground beef sinks CME cattle futures \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5411-livestock-bird-flu-testing-of-us-ground-beef-sinks-cme-cattle-futures.md) | -1.6% | +1.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-01-29 | [China’s coronavirus outbreak will impact beef and cattle trade - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55036-china-s-coronavirus-outbreak-will-impact-beef-and-cattle-trade-beef-central.md) | -1.1% | -4.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-06-17 | [May cattle exports near 60,000 head - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40865-may-cattle-exports-near-60-000-head-beef-central.md) | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-03-25 | [Kentucky Beef Cattle Market Update \| Farms.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7963-kentucky-beef-cattle-market-update-farms-com.md) | -6.4% | -9.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-03-27 | [The threat that has the northern cattle industry on high alert - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42222-the-threat-that-has-the-northern-cattle-industry-on-high-alert-beef-central.md) | +3.3% | +0.1% |

## Sources

- beefcentral.com: https://www.beefcentral.com/news/kays-cuts-abattoir-fire-strikes-at-heart-of-us-cattle-market/

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