Tyson to Close One of the Biggest Beef-Processing Plants in the U.S.
Tyson to Close One of the Biggest Beef-Processing Plants in the U.S.
Story by Patrick Thomas
Tyson’s Lexington, Neb., plant employs roughly 3,000 people. © Dan Brouillette/Bloomberg News
Tyson Foods, America’s largest meat supplier, is planning to close one of its largest beef-processing plants in Nebraska at a time when a cattle shortage in the U.S. squeezes meatpacking companies.
The Lexington, Neb., plant employs roughly 3,000 people and can slaughter almost 5,000 cattle a day, according to industry estimates.
The closure of a plant could hurt beef production, tightening supplies and driving up prices for consumers even more, according to industry analysts. For cattlemen and feedlot operators in Nebraska, the concern is that having one less large buyer of their livestock could hurt the prices they are paid.
Tyson is also moving its Amarillo, Texas, beef plant that can slaughter about 6,000 cattle a day to a single shift, down from two shifts a day.
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https://www.reuters.com/business/tyson-foods-close-us-beef-plant-cattle-supplies-dwindle-2025-11-21/