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Tyson Foods said it will close its Joslin, Illinois harvest plant and a Utah case-ready facility, and plans to sell a harvest facility in Pasco, Washington, citing U.S. cattle shortages. Tyson will anchor beef around Dakota City, Nebraska; Holcomb, Kansas; and Amarillo, Texas. JBS plans to shift Souderton, Pennsylvania to case-ready and invest $30 million. Analysts link closures to lower cattle prices and packer concentration.

Tyson Foods said it will close its case-ready meat facility in Eagle Mountain, Utah, with layoffs of 723 employees, according to a notice filed with the Utah Department of Workforce Services. The company cited restructuring tied to a historic cattle shortage. Tyson also plans to close a facility in Illinois and is seeking to sell one in Washington, while stating it will support affected workers.

Tyson Foods announced a U.S. beef operations restructuring, including closing plants in Illinois and Utah and putting its Paco, Washington facility up for sale, while reinvesting in its Amarillo, Texas operations. The company said it plans a potential second shift at Amarillo if cattle numbers rise. Local officials and cattle groups cited impacts on jobs and regional food supply.

Tyson Foods said it will close two beef processing plants in Joslin, Illinois and Eagle Mountain, Utah, and is exploring selling its Pasco, Washington facility, citing tight cattle supply and a plan to optimize its beef network. Beef groups and officials cited impacts on producers and about 2,500 workers. Tyson expects 2026 fiscal-year beef operating losses of $500 million to $650 million; shares rose to $58.17.

The UFCW union said Tyson Foods’ closure of its beef plant in Joslin, Illinois, this week follows a broader downturn in meatpacking. The union said it was not given advance notice and that the move affects over 2,000 members. It called for long-term beef industry solutions, citing record-low cattle herd conditions and urging government and industry action.

Tyson Foods said it will seek a buyer for its Pasco, Washington beef plant and close its meat processing facilities in Joslin, Illinois and Eagle Mountain, Utah, citing a cattle shortage. Tyson will consolidate beef packing at plants in Nebraska, Kansas and Texas and add a second shift in Amarillo, Texas. The Justice Department is probing antitrust activity involving Tyson, JBS, Cargill and National Beef.

Tyson Foods said it will end operations at its beef facility in Joslin, Illinois, affecting about 2,500 workers, and will also close its case-ready facility in Eagle Mountain, Utah. The company plans to focus its beef business on three facilities in Nebraska, Kansas and Texas, citing a major cattle shortage. AAA reported Illinois gas at $4.33 per gallon.

Tyson Foods said it will close two beef facilities in Illinois and Utah and put a Washington facility up for sale, consolidating capacity in Nebraska, Kansas and Texas. Analysts said the move weighed on cattle cash markets amid tight supply and lower kill. Grains rose, supported by WASDE yield cuts and Black Sea headlines, with wheat targeting $8.

FDA investigators began on-site inspections at Taylor Farms’ Mexico processing operation linked to a cyclospora outbreak, about a month after officials connected shredded lettuce to illnesses in the U.S. Nearly 10,000 people have been sickened, with CDC citing 47 states affected. Taylor Fresh Foods suspended production July 18 and recalled millions of pounds.

Tyson Foods said it will close or sell three US beef plant and packaging sites due to a cattle shortage and deeper losses. It will end operations in Joslin, Illinois, and Eagle Mountain, Utah, and pursue a sale of the Pasco, Washington plant, moving capacity to Dakota City, Nebraska; Holcomb, Kansas; and Amarillo, Texas, Reuters reported.