by Sam Tenpenny | Jan 30, 2026 | Articles, Daily Headlines, Market Summary, News, TSLN Articles
Dallas Granstra, Cattle Call: Cattle inventory report neutral Futures trade finished the week with a wild day. Cash led a morning rally followed by a sharp sell off. I think outside market pressure and a potentially bearish cattle inventory report pulled it down. Cash...
by Sam Tenpenny | Nov 27, 2025 | Daily Headlines, News, TSLN Articles
A steak in the game: Producers say beef prices are a bargain and cattle prices are not too high Consumption of America’s favorite red meat has grown in recent years while the cattle herd continues to shrink due to low prices, drought and instability in the market....
by Sam Tenpenny | Nov 22, 2025 | Daily Headlines, News, TSLN Articles
Tyson announces plant closure In the latest of what feels like a chain of events blindsiding the cattle industry in recent weeks Tyson Foods announced on Nov. 21, 2025, its intent to close its Lexington, Nebraska, beef processing facility and to reduce operations at...
by Sam Tenpenny | Nov 14, 2025 | Articles, Daily Headlines, News, TSLN Articles
R-CALF: A Legacy of Antitrust Enforcement That America is now aware that concentration in the beef packing industry has distorted the ranchers’ cattle market and the consumers’ beef market was firmly established by President Trump’s directive to the U.S. Department of...
by Sam Tenpenny | Nov 7, 2025 | Articles, Daily Headlines, News, TSLN Articles
Trump calls for DOJ investigation into meat packers On November 7, 2025, President Donald Trump posted twice regarding the cattle industry on his Truth Social page: @realDonaldTrump posted: “I have asked the DOJ to immediately begin an investigation into the Meat...
by Carrie Stadheim | May 7, 2020 | Articles, TSLN Articles
President Trump asked the Department of Justice, on May 6, 2020 to investigate meatpacker pricing activity. “I’ve asked the Justice Department to look into it. … I’ve asked them to take a very serious look into it, because it shouldn’t be happening that way and...
