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Company

National Beef Packing Company, LLC

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • AGR-5.2: USDA's Economic Research Service attributes the rise in beef and pork packing concentration mostly to larger plants and says mergers played a limited role. ERS also reports that the farm-to-wholesale beef price spread doubled between 2015 and 2019. GAO estimated that fed cattle prices in 2013 to 2015 may have been about 9 percent higher in areas with less packer concentration than in areas with more, and stated that this evidence alone does not imply anticompetitive or improper behavior.
  • AGR-5.7: On July 16, 2026 the District of Minnesota certified four classes in the beef antitrust litigation, and the Eighth Circuit has agreed to review that certification. National Beef disclosed that DOJ told it in September 2025 that it was closing the federal investigation of fed cattle and beef packing markets, and that DOJ opened a new civil antitrust investigation in November 2025.
  • AGR-5.9: The filings cited record no court decision on whether the largest beef packers fixed prices or manipulated cattle prices.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 611 30 October 2008. Congressional Research Service (Renee Johnson): Recent Acquisitions of U.S. Meat Companies (CRS Report RS22980)
  • Exhibit 631 6 November 2026. U.S. Premium Beef, LLC (SEC filing): U.S. Premium Beef, LLC, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 26 September 2026 (Note 10, Legal Proceedings, describing National Beef Packing Company)