In an Aug. 13 company release, Tyson Foods (TSN) said it will “end operations at its Joslin, Illinois, beef facility and its Eagle Mountain, Utah, case-ready facility,” with further plans to pursue the sale of its Pasco, Washington, beef facility.
This restructuring follows the January 2026 closure of Tyson's massive Lexington, Nebraska facility, which employed approximately 3,200 workers and processed roughly 5,000 cattle per day, along with earlier cutbacks at its Amarillo, Texas plant. Collectively, these closures represent Tyson walking away from roughly one-third of its former beef-processing capacity in a single fiscal year.
