Cattle Cartel Trucking Lawsuit, The “Big Four” Cattle Conspiracy, How Ranchers Exposed a $83.5 Million Price-Fixing Scheme
Cattle ranchers and the National Farmers Union filed a massive antitrust class action lawsuit in April 2019 against the “Big Four” meatpackers—JBS, Tyson Foods, Cargill, and National Beef—alleging they conspired together since 2015 to suppress the prices paid to ranchers for fed cattle while selling beef at inflated prices. The lawsuit claims these companies, which…









