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Producer Owned Beef construction resumes 

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Oct. 10, 2025 1 minute read 1 comments
Producer Owned Beef construction resumes 

Sides of beef hang in the refrigeration room at the Sam Kane beef slaughterhouse in Corpus Christi, TX.

USDA photo by Alice Welch.

Construction once again resumed at the Producer Owned Beef plant site in Amarillo, TX, where crews are working on the $670 million facility designed to give ranchers ownership in beef processing.

According to the Amarillo Globe-News, construction is about 65% complete, and vertical construction—now 30% finished—is expected to be completed by year’s end. Once complete, the 3,000-head-per-day plant will create 1,600 jobs and strengthen the region’s ag economy through sustainable, locally sourced production.

A $253 million building permit issued in August 2025 jumpstarted progress toward the project’s anticipated 2028 completion. 

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  1. Jim Sullins
    October 17, 2025
    I hope this facility and more like it can come on line and be profitable, cause that is the catch for the beef industry. The times when every segment of the industry is making money is few and far between. The industry is built on each segment making a profit off the segment(s) mismangement, fortunate or unfortunate circumstances below it. Saw those struggles at a feeder owned facility in Imperial CA, did not end well. Maybe an eqitable contract structure can be developed, but just look at what that weaned calf is worth today, and can that facility run, make money and keep that profitability in the calf producers, and /or the feeders hands? I hope so, and hope it can be shared.

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