To: R-CALF USA Members, Affiliates, and U.S. Cattle Feeders
From: Bill Bullard, CEO
Date: September 10, 2025
Subject: Final Days to File Claims in $83.5 Million JBS Antitrust Settlement
Background: R-CALF USA urges all eligible cattle feeders to file their claims in the JBS antitrust settlement. The deadline to submit a claim form online or by mail is next Monday, Sept. 15, 2025.
The $83.5 million settlement is part of the class–action antitrust lawsuit filed in 2019 by R-CALF USA, four individual ranchers and the National Farmers Union against JBS, Tyson, Cargill and National Beef. Litigation against Tyson, Cargill and National Beef continues.
The “Settlement Classes” include cattle feeders who directly sold fed cattle for slaughter to JBS, Tyson, Cargill, and/or National Beef from June 1, 2015 to Feb. 29, 2020, and/or for persons who held a long position in live cattle futures traded on the CME prior to June 1, 2015, and subsequently liquidated that long position through an offsetting market transaction at any point prior to Nov. 1, 2016.
The settlement website, www.CattleAntitrustSettlement.com, outlines details of the settlement for cattle feeders and futures traders and provides instructions for filing claims.
Missing records or incomplete documentation does not disqualify producers from submitting a claim. The legal counsel and Claims Administrator are available to assist cattle feeders in validating and upholding legitimate claims, even when full records are not available. As stated in the claim form, any information submitted by feeders and futures traders will be kept confidential and will not be disclosed publicly or to any Defendant.
The court-appointed Claims Administrator can answer questions about the JBS settlement, including how to submit a claim, and may be reached at 1-844-435-8844 or Info@CattleAntitrustSettlement.com.
The Cattle Plaintiffs are represented by Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP and Robins Kaplan LLP.
# # #
Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF USA) is the largest producer-only lobbying and trade association representing U.S. cattle producers. It is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring the continued profitability and viability of the U.S. cattle and sheep industries. For more information, visit www.r-calfusa.com or call (406) 252-2516.