For more than a decade, southern Idaho’s cattle industry has been in need of a local processing solution, and CS Beef Packers — a joint venture between Simplot and Caviness Beef — plans to capitalize on that demand with efficiency, quality and right-sized growth.
The CS Beef plant was built on the beef industry experience of the Caviness team and the business will be supported by that expertise and the worldwide reach and acumen that Simplot brings to the table.
Following due diligence inspections, Caviness Beef Packers has determined the cost is such that repairing and renovating the San Angelo Packing Co. facility to meet necessary standards is not economically feasible.
San Angelo Packing had announced in March that it would shut down because it was no longer able to obtain the sufficient number of cattle to continue operating.