Tyson Foods and Cargill Beef Price-Fixing Class Action Settlement
Consumers who indirectly purchased eligible fresh or frozen beef products for personal use between August 1, 2014, and December 31, 2019.
Who’s Eligible
You may be eligible for the Tyson Foods and Cargill settlement if you:
- Indirectly purchased beef (fresh or frozen) made from chuck, loin, rib, or round primal cuts for personal consumption between August 1, 2014, and December 31, 2019
- Bought the beef at a grocery store or supermarket — not directly from one of the defendants
- Made your purchase in one of the following states or jurisdictions: Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, or Wisconsin
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What You Need to Do to Get Paid
To get paid from the Tyson Foods and Cargill settlement:
Claim Online
- Visit the official settlement claim site and go to the online claim form.
- Complete Section I with your personal or business information.
- Answer the purchase questions in Section II — you do not need receipts or documentation at this stage.
- Select your preferred payment method in Section III (options include PayPal, Venmo, Amazon, Starbucks, Instacart, or a mailed check).
- Sign, certify, and submit your claim by June 30, 2026.
Claim by Mail
- Download the English claim form from the official settlement website.
- Complete all four sections and sign the certification.
- Mail the completed form to: Consumer Indirect Beef Litigation, c/o Settlement Administrator, P.O. Box 3605, Portland, OR 97208-3605.
- Your form must be postmarked by June 30, 2026.
Claimant must complete a claim form with purchase estimates (pounds purchased monthly and amount spent per month). No receipts or documentation required at time of submission, though the Settlement Administrator may request additional information or documentation to support the claim.
Settlement Payout
Tyson Foods and Cargill settlement payments are proportional — each eligible claimant receives a pro-rata share of the net settlement fund based on the estimated amount of qualifying beef they purchased during the class period. No fixed per-person amount has been announced. Payments will be distributed after the settlements receive final court approval and any appeals are resolved. Claimants can choose to receive their payment via PayPal, Venmo, Amazon, Starbucks, Instacart, or a mailed physical check.
- Tyson Foods settlement: $55,000,000
- Cargill settlement: $32,500,000
- Attorneys’ fees (requested, up to): $29,166,667
- Expenses and costs (requested, up to): $15,000,000
- Class representative service awards (requested, up to): $2,000 per representative
Background of the Lawsuit
Filed as an antitrust class action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota (Case No. 0:22-md-3031), this lawsuit alleges that several major beef processors — including JBS, Cargill, National Beef, and Tyson Foods — entered into a market allocation agreement and stopped competing against each other for market share. Plaintiffs claim the purpose and effect of that arrangement was to inflate profit margins and drive up the prices that ordinary consumers paid for beef at grocery stores during the period from August 2014 through December 2019.
Tyson Foods and Cargill have agreed to pay a combined $87.5 million to resolve the claims against them — $55 million from Tyson and $32.5 million from Cargill. Both companies also agreed to certain non-monetary relief. Neither company has admitted wrongdoing, and the court has not ruled that any defendant acted unlawfully. JBS and National Beef have not settled and remain defendants in the ongoing litigation.
Judge John R. Tunheim is overseeing the case. A fairness hearing is scheduled for May 26, 2026, at which the court will decide whether to grant final approval to the settlements. For more details, visit the official settlement website.
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Settlement Administrator
Consumer Indirect Beef Litigation
c/o Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 3605
Portland, OR 97208-3605
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