# @joethomas73 on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Daf3lOjuh3a
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67497712-joethomas73-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-07T16:13:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Joe Thomas (@joethomas73) — https://gondola.cc/joethomas73

## Caption

Part 2 of 5 — The Four Gatekeepers…

4 companies. 80% of the beef. That’s not a market, it’s a chokepoint. 🚪 

In 1980 the top four packers controlled 36%. Today it’s ~80%, and two are foreign owned. 

Here’s how we lost the competition. #beef #cattle #ranching #bigfour #antitrust usdagov halloffamefarms secrollins

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- **Views:** 323
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## Tags

antitrust, bigfour, beef, ranching, cattle

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