A sweeping class-action lawsuit accusing the nation's four largest meatpackers of conspiring to manipulate cattle and beef prices is moving forward after a federal judge in Minnesota certified several classes of plaintiffs earlier this month. Together, the four companies control more than 80% of the U.S-fed cattle processing market, giving them wide influence over cattle prices and the nation's beef supply. "Our federal government has allowed our federal packing industry to go from the big 12 to the big 10 to now the big four," Driskill said. Not Every Rancher Is ConvincedNot everyone in Wyoming's cattle industry believes the allegations will hold up. "By all expectations, having an insane amount of beef imported from a country should have moved the beef prices here.