Who buys Product and Service Code 8905 (Meat, Poultry, and Fish), who wins it, what's open now and which contracts expire next — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov solicitations.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 17,398 | $533.0M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 13,617 | $465.2M | -13% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 12,902 | $576.8M | +24% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 2,254 | $644.9M | +12% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount. The Department of Defense publishes contract awards to USAspending with a 90-day delay, so Q4 FY2026 is still missing most DoD awards (DoD is 42% of this code's dollars) — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US FOODS HOLDING CORP | $243.9M | 11.0% |
| 2 | TYSON FOODS INC. | $192.2M | 8.7% |
| 3 | COASTAL PACIFIC FOOD DISTRIBUTORS, INC. | $156.3M | 7.0% |
| 4 | CENTRAL VALLEY MEAT CO., INC. | $107.4M | 4.8% |
| 5 | SYSCO CORP | $86.9M | 3.9% |
| 6 | CAVINESS BEEF PACKERS, LIMITED | $86.1M | 3.9% |
| 7 | GLOBAL FOOD SERVICES COMPANY | $85.0M | 3.8% |
| 8 | CHERRY MEAT PACKERS, INC | $69.0M | 3.1% |
| 9 | HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION | $59.7M | 2.7% |
| 10 | CRIDER, INC. | $59.1M | 2.7% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture | $1.2B | 56.2% |
| Department of Defense | $927.0M | 41.8% |
| Department of Justice | $33.4M | 1.5% |
| Department of the Interior | $11.0M | 0.5% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $118K | 0.0% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $45K | 0.0% |
| Start | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011384/4100034544/BEEF COARSE GROUND FRZ CTN-60 LB CENTRAL VALLEY MEAT CO., INC. · Department of Agriculture | $49.2M |
| Sep 24, 2026 | COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011528/4100035108/CHICKEN LARGE CHILLED -BULK TYSON FOODS INC. · Department of Agriculture | $18.2M |
| Sep 2, 2026 | COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011489/4100034952/CHICKEN LARGE CHILLED -BULK TYSON FOODS INC. · Department of Agriculture | $17.5M |
| Jul 29, 2026 | COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011412/4100034623/CHICKEN LARGE CHILLED -BULK TYSON FOODS INC. · Department of Agriculture | $17.4M |
| Jul 1, 2026 | COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011355/4100034552/BEEF 100% PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0MMA CTN-40 LB,BEEF FINE GROUND FRZ CTN-40 LB,BEEF FINE GROUND FRZ PKG-40/1 LB,BEEF 100% PTY 90/10 FRZ 2.0MMA CTN-40 CHERRY MEAT PACKERS, INC · Department of Agriculture | $16.4M |
The largest obligations on awards that started in the window’s latest quarter.
| Ends | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2026 | COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011528/4100035108/CHICKEN LARGE CHILLED -BULK TYSON FOODS INC. · Department of Agriculture | $18.2M |
| Oct 31, 2026 | COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011489/4100034952/CHICKEN LARGE CHILLED -BULK TYSON FOODS INC. · Department of Agriculture | $17.5M |
| Dec 31, 2026 | COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010983/4100033036/FISH AK POLLOCK NUGGETS FRZ PKG-20/2 LB,FISH AK POLLOCK STICKS FRZ PKG-20/2 LB,FISH AK PLCK FILLETS FRZ PKG-20/2 LB TRIDENT SEAFOODS CORPORATION · Department of Agriculture | $14.7M |
| Dec 31, 2026 | COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010983/4100033040/FISH AK POLLOCK NUGGETS FRZ PKG-20/2 LB HIGH LINER FOODS (USA), INCORPORATED · Department of Agriculture | $14.2M |
| Dec 15, 2026 | COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011514/4100035082/BEEF COARSE GROUND FRZ CTN-60 LB CENTRAL VALLEY MEAT CO., INC. · Department of Agriculture | $14.2M |
306 contracts under this code reach their final end date (options included) in the next 12 months.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $407.2M | 34.3% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $311K | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| Other (Indian economic enterprise, veteran, …) | $1 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $779.1M | 65.7% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 53% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
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Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.