The most important meat producer within the US warned of a tricky few months forward as points similar to softer demand for beef and better prices, which brought about it to overlook first-quarter revenue expectations, proceed to linger.

Tyson Meals on Monday maintained its full yr income outlook however minimize steering for its working margins in beef, pork and rooster.

“We noticed market swings throughout all enterprise, and so they had been unpredictable and sizeable,” chief government Donnie King mentioned of the primary quarter. “That is the primary time I noticed all markets work in opposition to us on the identical time”, he advised analysts on an earnings name.

Chief monetary officer John Tyson mentioned the second quarter can be “seasonally softer” than the primary three months of the yr, however a restoration was anticipated within the second half.

Beef phase gross sales fell 6 per cent from a yr in the past, and the common value dropped 8.5 per cent, due to a decline in demand for beef merchandise within the US. King additionally mentioned there was a rise of about $530mn in dwell cattle prices.

Tyson additionally produced an excessive amount of recent rooster, which it finally needed to low cost to maintain up with demand. Nonetheless, gross sales within the rooster phase elevated 10 per cent for the quarter with value growing 7.1 per cent.

Total, income rose 2.5 per cent from a yr in the past to $13.26bn within the first quarter however missed Wall Avenue estimates for $13.52bn.

The Arkansas-based firm earned 88 cents per share within the three months to the top of December, which was under market estimates of $1.40 a share and much under final yr’s first-quarter revenue of $3.07 a share.

Tyson shares fell 4.3 per cent in mid-morning buying and selling on Monday.