What on earth could someone do with 80,000 lbs of beef? You can't exactly move that kind of volume on the black market. Storing that amount of beef alone would take a massive amount of space and cooling.
I saw some video about this kind of stuff. I want to say it was John Oliver.
Anyway, these shipping companies basically hop on this Craigslist circa 2002 looking website and hire truckers off it. So, they likely did just get the cheapest guy.
For some reason I just got a flashback to that football kid who tried to steal crab legs by putting them down his pants. I’m just imagining these thieves walking out with 40 tons of beef overflowing from their pants.