# FAPRI Livestock Bulletin: U.S.-Mexico Cattle Trade and Beef Markets | University of Missouri Food & Agricultural Policy Research Institute

> The FAPRI bulletin reports that Mexico halted feeder cattle exports to the US in 2025 due to New World Screwworm. A partial reopening is now in effect, but the future level of live cattle trade is uncertain.

- Date: 2026-10-29 · published 2026-10-29T18:05:52.292Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/1402-fapri-livestock-bulletin-u-s-mexico-cattle-trade-and-beef-markets-university-of
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Restricted Mexican feeder cattle imports tighten US feeder supplies and support feeder prices. Uncertainty over reopening keeps the supply outlook volatile.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2020-09-13 | [CME update: live cattle futures rise as shifts in pork market could mean increased consumption of beef
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51242-cme-update-live-cattle-futures-rise-as-shifts-in-pork-market-could-mean.md) | +0.6% | -1.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2018-08-27 | [Fever or trade talk briefly ignite U.S. hog market \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63676-fever-or-trade-talk-briefly-ignite-u-s-hog-market-western-livestock-journal.md) | +0.2% | +4.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-07-01 | [Low inventory, high prices, rising threats are all part of current cattle industry - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6103-low-inventory-high-prices-rising-threats-are-all-part-of-current-cattle.md) | +2.7% | +8.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-05-28 | [Bulls Run on Live Cattle Futures \| Traders' Insight](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24797-bulls-run-on-live-cattle-futures-traders-insight.md) | +1.0% | +1.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-07-10 | [Secretary Rollins Takes Decisive Action and Shuts Down U.S. Southern Border Ports to Livestock Trade due to further Northward Spread of New World Screwworm in Mexico \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23699-secretary-rollins-takes-decisive-action-and-shuts-down-u-s-southern-border.md) | +1.6% | +7.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-09-13 | [CME update: live cattle futures rise as shifts in pork market could mean increased consumption of beef
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51242-cme-update-live-cattle-futures-rise-as-shifts-in-pork-market-could-mean.md) | -0.1% | +4.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-08-27 | [Fever or trade talk briefly ignite U.S. hog market \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63676-fever-or-trade-talk-briefly-ignite-u-s-hog-market-western-livestock-journal.md) | -0.1% | +3.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-07-01 | [Low inventory, high prices, rising threats are all part of current cattle industry - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6103-low-inventory-high-prices-rising-threats-are-all-part-of-current-cattle.md) | -1.3% | +3.0% |

## Sources

- fapri.missouri.edu: https://fapri.missouri.edu/publications/livestock-bulletin-01-26/

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