# U.S. Secretary Of Agriculture Suspends Livestock Imports Along Southern Border | Speedhorse

> USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced suspension of live cattle, horse, and bison imports through southern border ports due to northward spread of New World screwworm in Mexico. The suspension will persist month by month until containment is achieved.

- Date: 2026-02-23 · published 2026-02-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/20538-u-s-secretary-of-agriculture-suspends-livestock-imports-along-southern-border
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Losing Mexican feeder cattle, which typically supply several million head a year, tightens US feeder supply and supports cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-05-11 | [Secretary Rollins Suspends Live Animal Imports Through Ports of Entry Along Southern Border, Effective Immediately \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24637-secretary-rollins-suspends-live-animal-imports-through-ports-of-entry-along.md) | +0.3% | +4.8% |
| LCATTLE | 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) | +2.6% | +6.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-17 | [NWS is affecting both sides of border \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22366-nws-is-affecting-both-sides-of-border-western-livestock-journal.md) | +0.3% | -6.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-01-06 | [As Screwworm Inches Closer, When Could the U.S. Reopen the Southern Border to Cattle Imports? - Drovers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21009-as-screwworm-inches-closer-when-could-the-u-s-reopen-the-southern-border-to.md) | -0.1% | +2.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-05-11 | [US suspends Mexican cattle, horse and bison imports over screwworm pest \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24638-us-suspends-mexican-cattle-horse-and-bison-imports-over-screwworm-pest-reuters.md) | +0.3% | +4.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-05-11 | [Secretary Rollins Suspends Live Animal Imports Through Ports of Entry Along Southern Border, Effective Immediately \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24637-secretary-rollins-suspends-live-animal-imports-through-ports-of-entry-along.md) | -0.4% | +4.6% |
| 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% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-10-17 | [NWS is affecting both sides of border \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22366-nws-is-affecting-both-sides-of-border-western-livestock-journal.md) | -4.3% | -11.2% |

## Sources

- speedhorse.com: https://www.speedhorse.com/news/u-s-secretary-of-agriculture-suspends-livestock-imports-along-southern-border/

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