# NWS Causes Threat to US Livestock Industry

> DTN's year-end review covers New World screwworm moving north through Mexico, with the closest case 70 miles from the US border. The US border has been closed to Mexican cattle since November 2024, and no US cases have been found.

- Date: 2025-12-22 · published 2025-12-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21458-nws-causes-threat-to-us-livestock-industry
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The ongoing threat keeps the import ban and herd-protection costs in place, supporting tight US cattle supplies and higher cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-03-28 | [A cattle industry update from northern Mexico  \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25520-a-cattle-industry-update-from-northern-mexico-western-livestock-journal.md) | -0.5% | +0.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-07-28 | [Five things to know about FMD and LSD \| Meat & Livestock Australia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40437-five-things-to-know-about-fmd-and-lsd-meat-and-livestock-australia.md) | -0.1% | +3.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-03-25 | [US finds first screwworm livestock case since 1976 \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31163-us-finds-first-screwworm-livestock-case-since-1976-latest-market-news.md) | -1.8% | -2.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-02-24 | [Border closure over New World Screwworm threat ripples across U.S. beef industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20539-border-closure-over-new-world-screwworm-threat-ripples-across-u-s-beef-industry.md) | -3.3% | -4.4% |
| 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% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-03-28 | [A cattle industry update from northern Mexico  \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25520-a-cattle-industry-update-from-northern-mexico-western-livestock-journal.md) | -0.8% | +1.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-03-25 | [US finds first screwworm livestock case since 1976 \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31163-us-finds-first-screwworm-livestock-case-since-1976-latest-market-news.md) | -3.8% | -2.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-02-24 | [Border closure over New World Screwworm threat ripples across U.S. beef industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20539-border-closure-over-new-world-screwworm-threat-ripples-across-u-s-beef-industry.md) | -1.9% | -1.6% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2025/12/22/nws-causes-threat-us-livestock

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