# OSU’s Derrell Peel: Placements Show Mexican Feeder Cattle Ban Hurting Southern Plains Feedlots - Oklahoma Farm Report

> USDA's June Cattle on Feed report showed May placements at 92% of last year and marketings at 90%, leaving on-feed inventory at 99% of a year ago. Texas placements fell 17% and Oklahoma placements fell 22%, which analysts attribute to the ban on Mexican cattle imports over New World screwworm.

- Date: 2025-06-21 · published 2025-06-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24375-osu-s-derrell-peel-placements-show-mexican-feeder-cattle-ban-hurting-southern
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The loss of Mexican feeder imports is tightening domestic feeder supply, which could create a sizable annualized deficit and support feeder cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2024-11-29 | [Mexico’s Screwworm Outbreak Delays Mexican Cattle Exports Into the US Until After the First of the Year - Oklahoma Farm Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27349-mexico-s-screwworm-outbreak-delays-mexican-cattle-exports-into-the-us-until.md) | -1.5% | +1.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-06-01 | [An economist says the loss of Mexican feeder cattle is hitting U.S. feedlots hard, tightening supplies and driving up beef prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19393-an-economist-says-the-loss-of-mexican-feeder-cattle-is-hitting-u-s-feedlots.md) | +1.6% | +5.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-05-13 | [Mexico to tighten cattle flows from south, rules out shutting border over screwworm](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24641-mexico-to-tighten-cattle-flows-from-south-rules-out-shutting-border-over.md) | -2.4% | +3.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-01-20 | [Deadly parasite halts Mexican cattle imports to U.S.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26449-deadly-parasite-halts-mexican-cattle-imports-to-u-s.md) | +2.3% | -1.4% |
| FCATTLE | 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) | -0.4% | +4.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-06-01 | [An economist says the loss of Mexican feeder cattle is hitting U.S. feedlots hard, tightening supplies and driving up beef prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19393-an-economist-says-the-loss-of-mexican-feeder-cattle-is-hitting-u-s-feedlots.md) | -0.3% | +1.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-05-13 | [Mexico to tighten cattle flows from south, rules out shutting border over screwworm](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24641-mexico-to-tighten-cattle-flows-from-south-rules-out-shutting-border-over.md) | -0.5% | +5.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-01-20 | [Deadly parasite halts Mexican cattle imports to U.S.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26449-deadly-parasite-halts-mexican-cattle-imports-to-u-s.md) | +2.3% | +1.4% |

## Sources

- oklahomafarmreport.com: https://www.oklahomafarmreport.com/2025/06/21/osus-derrell-peel-placements-show-mexican-feeder-cattle-ban-hurting-southern-plains-feedlots/

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