# Secretary Rollins Suspends Live Animal Imports Through Ports of Entry Along Southern Border, Effective Immediately | USDA

> USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced an immediate suspension of live cattle, horse and bison imports through southern border ports. The action responds to New World screwworm spreading in Mexico to Oaxaca and Veracruz, about 700 miles from the US border, and will be reviewed monthly.

- Date: 2025-05-11 · published 2025-05-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24637-secretary-rollins-suspends-live-animal-imports-through-ports-of-entry-along
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Cutting off live cattle imports removes a seasonal source of feeder supply, which tightens US cattle supplies and supports cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2026-02-23 | [U.S. Secretary Of Agriculture Suspends Livestock Imports Along Southern Border \| Speedhorse](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20538-u-s-secretary-of-agriculture-suspends-livestock-imports-along-southern-border.md) | -3.4% | -2.8% |
| 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 | 2025-04-26 | [U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins Demands Mexico Cooperate to Protect U.S. Agricultural Products from Invasive Pests; Threatens Port Closures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25081-u-s-agriculture-secretary-brooke-rollins-demands-mexico-cooperate-to-protect-u.md) | +1.5% | +3.4% |
| FCATTLE | 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) | +0.9% | +2.5% |
| 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% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-02-23 | [U.S. Secretary Of Agriculture Suspends Livestock Imports Along Southern Border \| Speedhorse](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20538-u-s-secretary-of-agriculture-suspends-livestock-imports-along-southern-border.md) | -0.3% | -4.7% |
| 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 | 2025-04-26 | [U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins Demands Mexico Cooperate to Protect U.S. Agricultural Products from Invasive Pests; Threatens Port Closures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25081-u-s-agriculture-secretary-brooke-rollins-demands-mexico-cooperate-to-protect-u.md) | +0.4% | +3.8% |

## Sources

- usda.gov: https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/05/11/secretary-rollins-suspends-live-animal-imports-through-ports-entry-along-southern-border-effective

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