# Feeder Imports from Mexico Down 60% as Border Closes Again - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST

> Feeder cattle imports from Mexico have fallen 60% year to date since the border reopened in February, with 197,844 head imported. The border closed again as screwworm moved farther north in southern Mexico, and the closure will stay until containment progresses.

- Date: 2025-05-22 · published 2025-05-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24642-feeder-imports-from-mexico-down-60-as-border-closes-again-ag-information
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The sharp drop in Mexican feeder supply tightens US feeder cattle availability, supporting prices for feeder cattle.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2026-10-26 | [Cattle from Mexico are tested for screwworm at the border \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17077-cattle-from-mexico-are-tested-for-screwworm-at-the-border-ap-news.md) | -3.5% | — |
| FCATTLE | 2024-11-27 | [Cattle Imports from Mexico Restricted after New World Screwworm Detection \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27350-cattle-imports-from-mexico-restricted-after-new-world-screwworm-detection-ohio.md) | -0.4% | +0.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-07-10 | [US again halts cattle imports from Mexico over flesh-eating screwworms \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23700-us-again-halts-cattle-imports-from-mexico-over-flesh-eating-screwworms-reuters.md) | +1.6% | +7.7% |
| 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 | 2025-07-10 | [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% |

## Sources

- aginfo.net: https://www.aginfo.net/report/62599/Land-Livestock-Report/Feeder-Imports-from-Mexico-Down-60-as-Border-Closes-Again

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