# Import restrictions will weigh on cattle markets - High Plains Journal

> The May WASDE forecasts 2026 US red meat and poultry production lower than 2025, with beef prices expected to stay higher. The forecast assumes Mexican live cattle, horse and bison imports remain suspended indefinitely because of New World screwworm.

- Date: 2025-05-23 · published 2025-05-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24820-import-restrictions-will-weigh-on-cattle-markets-high-plains-journal
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower beef and feeder supplies from the closed Mexican border point to higher cattle prices, especially in the Southern Plains. Analysts also note that cooperation between the two countries could have reduced the economic harm.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2025-03-14 | [Cattle herd shrinks, prices go higher - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25522-cattle-herd-shrinks-prices-go-higher-high-plains-journal.md) | +2.9% | +0.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-11-24 | [November cattle market update, Cattle on Feed report \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12781-november-cattle-market-update-cattle-on-feed-report-western-livestock-journal.md) | +0.9% | -1.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-01-29 | [Cattle Markets Just Hit Record Highs. Is More Price Upside Likely?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11094-cattle-markets-just-hit-record-highs-is-more-price-upside-likely.md) | -4.8% | -2.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-07-28 | [Cattle Gap Into New Highs on Bullish Reports: Grains Fall on Weather - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23889-cattle-gap-into-new-highs-on-bullish-reports-grains-fall-on-weather-agweb.md) | +1.0% | +8.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2023-01-13 | [Heifer Retention in 2023 Will Put More Pressure on Feeder Markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37914-heifer-retention-in-2023-will-put-more-pressure-on-feeder-markets.md) | -2.3% | +2.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-03-14 | [Cattle herd shrinks, prices go higher - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25522-cattle-herd-shrinks-prices-go-higher-high-plains-journal.md) | +2.8% | +2.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-11-24 | [November cattle market update, Cattle on Feed report \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12781-november-cattle-market-update-cattle-on-feed-report-western-livestock-journal.md) | +2.1% | +1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-11-04 | [October Cattle on Feed hits expectations \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56209-october-cattle-on-feed-hits-expectations-western-livestock-journal.md) | +1.2% | +4.1% |

## Sources

- hpj.com: https://hpj.com/2025/05/23/import-restrictions-will-weigh-on-cattle-markets/

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