# Screwworms Are Crawling Toward Texas. Can a Cattle-Import Pause Help?

> Texas officials warn that New World screwworm, eradicated from Texas decades ago and not found there since 1982, could return after a sighting near the Mexico-Guatemala border. The article describes the pest's threat to livestock and the cattle-import pause meant to contain it.

- Date: 2025-01-27 · published 2025-01-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26450-screwworms-are-crawling-toward-texas-can-a-cattle-import-pause-help
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A possible return of screwworm to US herds would raise risk of livestock losses and movement restrictions, a supportive factor for cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2024-11-28 | [Screwworms impacting cattle trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27348-screwworms-impacting-cattle-trade.md) | +0.7% | +3.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-06-09 | [Texas screwworm case drives cattle rally](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18947-texas-screwworm-case-drives-cattle-rally.md) | +0.7% | -2.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-08-15 | [In Texas cattle country, ranchers brace for flesh-eating screwworms \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23280-in-texas-cattle-country-ranchers-brace-for-flesh-eating-screwworms-reuters.md) | +1.1% | -0.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-06-25 | [The screwworm parasite continues to spread in Texas, threatening cattle and wildlife : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18767-the-screwworm-parasite-continues-to-spread-in-texas-threatening-cattle-and.md) | -2.9% | -10.1% |
| LCATTLE | 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) | +2.6% | +6.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-11-28 | [Screwworms impacting cattle trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27348-screwworms-impacting-cattle-trade.md) | -1.5% | +1.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-06-09 | [Texas screwworm case drives cattle rally](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18947-texas-screwworm-case-drives-cattle-rally.md) | +3.1% | +3.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-06-25 | [The screwworm parasite continues to spread in Texas, threatening cattle and wildlife : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18767-the-screwworm-parasite-continues-to-spread-in-texas-threatening-cattle-and.md) | -2.4% | -7.8% |

## Sources

- texasmonthly.com: https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/new-world-screwworm-cattle-imports-texas/

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