# Six major feeder cattle market factors to watch | The Western Producer

> The U.S. halted imports of Mexican feeder cattle on Nov. 22 after a New World screwworm case, and feeder cattle markets surged in December. Analysts expect resumption to take three or four months while USDA has assumed no imports for all of 2025.

- Date: 2025-01-08 · published 2025-01-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26637-six-major-feeder-cattle-market-factors-to-watch-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The import suspension removes about 100,000 head per month from U.S. feeder supply, supporting cattle prices; once imports resume, USDA's higher beef production estimates could pressure cash and futures prices.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2025-08-27 | [Will Feeder Cattle Prices Keep Rising? Two Critical Market Factors to Watch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23478-will-feeder-cattle-prices-keep-rising-two-critical-market-factors-to-watch.md) | -0.3% | +0.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-09-29 | [Supply-side factors at play in the cattle sector](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23002-supply-side-factors-at-play-in-the-cattle-sector.md) | +0.0% | -0.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-01-03 | [U.S. livestock: Cattle futures surge as second screwworm case announced \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21012-u-s-livestock-cattle-futures-surge-as-second-screwworm-case-announced-the.md) | +1.3% | +2.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-12-02 | [Feeder cattle futures set July high - CME
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27084-feeder-cattle-futures-set-july-high-cme-the-cattle-site.md) | -1.4% | +0.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-06-05 | [LIVESTOCK-CME feeder cattle rise to two-week high on screwworm worries \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12086-livestock-cme-feeder-cattle-rise-to-two-week-high-on-screwworm-worries.md) | +1.8% | +2.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-08-27 | [Will Feeder Cattle Prices Keep Rising? Two Critical Market Factors to Watch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23478-will-feeder-cattle-prices-keep-rising-two-critical-market-factors-to-watch.md) | -0.7% | -2.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-09-29 | [Supply-side factors at play in the cattle sector](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23002-supply-side-factors-at-play-in-the-cattle-sector.md) | -1.2% | +0.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-01-03 | [U.S. livestock: Cattle futures surge as second screwworm case announced \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21012-u-s-livestock-cattle-futures-surge-as-second-screwworm-case-announced-the.md) | +0.0% | +1.1% |

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/markets/six-major-feeder-cattle-market-factors-to-watch/

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