# Mexico’s Screwworm Outbreak Delays Mexican Cattle Exports Into the US Until After the First of the Year - Oklahoma Farm Report

> OSU economist Derrell Peel says the import halt will remove the last six weeks or so of Mexican cattle imports and cut annual imports by about 18%. He estimates 250,000 to 300,000 fewer head will be imported by year-end, a number small relative to the US calf crop but noticeable in a tight market.

- Date: 2024-11-29 · published 2024-11-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27349-mexico-s-screwworm-outbreak-delays-mexican-cattle-exports-into-the-us-until
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A cut of roughly 250,000 to 300,000 feeder head in a tight supply market supports feeder cattle prices and may trim feedlot placements.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2024-11-25 | [US suspends Mexican cattle imports after New World screwworm case \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27346-us-suspends-mexican-cattle-imports-after-new-world-screwworm-case-reuters.md) | +1.0% | +0.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-07-19 | [What the U.S. can learn from Mexico's handling of the screwworm outbreak - VPM](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18298-what-the-u-s-can-learn-from-mexico-s-handling-of-the-screwworm-outbreak-vpm.md) | -0.2% | -1.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-05-11 | [US suspends Mexican cattle, horse and bison imports over screwworm pest \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24638-us-suspends-mexican-cattle-horse-and-bison-imports-over-screwworm-pest-reuters.md) | -0.4% | +4.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-06-21 | [OSU’s Derrell Peel: Placements Show Mexican Feeder Cattle Ban Hurting Southern Plains Feedlots - Oklahoma Farm Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24375-osu-s-derrell-peel-placements-show-mexican-feeder-cattle-ban-hurting-southern.md) | +1.8% | +8.3% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- oklahomafarmreport.com: https://www.oklahomafarmreport.com/2024/11/29/how-mexicos-screwworm-outbreak-affects-us-feeder-cattle/

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