# Cattle trade trends in North America | Western Livestock Journal

> North American cattle inventory totals 116.1 million head, with the US holding 75.1%, Mexico 15.4% and Canada 9.5%. US cattle imports in January to April 2024 reached 762,450 head, up 17.1% year over year, mostly feeder cattle from Mexico.

- Date: 2024-06-21 · published 2024-06-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29680-cattle-trade-trends-in-north-america-western-livestock-journal
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Rising feeder cattle imports add supply to US feedlots, a modestly bearish factor for feeder cattle prices, though the tight overall US herd limits the effect.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2020-02-14 | [Cattle and beef trade: a look back and a look ahead \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54545-cattle-and-beef-trade-a-look-back-and-a-look-ahead-western-livestock-journal.md) | +2.8% | -17.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-02-07 | [Market takes a nosedive over the week \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12740-market-takes-a-nosedive-over-the-week-western-livestock-journal.md) | +1.0% | +4.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-08-24 | [Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Aug. 24 \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8346-market-wrap-up-monday-aug-24-western-livestock-journal.md) | -4.1% | +0.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-08-28 | [Headlines turn market lower over the week  \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8339-headlines-turn-market-lower-over-the-week-western-livestock-journal.md) | -2.4% | +0.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-11-21 | [Potential impacts of the Mexican border reopening  \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21901-potential-impacts-of-the-mexican-border-reopening-western-livestock-journal.md) | -4.9% | +1.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-08-28 | [Challenges, opportunities in the world beef market \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69401-challenges-opportunities-in-the-world-beef-market-western-livestock-journal.md) | -1.7% | +0.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-10-11 | [Lull falls over Australia’s northern cattle export trade - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44502-lull-falls-over-australia-s-northern-cattle-export-trade-beef-central.md) | +0.3% | +4.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-10-02 | [Cattle Economics: Changes in International Beef Trade \| UT Beef & Forage Center](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39083-cattle-economics-changes-in-international-beef-trade-ut-beef-and-forage-center.md) | +0.7% | +4.2% |

## Sources

- wlj.net: https://www.wlj.net/cattle-trade-trends-in-north-americaa/

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