# Borders will shut to cattle in a lumpy skin outbreak, experts warn | Farm Online | ACT

> Government biosecurity experts warn that a detection of lumpy skin disease in northern Australia would likely lead to state borders closing to cattle movements. Thousands of head move daily between NSW and Queensland and between the Northern Territory and South Australia, so closures would disrupt trade.

- Date: 2022-03-29 · published 2022-03-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42217-borders-will-shut-to-cattle-in-a-lumpy-skin-outbreak-experts-warn-farm-online
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A domestic outbreak would halt live cattle movements and exports of hides, milk and boxed beef, pressuring Australian cattle prices while lifting uncertainty premiums in the market.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2025-10-23 | [Mexican ag minister to discuss with US counterpart opening border to cattle amid screwworm outbreak \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22362-mexican-ag-minister-to-discuss-with-us-counterpart-opening-border-to-cattle.md) | -4.7% | -6.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-06-09 | [Saleyard prices to fall; foot and mouth will cost us $80b: ABARES  \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40866-saleyard-prices-to-fall-foot-and-mouth-will-cost-us-80b-abares-farm-online-act.md) | -1.4% | -2.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-02-01 | [Mexican Border is Expected to Open for Feeder Cattle Week of Jan. 20, Sources Say](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26451-mexican-border-is-expected-to-open-for-feeder-cattle-week-of-jan-20-sources-say.md) | -3.9% | -0.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-03-31 | [USDA Eyes Phased Reopening of Southern Border to Mexican Feeder Cattle - RFD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20115-usda-eyes-phased-reopening-of-southern-border-to-mexican-feeder-cattle-rfd.md) | +1.5% | +2.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-03-27 | [Ag economists weigh in on COVID shutdown - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7964-ag-economists-weigh-in-on-covid-shutdown-progressive-cattle-ag-proud.md) | -15.4% | -8.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-08-01 | [The battlefronts facing the live cattle trade \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39975-the-battlefronts-facing-the-live-cattle-trade-farm-online-act.md) | +0.1% | +3.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-01-29 | [China’s coronavirus outbreak will impact beef and cattle trade - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55036-china-s-coronavirus-outbreak-will-impact-beef-and-cattle-trade-beef-central.md) | -1.1% | -4.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-23 | [Mexican ag minister to discuss with US counterpart opening border to cattle amid screwworm outbreak \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22362-mexican-ag-minister-to-discuss-with-us-counterpart-opening-border-to-cattle.md) | -2.0% | -7.9% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/7678227/lumpy-skin-will-shut-state-borders-to-cattle/

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