# Cattle Call: Cattle market correction continues as USDA begins reopening Mexican border - Rural Radio Network

> Cattle futures and cash markets are correcting as USDA begins reopening the Mexican border to cattle imports in stages starting July 7. An analyst estimates 600,000 to 700,000 cattle were held back in Mexico and may return as heavier feeders.

- Date: 2025-07-03 · published 2025-07-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6097-cattle-call-cattle-market-correction-continues-as-usda-begins-reopening-mexican
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Returning Mexican feeder cattle add supply to the feeder market, which is bearish for feeder and live cattle prices and may weigh on corn and feed demand sentiment.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-07-01 | 1 | -3.4% | -5.4 | It describes the staged border reopening (from July 7) and 600-700k head potentially returning, a supply-side driver of the correction, though published two days after the move and so more confirming than causal. |
| LCATTLE | 2025-07-02 | 5 | -3.9% | -3.3 | It describes a futures and cash correction on the Mexican border reopening, with 600-700k held-back head potentially returning, though it is dated just after the window. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2026-09-24 | [As screwworm fight continues, Mexican cattle ranchers ready for border reopening - El Paso Matters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17419-as-screwworm-fight-continues-mexican-cattle-ranchers-ready-for-border-reopening.md) | -0.0% | +3.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-09-01 | [Cattle Prices Sink as Mexico Border Reopening Shakes U.S. Beef Markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17849-cattle-prices-sink-as-mexico-border-reopening-shakes-u-s-beef-markets.md) | +2.3% | +3.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-07-29 | [USDA Reopens Border to Mexican Cattle Amid Screwworm Fight](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18297-usda-reopens-border-to-mexican-cattle-amid-screwworm-fight.md) | +2.4% | -2.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-10-27 | [Cattle Market Tumbles as Mexico Seeks to Reopen Border to Live Cattle Trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22363-cattle-market-tumbles-as-mexico-seeks-to-reopen-border-to-live-cattle-trade.md) | -4.4% | -11.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-10-24 | [Fears of Mexico border reopening cap a brutal week for the cattle market - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22526-fears-of-mexico-border-reopening-cap-a-brutal-week-for-the-cattle-market-pro.md) | -4.4% | -6.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-09-01 | [Cattle Prices Sink as Mexico Border Reopening Shakes U.S. Beef Markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17849-cattle-prices-sink-as-mexico-border-reopening-shakes-u-s-beef-markets.md) | -1.8% | -0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-07-29 | [USDA Reopens Border to Mexican Cattle Amid Screwworm Fight](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18297-usda-reopens-border-to-mexican-cattle-amid-screwworm-fight.md) | +1.5% | -3.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-27 | [Cattle Market Tumbles as Mexico Seeks to Reopen Border to Live Cattle Trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22363-cattle-market-tumbles-as-mexico-seeks-to-reopen-border-to-live-cattle-trade.md) | +0.2% | -7.2% |

## Sources

- ruralradio.com: https://ruralradio.com/rrn/news/cattle-call-cattle-market-correction-continues-as-usda-begins-reopening-mexican-border/

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