# Cattle transportation in NAFTA times | Western Livestock Journal

> Western Livestock Journal reports that US-Canada cattle and beef trade is worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually and could be disrupted by NAFTA renegotiation uncertainty. Trucking difficulties at the border are also cited as a concern for cattle movements.

- Date: 2018-06-04 · published 2018-06-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64471-cattle-transportation-in-nafta-times-western-livestock-journal
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Any NAFTA disruption or border trucking delay could reduce cattle and beef flows between the two countries, creating regional price spreads for feeder and live cattle.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2021-05-19 | [Livestock groups unite on need to address cattle markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47227-livestock-groups-unite-on-need-to-address-cattle-markets.md) | -0.4% | +14.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-07-12 | [Sask. cattle producers call for meat pricing investigation, transparency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40439-sask-cattle-producers-call-for-meat-pricing-investigation-transparency.md) | +1.0% | +3.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-10-28 | [Cattle export market dynamics shifting \| Meat & Livestock Australia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56525-cattle-export-market-dynamics-shifting-meat-and-livestock-australia.md) | +2.4% | -4.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2023-12-19 | [Weekly Address: Free Trade Distorts Domestic Cattle Prices - R-CALF USA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32622-weekly-address-free-trade-distorts-domestic-cattle-prices-r-calf-usa.md) | +0.2% | +3.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-08-06 | [U.S. farm state senators in a beef over livestock bill](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51748-u-s-farm-state-senators-in-a-beef-over-livestock-bill.md) | +0.3% | -4.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-03-25 | [Cattle prices investigated - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48256-cattle-prices-investigated-ag-information-network-of-the-west.md) | +1.4% | +3.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-05-19 | [Livestock groups unite on need to address cattle markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47227-livestock-groups-unite-on-need-to-address-cattle-markets.md) | -0.0% | +2.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-07-12 | [Sask. cattle producers call for meat pricing investigation, transparency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40439-sask-cattle-producers-call-for-meat-pricing-investigation-transparency.md) | -1.0% | -0.4% |

## Sources

- wlj.net: https://www.wlj.net/cattle-transportation-in-nafta-times/

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