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Livestock auctioneers in South Texas say buyers who invest in cattle shipped north are becoming cautious because of the screwworm situation. Starr County remains under a Texas Animal Health Commission quarantine, though no active cases are reported there.
A USDA sterile fly production facility in Edinburg, costing nearly $800 million, is under construction and expected to finish late next year.
Buyer hesitancy at sale barns can soften bids and reduce the value of cattle moving out of the Rio Grande Valley. The sterile fly facility is a longer-term step to contain the pest, so near-term effects on cattle prices are mostly through sentiment and movement restrictions.
krgv.comSantiago CaicedoNov 2, 2026After 46 past bearish disease events, Feeder Cattle moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -2.3% to +1.6%), and +1.8% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
