U.S. cattle futures soared to record highs on Monday after Washington suspended cattle imports from Mexico over a flesh-eating parasite, which Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum denounced as unfair.

New World screwworm maggots burrow into open wounds on cattle and other animals, often killing their host within weeks. Though screwworm has been eradicated in the U.S. since 1966, the U.S. agriculture department warned there was a risk of re-introduction.

The U.S. typically imports more than a million cattle a year from Mexico. U.S. cattle supplies have dwindled and beef prices soared after drought reduced grazing lands and caused ranchers to slash their herds in recent years.


https://www.reuters.com/world/ameri...attle-imports-over-screwworm-2025-05-12/

Even higher it is 17.99 a lb - 24.99 a lb for ribeye steak at HEB in delrio. It is so expensive that nobody is buying steaks so HEB has started turning all the steaks into ground beef and selling it the day before it expires at a 50% discount

Oh no! We are doomed!

I have a freezer full of venison…I’m good.

We'll all be eating soy bean burgers soon.

Screwworm maggots, sounds unpleasant

It’s always something.

That’s the truth. Good thing I never really wanted steak with my eggs, I’d be broke before I got to lunch.

Pretty sure if Mexico let some of our special ops in with sterile screw worm flies that problem could be solved.

This is why we should grow our beef in a lab Petri dish.

Processors were already setting records for the lowest production runs ever. It's just a mess

Finally some good news for beef ranchers.

Sounds like another word for politicians

Ranchers have been doing fine