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High Plains cattle sales report

The High Plains area weekly weighted average direct cattle sales results for the week ending April 12, reported receipts of 29,361 head compared to 63,078 head a week ago and 38,541 head a year ago, according to the USDA Livestock Poultry and Grain Market News Division, St. Jo... Read More



Cattle (Journal photo by Amy Bickel.)
The decision to sell cows from the herd is often influenced by a variety of factors, including her performance, the quality of her offspring, cattle prices and marketing opportunities. (Photo: Kansas State University Research and Extension)
K-State veterinary toxicologist Steve Ensley says lactating animals have a higher chance of becoming water deprived, given their additional fluid needs for milk production. (Photo: K-State Research and Extension news service)
Cattle getting a morning drink of water. (Photo: iStock - Chester Leeds)
Grazing cover crops with beef cattle increases soil organic carbon stocks and potassium concentrations in grazed plots, according to a study from Kansas State University. (K-State Research and Extension news service)
Cattle (File photo, MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.)
Cows graze a field in northeast Wyoming. (Photo courtesy of University of Wyoming Extension.)