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Beef, Cattle Report, Livestock, Livestock Markets

High Plains cattle sales report

The High Plains area weekly weighted average direct cattle sales results for the week ending June 7, reported receipts of 66,886 head compared to 48,451 head a week ago and 63,138 head a year ago, according to the USDA Livestock Poultry and Grain Market News Division, St. Jose... Read More



The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)
Cattle grazing in Faulkner County, taken April 9, 2026. (UADA photo by Kevin Lawsonl.)
Grain Elevators, Kansas (Photo: iStock - j12tone)

Cash Bids

The latest cattle on feed report, issued May 22 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Agricultural Statistics Service, was about what most ag economists expected. This file photo is from Hy-Plains Feedyard, LLC, taken in 2024. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)
Drone in a corn field. (K-State Research and Extension)

Drones can improve crop scouting, reduce labor

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Extension news service
Kansas Commerce
Farmer planting young seedlings of lettuce salad in the vegetable garden (Photo: iStock - AlexRaths)

Tips for planting warm season vegetables

Dave Bergmeier