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Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) officials are asking for the public’s help after reports of stolen livestock in two separate incidents in northeast and north-central Kansas.

A KLA member reported a horse stolen from pens near their home along K-4 Highway west of Topeka in Shawnee County. The theft occurred sometime between the night of Dec. 17 and the morning of Dec. 18. The missing horse is a 10-year-old registered Quarter Horse gelding, grullo in color, also described as a gray dun.

In a separate case, another KLA member reported two bred cows and two calves missing from a pasture near Concordia in Cloud County. The black crossbred cattle are branded with a rafter backward R, either on the left hip or both hips. The cows have yellow ear tags with the brand, while the calves have white ear tags and weigh between 550 and 750 pounds.

The Kansas Livestock Association is offering rewards of up to $5,000 in each case for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. The reward program applies only when the victim is a KLA member.

Anyone with information about the stolen horse is asked to contact the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office at 785-251-2200. Information regarding the missing cattle should be reported to the Cloud County Sheriff’s Office at 785-243-3636.