Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2020-02-05

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Feb 5
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 234 vs last sale 313▲ 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 45▲ 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 12▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold higher 2.00 to 4.00, and slaughter bulls were steady. We had a small run due to days of rain and mostly plain quality of feeder cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.48/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$119.48
32 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$35
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.66
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1425134.115708thin
Medium and Large 2483118.6257315thin
Medium and Large 3561107.916059thin
One grade step is worth $26.20/cwt here — about −$35 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale32 hd
119.48
—
MS average12 barns · 960 hd
128.14
−8.66
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,50578.961,1885thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22059.8072911
CowsLean 85-90%Average97843.294233thin

Every lot

36 lots · USDA AMS · Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Market, Inc.- Como, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1417160.00/cwt160.00–160.006673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2498152.50/cwt152.50–152.5075910
Steers—Medium and Large 3520122.00/cwt122.00–122.006341
Steers—Medium and Large 1575134.92/cwt129.00–138.007763
Steers—Medium and Large 1710120.00/cwt120.00–120.008521
Steers—Medium and Large 1870114.00/cwt114.00–114.009921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3265120.00/cwt120.00–120.003181
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325132.00/cwt132.00–132.004291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365137.00/cwt137.00–137.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376124.77/cwt121.00–130.004694
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400128.00/cwt128.00–128.005121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428135.98/cwt134.00–138.005826
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468110.15/cwt106.00–114.005162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470120.00/cwt120.00–120.005641
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480117.00/cwt117.00–117.005621
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520107.97/cwt107.00–109.005612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533115.06/cwt111.00–119.006132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572113.63/cwt108.00–116.006505
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610105.00/cwt105.00–105.006411
Heifers—Medium and Large 363599.96/cwt95.00–105.006352
Heifers—Medium and Large 366098.00/cwt98.00–98.006471
Heifers—Medium and Large 3875117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1245160.00/cwt160.00–160.003922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2245154.00/cwt154.00–154.003771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475138.48/cwt137.00–140.006582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568124.48/cwt121.00–128.007072
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,06573.38/cwt70.00–77.007813
Bulls——2,16587.33/cwt84.00–90.001,8912
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97843.29/cwt38.00–48.004233
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15457.70/cwt54.00–62.006669
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,51569.26/cwt69.00–69.501,0492
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,000850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2501,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0014,0632
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1885600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,3101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,234970.00/cwt970.00–970.0011,9704

This sale against other markets

Mississippi weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.