Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2020-05-06

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, May 6
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
244 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 242▲ 244 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 53▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 4▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Special Note: Next week 5/13/20 in addition to the regular sale there will be 50 5 to 6 year old black cows with 50 calves at side. Also on 5/20/20 in addition to the regular sale there will be a complete herd dispersal of 70 young black and Hereford cows with 50 calves at side.*

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 10.00 lower, and feeder bulls sold uneven from 5.00 higher to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate and quality was average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $118.62/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$118.62
80 head · 733 lb average
Value per head Derived
$869
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$454
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$9.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.56
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3340128.004351thin
Medium and Large 2545118.996485thin
Medium and Large 1751118.4789074
One grade step is worth $9.53/cwt here — about −$454 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 sale80 hd
118.62
—
MS average13 barns · 1,417 hd
128.19
−9.56
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—Average1,57081.841,2858thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15257.6766419
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03345.824735thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43042.006011thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3340128.00/cwt128.00–128.004351
Steers—Medium and Large 1423137.98/cwt136.00–140.005843
Steers—Medium and Large 2440128.00/cwt128.00–128.005631
Steers—Medium and Large 2505123.47/cwt120.00–127.006242
Steers—Medium and Large 1530133.00/cwt133.00–133.007051
Steers—Medium and Large 1565123.43/cwt121.00–126.006972
Steers—Medium and Large 2590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006791
Steers—Medium and Large 1610117.00/cwt117.00–117.007141
Steers—Medium and Large 1660118.50/cwt118.00–119.007822
Steers—Medium and Large 2685105.00/cwt105.00–105.007191
Steers—Medium and Large 1720111.31/cwt110.00–112.008013
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added783117.50/cwt117.50–117.5092062
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2264117.29/cwt115.00–120.003104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290126.00/cwt126.00–126.003651
Heifers—Medium and Large 2310114.00/cwt114.00–114.003531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1319125.43/cwt121.00–129.004004
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320101.00/cwt101.00–101.003231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375119.31/cwt116.00–121.004473
Heifers—Medium and Large 3390106.00/cwt106.00–106.004131
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395111.00/cwt111.00–111.004381
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427110.18/cwt108.00–113.004706
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445107.00/cwt107.00–107.004761
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465106.00/cwt105.00–107.004934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471109.24/cwt109.00–110.005154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524108.76/cwt108.00–109.005704
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528103.29/cwt100.00–105.005456
Heifers—Medium and Large 353095.00/cwt95.00–95.005041
Heifers—Medium and Large 355590.00/cwt90.00–90.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567105.20/cwt104.00–107.005965
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585100.00/cwt100.00–100.005851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610100.00/cwt100.00–100.006102
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1280150.00/cwt150.00–150.004201
Bulls—Medium and Large 3315129.95/cwt127.00–133.004092
Bulls—Medium and Large 2345139.00/cwt139.00–139.004801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360146.43/cwt144.00–149.005272
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378119.98/cwt117.00–123.004542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2393132.47/cwt128.00–137.005212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418118.99/cwt117.00–121.004972
Bulls—Medium and Large 1429137.03/cwt134.00–141.005887
Bulls—Medium and Large 3438117.69/cwt115.00–119.005153
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465136.62/cwt130.00–144.006354
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473122.34/cwt117.00–127.005796
Bulls—Medium and Large 1519124.13/cwt119.00–128.006447
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540116.00/cwt116.00–116.006261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1562117.56/cwt110.00–121.0066110
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563112.51/cwt112.00–113.006332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610111.98/cwt111.00–113.006832
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660103.97/cwt102.00–106.006862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670108.00/cwt108.00–108.007241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1713106.00/cwt106.00–106.007562
Bulls—Medium and Large 176891.50/cwt90.00–93.007032
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,38280.02/cwt79.00–82.001,1063
Bulls——1,68382.93/cwt75.50–90.501,3965
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03345.82/cwt35.00–51.004735
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13657.21/cwt52.00–63.0065018
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43042.00/cwt42.00–42.006011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44066.00/cwt66.00–66.009501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,240900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,1601

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.