Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2021-05-05

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, May 5
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
261 head
▼ 200 vs last sale 461▲ 17 vs year ago 244 · +7.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 72▼ 11 vs year ago 33 · −33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 0▲ 8 vs year ago 1 · +800.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder cattle sold mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Demand was good and quality was mostly plain to average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.56/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$122.56
75 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$640
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.53
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467134.5162829
Medium and Large 2517118.0861025
Medium and Large 1-2662113.2774915thin
Medium and Large 3463106.674946thin
One grade step is worth $27.84/cwt here — about $134 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 sale75 hd
122.56
—
MS average13 barns · 1,088 hd
120.03
+2.53
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—Average1,74288.471,5417thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06659.5163410
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02345.294633thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1314169.24/cwt165.00–172.005315
Steers—Medium and Large 2330160.00/cwt160.00–160.005281
Steers—Medium and Large 1370166.00/cwt166.00–166.006141
Steers—Medium and Large 1410164.00/cwt162.00–166.006723
Steers—Medium and Large 2417155.25/cwt150.00–158.006473
Steers—Medium and Large 2490145.00/cwt145.00–145.007111
Steers—Medium and Large 1494155.65/cwt155.00–157.007693
Steers—Medium and Large 1515155.15/cwt150.00–160.007992
Steers—Medium and Large 2542142.00/cwt142.00–142.007703
Steers—Medium and Large 2570132.00/cwt132.00–132.007521
Steers—Medium and Large 1577149.32/cwt149.00–150.008623
Steers—Medium and Large 2615123.59/cwt118.00–129.007604
Steers—Medium and Large 1625132.00/cwt132.00–132.008251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2648130.00/cwt130.00–130.008425
Steers—Medium and Large 1665130.50/cwt129.00–131.008684
Steers—Medium and Large 2718118.97/cwt116.00–122.008542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728119.81/cwt119.00–120.0087221
Steers—Medium and Large 2885105.00/cwt105.00–105.009291
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1235160.00/cwt160.00–160.003761
Heifers—Medium and Large 2255124.00/cwt124.00–124.003161
Heifers—Medium and Large 3255110.00/cwt110.00–110.002811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315131.22/cwt124.00–138.004132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364142.60/cwt138.00–149.005195
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375100.00/cwt100.00–100.003751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420130.49/cwt130.00–132.005484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427143.97/cwt139.00–147.006155
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462116.99/cwt116.00–118.005403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473129.44/cwt125.00–134.006127
Heifers—Medium and Large 3495110.00/cwt110.00–110.005451
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520117.52/cwt116.00–119.006114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529128.12/cwt123.00–132.006787
Heifers—Medium and Large 3533105.02/cwt100.00–110.005602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539125.00/cwt125.00–125.006744
Heifers—Medium and Large 2564113.68/cwt108.00–118.006414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578125.34/cwt125.00–126.007243
Heifers—Medium and Large 3585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600129.00/cwt129.00–129.007741
Heifers—Medium and Large 2633111.99/cwt109.00–113.007094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640109.00/cwt109.00–109.006983
Heifers—Medium and Large 2673106.47/cwt105.00–108.007172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2731109.00/cwt109.00–109.007978
Heifers—Medium and Large 2760107.00/cwt107.00–107.008131
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3260140.96/cwt140.00–142.003662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265169.92/cwt168.00–172.004502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275158.00/cwt158.00–158.004351
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305157.61/cwt151.00–164.004812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1319169.95/cwt165.00–176.005426
Bulls—Medium and Large 3330138.00/cwt138.00–138.004551
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350152.00/cwt152.00–152.005321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373166.14/cwt160.00–170.006205
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410150.00/cwt150.00–150.006151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468154.59/cwt150.00–160.007236
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470141.71/cwt135.00–148.006665
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500144.00/cwt143.00–145.007202
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510125.55/cwt120.00–131.006402
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555127.00/cwt127.00–127.007051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560134.00/cwt134.00–134.007501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618122.50/cwt122.00–124.007574
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635126.00/cwt126.00–126.008002
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655118.00/cwt118.00–118.007731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1775114.00/cwt114.00–114.008841
Bulls—Medium and Large 377590.00/cwt90.00–90.006981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,14581.00/cwt81.00–81.009271
Bulls——1,84189.71/cwt81.50–94.501,6526
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02345.29/cwt40.00–52.504633
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06659.51/cwt55.00–63.0063410
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1773780.49/cwt770.00–790.006,0332
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,010800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,0801
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0501,127.30/cwt1,120.00–1,140.0011,8373
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1001,051.82/cwt950.00–1,110.0011,5703

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.