Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2023-08-09

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Aug 9
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
313 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 317▲ 28 vs year ago 285 · +9.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 127▲ 22 vs year ago 48 · +45.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 75▼ 8 vs year ago 15 · −53.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady and feeder bulls sold 3.00 to 15 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $232.16/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$232.16
127 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,154
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$619
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$67.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.05
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2564240.381,35540
Medium and Large 1472234.371,10768
Medium and Large 2448210.9494517thin
Medium and Large 3425173.057352thin
One grade step is worth $67.32/cwt here — about $619 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 sale127 hd
232.16
—
MS average13 barns · 1,203 hd
223.11
+9.05
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—Average1,666121.542,02510
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,138104.571,19034
CowsLean 85-90%Average97187.6185113

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)870$1,1201thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,187$1,5493thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,100$1,0503thin

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2265254.00/cwt254.00–254.006731
Steers—Medium and Large 1325271.05/cwt270.00–272.008812
Steers—Medium and Large 3335200.00/cwt200.00–200.006701
Steers—Medium and Large 2413213.08/cwt200.00–226.008802
Steers—Medium and Large 1424250.26/cwt242.00–263.001,0615
Steers—Medium and Large 3465182.00/cwt182.00–182.008461
Steers—Medium and Large 1487254.24/cwt240.00–262.001,2383
Steers—Medium and Large 1526245.49/cwt236.00–264.001,2915
Steers—Medium and Large 2530220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1661
Steers—Medium and Large 1573245.31/cwt231.00–262.001,4063
Steers—Medium and Large 2573220.34/cwt218.00–225.001,2633
Steers—Medium and Large 1623227.43/cwt222.00–234.001,4173
Steers—Medium and Large 2635214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3591
Steers—Medium and Large 1670233.21/cwt226.00–240.001,5632
Steers—Medium and Large 2670210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4071
Steers—Medium and Large 1710200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2721229.33/cwt225.00–231.001,65316
Steers—Medium and Large 2790192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,5171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2891190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6934
Steers—Medium and Large 2935180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6831
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1220238.00/cwt238.00–238.005241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1250238.00/cwt238.00–238.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275224.00/cwt224.00–224.006161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321250.44/cwt234.00–262.008046
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340219.35/cwt208.00–232.007463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378244.52/cwt244.00–246.009244
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380216.00/cwt202.00–230.008212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421239.80/cwt230.00–250.001,01017
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423213.34/cwt198.00–230.009022
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425173.05/cwt172.00–174.007352
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470206.32/cwt196.00–216.009702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474236.58/cwt220.00–244.001,12114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2497244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,2139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added507252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,2786
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513209.12/cwt198.00–218.001,0734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516229.52/cwt220.00–240.001,18410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561223.94/cwt218.00–234.001,2565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3547
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573198.72/cwt190.00–206.001,1393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,44211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619217.59/cwt206.00–226.001,3475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1651220.99/cwt214.00–224.001,4394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5481
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285284.52/cwt278.00–292.008114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1317294.39/cwt286.00–299.009335
Bulls—Medium and Large 2345220.00/cwt220.00–220.007591
Bulls—Medium and Large 3345218.00/cwt218.00–218.007521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365278.19/cwt272.00–289.001,0158
Bulls—Medium and Large 2382256.05/cwt240.00–265.0097811
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415186.00/cwt186.00–186.007721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421257.42/cwt246.00–270.001,08411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2434236.15/cwt222.00–245.001,0254
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465214.46/cwt200.00–234.009973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1481248.96/cwt244.00–252.001,1976
Bulls—Medium and Large 1531243.55/cwt236.00–254.001,2935
Bulls—Medium and Large 1572219.10/cwt210.00–226.001,2535
Bulls—Medium and Large 2595190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3462
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,1841
Bulls—Medium and Large 3745178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,3261
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,348111.14/cwt106.00–116.001,4982
Bulls——1,746124.14/cwt119.00–133.002,1678
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97187.61/cwt75.00–93.0085113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,109102.86/cwt94.00–110.001,14129
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,304114.47/cwt113.00–116.001,4935
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18701,120.00/head1,120.00–1,120.001,1201
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0301,470.00/head1,470.00–1,470.001,4701
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1001,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2651,587.91/head1,480.00–1,690.001,5882

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.