Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2023-12-13

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Dec 13
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
421 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 450▼ 71 vs year ago 492 · −14.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 61▼ 23 vs year ago 62 · −37.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 4▼ 9 vs year ago 12 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $210.55/cwt on 169 head.
Average price
$210.55
169 head · 701 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,475
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$548
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.31
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543223.061,21120
Medium and Large 1-2728208.941,521146
Medium and Large 2483208.891,0092thin
Medium and Large 3335198.006631thin
One grade step is worth $25.06/cwt here — about $548 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 sale169 hd
210.55
—
MS average12 barns · 1,233 hd
235.86
−25.31
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—Average2,055117.762,4202thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17492.101,08115
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,74588.001,5361thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01472.877398thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,285$1,3871thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$1,0052thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325260.00/cwt260.00–260.008451
Steers—Medium and Large 3335198.00/cwt198.00–198.006631
Steers—Medium and Large 1388238.01/cwt236.00–240.009232
Steers—Medium and Large 1405240.00/cwt240.00–240.009721
Steers—Medium and Large 1472237.21/cwt226.00–248.001,1203
Steers—Medium and Large 2483208.89/cwt202.00–216.001,0092
Steers—Medium and Large 1519232.89/cwt220.00–240.001,2094
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2494
Steers—Medium and Large 1567212.66/cwt210.00–216.001,2063
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3919
Steers—Medium and Large 1625201.02/cwt200.00–202.001,2562
Steers—Medium and Large 1705197.00/cwt194.00–200.001,3892
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added740207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,536133
Steers—Medium and Large 1750204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,5302
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1284242.57/cwt230.00–262.006898
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320245.06/cwt237.00–264.007848
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325210.00/cwt210.00–210.006831
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355218.00/cwt218.00–218.007741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376244.64/cwt230.00–260.0092013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2416215.12/cwt200.00–220.008956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419233.27/cwt222.00–250.009778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471224.35/cwt214.00–234.001,05710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480204.78/cwt196.00–210.009834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517214.74/cwt206.00–226.001,11010
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530186.00/cwt186.00–186.009861
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,1616
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563204.76/cwt198.00–211.001,1534
Heifers—Medium and Large 3565174.00/cwt174.00–174.009831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added586206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2077
Heifers—Medium and Large 3605163.00/cwt162.00–164.009862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2611204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,24611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623199.03/cwt194.00–206.001,2404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1860190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6341
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1235268.00/cwt268.00–268.006301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1263255.77/cwt248.00–264.006732
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270242.50/cwt242.50–242.506551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315270.16/cwt250.00–280.008514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370229.28/cwt206.00–240.008483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378261.95/cwt250.00–276.0099010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385230.00/cwt230.00–230.008863
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413219.01/cwt218.00–220.009052
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427250.31/cwt240.00–265.001,0699
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473230.69/cwt224.00–238.001,0918
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475210.00/cwt210.00–210.009981
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485182.00/cwt182.00–182.008831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520218.82/cwt208.00–226.001,1384
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,0391
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533195.01/cwt192.00–198.001,0392
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578207.75/cwt200.00–212.001,2018
Bulls—Medium and Large 2582196.65/cwt194.00–198.001,1453
Bulls—Medium and Large 1608205.32/cwt202.00–208.001,2483
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628189.99/cwt188.00–192.001,1932
Bulls—Medium and Large 2735188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3821
Bulls—Medium and Large 3735178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,3081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,055117.76/cwt115.00–120.002,4202
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01472.87/cwt60.00–82.007398
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13289.37/cwt83.00–97.001,01212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,342103.03/cwt100.00–107.001,3833
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,5361
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2915710.00/head710.00–710.007101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1851,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2851,387.00/head1,387.00–1,387.001,3871

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.