Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2024-01-31

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Jan 31
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
966 head
▲ 901 vs last sale 65▲ 847 vs year ago 119 · +711.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 33▲ 96 vs year ago 9 · +1,066.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was not enough data to call an accurate trend on feeder cattle or slaughter cattle but a higher undertone was noted. Quality was mostly attractive 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 $241.96/cwt on 257 head.
Average price
$241.96
257 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,284
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$54.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.85
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1457261.171,193106
Medium and Large 2468233.371,09260
Medium and Large 1-2665226.091,50487
Medium and Large 3508206.781,0504thin
One grade step is worth $54.39/cwt here — about $143 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 sale257 hd
241.96
—
MS average13 barns · 1,530 hd
247.80
−5.85
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—Average1,795122.962,2089thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,283110.621,41921
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37595.001,3061thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07690.3297219

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)920$1,4001thin

Every lot

83 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1283340.00/cwt340.00–340.009622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2308378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,1645
Steers—Medium and Large 1318333.94/cwt320.00–344.001,0623
Steers—Medium and Large 1355316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,1221
Steers—Medium and Large 3395226.00/cwt226.00–226.008931
Steers—Medium and Large 1423308.44/cwt293.00–322.001,3059
Steers—Medium and Large 3435230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0011
Steers—Medium and Large 2442266.72/cwt254.00–286.001,1793
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2448318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4254
Steers—Medium and Large 1468296.29/cwt284.00–310.001,3879
Steers—Medium and Large 2481258.82/cwt228.00–278.001,2454
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added488305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,48811
Steers—Medium and Large 3495224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,1091
Steers—Medium and Large 2515253.22/cwt226.00–268.001,3045
Steers—Medium and Large 1518278.51/cwt270.00–294.001,4436
Steers—Medium and Large 1574251.03/cwt246.00–266.001,4417
Steers—Medium and Large 2575242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added594256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,52111
Steers—Medium and Large 2620229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4201
Steers—Medium and Large 1635242.63/cwt236.00–247.001,5415
Steers—Medium and Large 2660218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4391
Steers—Medium and Large 1665236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5691
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685245.75/cwt245.75–245.751,683154
Steers—Medium and Large 2710203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4414
Steers—Medium and Large 1743223.02/cwt216.00–230.001,6572
Steers—Medium and Large 1773225.65/cwt223.00–228.001,7443
Steers—Medium and Large 2785208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,6331
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1175305.00/cwt305.00–305.005341
Heifers—Medium and Large 2205260.02/cwt252.50–274.005333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1243300.02/cwt298.00–302.007292
Heifers—Medium and Large 2272263.45/cwt242.50–280.007173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1276307.33/cwt298.00–324.008486
Heifers—Medium and Large 2310265.81/cwt260.00–272.008242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320289.40/cwt286.00–292.009264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374275.54/cwt260.00–288.001,03116
Heifers—Medium and Large 2387233.83/cwt218.00–254.009053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417274.08/cwt260.00–290.001,14325
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431240.90/cwt224.00–258.001,0389
Heifers—Medium and Large 3437208.04/cwt200.00–214.009093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2441272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,20010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470267.56/cwt254.00–288.001,25813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478231.11/cwt200.00–250.001,10517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518237.01/cwt230.00–260.001,22818
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529222.92/cwt218.00–227.001,1798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539238.90/cwt232.00–248.001,2887
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572222.15/cwt214.00–228.001,27114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576237.37/cwt230.00–256.001,3678
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618222.24/cwt212.00–228.001,3737
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,3101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660218.78/cwt206.00–228.001,4445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710218.25/cwt218.25–218.251,55070
Heifers—Medium and Large 3720203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1745224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,6691
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1245325.00/cwt325.00–325.007961
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285318.00/cwt318.00–318.009061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1290332.94/cwt320.00–345.009664
Bulls—Medium and Large 2327297.68/cwt290.00–312.509733
Bulls—Medium and Large 1331332.51/cwt316.00–350.001,1018
Bulls—Medium and Large 2363286.88/cwt270.00–304.001,0414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373322.29/cwt314.00–346.001,20212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418308.31/cwt297.00–324.001,28910
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425280.66/cwt260.00–296.001,1939
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466283.47/cwt274.00–304.001,32114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479257.00/cwt220.00–272.001,2315
Bulls—Medium and Large 3500202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1517267.14/cwt258.00–281.001,38111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530251.98/cwt250.00–256.001,3355
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560255.39/cwt246.00–272.001,43010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2576233.85/cwt214.00–244.001,3475
Bulls—Medium and Large 1622236.09/cwt223.00–242.001,4689
Bulls—Medium and Large 1653227.01/cwt218.00–235.001,4823
Bulls—Medium and Large 2685202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1703216.01/cwt212.00–220.001,5192
Bulls—Medium and Large 2738209.05/cwt204.00–214.001,5432
Bulls—Medium and Large 1775206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1815202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,6461
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,363111.81/cwt110.00–113.001,5242
Bulls——1,919126.15/cwt116.00–139.002,4217
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07690.32/cwt80.00–98.0097219
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,279106.43/cwt100.00–115.001,36115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293121.10/cwt117.00–125.001,5666
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3061
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29201,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001

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.