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Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Name: Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Apr 17

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126

← Apr 10Apr 17Apr 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

345 head

▲ 139 vs last sale 206▼ 159 vs year ago 504 · −31.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

67 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 26▼ 61 vs year ago 128 · −47.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 121 vs last sale 123▼ 11 vs year ago 13 · −84.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows an bulls sold mostly 3.00 lower. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.69/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −118.35 against this barn's trailing median of $362.04.

Average price

$243.69

40 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,348

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$29.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.00

vs MS average

−20.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	249.42	1,322	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	564	244.11	1,377	26
Medium and Large 2	535	238.69	1,277	3thin
Medium and Large 3	548	220.00	1,205	2thin

One grade step is worth $29.42/cwt here — about $117 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale40 hd

243.69

—

MS average13 barns · 379 hd

244.69

−1.00

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−20.83

This barn, trailing median23 sales

362.04

−118.35

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.06, low $300.39, median $362.04 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,556	139.74	2,175	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,187	130.25	1,546	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,550	112.58	1,745	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,011	104.11	1,053	4thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	863	$1,875	2thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,126	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	864	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,246	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	305.83/cwt	296.00–316.00	1,340	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,109	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	468	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,427	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,387	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,245	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	513	294.33/cwt	280.00–298.00	1,510	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,439	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,428	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,452	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,530	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	606	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,739	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	258.53/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,655	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,590	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	232.07/cwt	228.00–236.00	1,782	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,837	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	268	274.36/cwt	272.50–276.00	735	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	278	320.90/cwt	300.00–340.00	892	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	329.92/cwt	328.00–332.00	1,033	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	285.67/cwt	268.00–302.00	908	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	333	206.02/cwt	204.00–208.00	686	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	301.13/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,090	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	270.14/cwt	260.00–288.00	1,002	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	388	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	854	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	940	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	261.34/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,124	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	265.38/cwt	263.00–268.00	1,152	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	930	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	245.98/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,159	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	263.61/cwt	256.00–274.00	1,247	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	487	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,271	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	251.10/cwt	244.00–260.00	1,313	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	238.69/cwt	228.00–248.00	1,277	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,166	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,243	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	564	244.11/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,377	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,381	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	604	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,453	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,413	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,337	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,460	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,470	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,466	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,548	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	288	313.11/cwt	300.00–326.00	902	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	288.31/cwt	278.00–298.00	923	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	337.31/cwt	322.00–360.00	1,093	8
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	884	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	287.38/cwt	280.00–294.00	1,063	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	325.33/cwt	302.00–335.00	1,207	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	302.04/cwt	286.00–328.00	1,275	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	979	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	282.36/cwt	264.00–300.00	1,333	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	255.04/cwt	248.00–262.00	1,219	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,414	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	269.15/cwt	254.00–282.00	1,408	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,329	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	236.00/cwt	234.00–238.00	1,416	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	226.54/cwt	214.00–236.00	1,534	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	795	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,208	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,428	136.30/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,946	4
Bulls	—	—	1,727	144.33/cwt	140.00–147.00	2,493	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,011	104.11/cwt	95.00–114.00	1,053	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,111	127.09/cwt	117.00–137.00	1,412	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,406	139.32/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,959	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,550	112.58/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,745	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	775	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	950	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Market, Inc.- Como, MS

Wed Apr 17, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 345Last week 206Year ago 504

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 26Year ago 128

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 123Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	300.00–326.00	313.11
8	300–350	324	322.00–360.00	337.31
7	350–400	371	302.00–335.00	325.33
6	400–450	422	286.00–328.00	302.04
8	450–500	472	264.00–300.00	282.36
6	500–550	523	254.00–282.00	269.15
2	600–650	600	234.00–238.00	236.00
3	650–700	677	214.00–236.00	226.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	278.00–298.00	288.31
2	350–400	370	280.00–294.00	287.38
2	450–500	478	248.00–262.00	255.04
2	550–600	563	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	260.00	260.00
1	400–450	445	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	795	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	516	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	300.00–340.00	320.90
2	300–350	313	328.00–332.00	329.92
3	350–400	362	285.00–310.00	301.13
5	400–450	434	263.00–268.00	265.38
7	450–500	473	256.00–274.00	263.61
8	500–550	523	244.00–260.00	251.10
1	550–600	585	236.00	236.00
1	600–650	645	219.00	219.00
1	650–700	695	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	710	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	272.50–276.00	274.36
2	300–350	318	268.00–302.00	285.67
4	350–400	371	260.00–288.00	270.14
3	400–450	430	258.00–266.00	261.34
4	450–500	471	240.00–252.00	245.98
3	500–550	535	228.00–248.00	238.69
1	650–700	675	198.00	198.00
1	700–750	705	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	487	261.00	261.00
26	550–600	564	230.00–246.00	244.11
19	600–650	604	240.50	240.50
13	700–750	700	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	204.00–208.00	206.02
2	350–400	388	220.00	220.00
1	400–450	405	232.00	232.00
2	450–500	465	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	535	218.00	218.00
1	550–600	560	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	468	305.00	305.00
31	500–550	513	280.00–298.00	294.33
17	600–650	606	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	254.00	254.00
1	500–550	545	262.00	262.00
1	550–600	550	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	352.00	352.00
1	350–400	380	328.00	328.00
2	400–450	438	296.00–316.00	305.83
1	450–500	475	292.00	292.00
1	500–550	525	274.00	274.00
1	550–600	575	266.00	266.00
2	600–650	640	255.00–262.00	258.53
2	700–750	710	224.00	224.00
2	750–800	768	228.00–236.00	232.07
1	800–850	835	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	240.00	240.00
1	400–450	440	252.00	252.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	1,575.00	1,575.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	2,175.00	2,175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,011	95.00–114.00	104.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,550	108.00–117.00	112.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,406	137.00–145.00	139.32
23	—	1,111	117.00–137.00	127.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,428	134.00–139.00	136.30
3	—	1,727	140.00–147.00	144.33

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.