Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2024-08-14

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Aug 14
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
182 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 129▼ 184 vs year ago 366 · −50.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 36▼ 53 vs year ago 83 · −63.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 5▲ 13 vs year ago 2 · +650.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was not enough comparable data to call a trend on feeder steers. Feeder heifers and bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $236.24/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −125.80 against this barn's trailing median of $362.04.
Average price
$236.24
15 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,274
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.07
vs MS average
−15.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522247.421,2917thin
Medium and Large 2552230.291,2706thin
Medium and Large 3563215.001,2092thin
One grade step is worth $32.42/cwt here — about $81 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 sale15 hd
236.24
—
MS average13 barns · 223 hd
237.31
−1.07
National average159 barns · 7,784 hd
251.94
−15.70
This barn, trailing median23 sales
362.04
−125.80
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
430382334286median 362.0403/0404/2207/0809/0910/28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,334150.772,0115thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,140129.701,4789thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,515117.401,7792thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,105111.701,2345thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)960$1,2972thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)700$7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)799$1,0845

Every lot

65 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,0801
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,1631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,0431
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422292.36/cwt290.00–295.001,2343
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430262.00/cwt250.00–274.001,1272
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468265.04/cwt264.00–266.001,2402
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473280.16/cwt272.00–286.001,3254
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514273.63/cwt268.00–280.001,4065
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523249.34/cwt234.00–266.001,3046
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563259.36/cwt250.00–268.001,4605
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2577231.25/cwt224.00–240.001,3343
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4151
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616247.55/cwt238.00–256.001,5254
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6201
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,9521
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283298.44/cwt270.00–322.008454
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320266.00/cwt266.00–266.008511
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325317.47/cwt310.00–322.001,0323
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330240.00/cwt240.00–240.007921
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370280.81/cwt274.00–288.001,0392
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3377218.17/cwt200.00–240.008233
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415246.63/cwt240.00–250.001,0243
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427271.70/cwt267.00–274.001,1603
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3433218.01/cwt216.00–220.009442
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467270.00/cwt264.00–276.001,2613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470236.74/cwt220.00–252.001,1133
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3495216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0691
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517248.32/cwt244.00–256.001,2846
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530232.57/cwt220.00–240.001,2333
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1241
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3311
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573228.01/cwt226.00–230.001,3063
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3595218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,2971
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618224.47/cwt218.00–228.001,3876
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5211
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2695208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4461
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225387.50/cwt387.50–387.508721
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250377.50/cwt377.50–377.509441
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324342.78/cwt336.00–350.001,1114
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370312.18/cwt302.00–324.001,1555
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415286.79/cwt282.00–289.001,1904
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425258.61/cwt248.00–270.001,0992
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,1411
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465283.94/cwt278.00–290.001,3204
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1161
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518264.88/cwt260.00–276.001,3724
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545239.00/cwt234.00–244.001,3032
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580236.23/cwt234.00–239.001,3704
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,2241
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608243.77/cwt236.00–255.001,4823
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,5231
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4401
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3720180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2961
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,170162.53/cwt150.00–167.001,9023
Bulls——1,580133.13/cwt131.00–135.002,1032
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,105111.70/cwt102.00–117.001,2345
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,128127.41/cwt118.00–135.001,4378
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,8281
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,515117.40/cwt112.00–122.001,7792
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2785889.24/head850.00–930.008892
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1788958.57/head890.00–1,025.009592
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18501,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1700700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19601,297.34/head820.00–1,600.001,2972

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.