Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2024-10-23

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Oct 23
● Final110 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
422 head
▲ 171 vs last sale 251▼ 18 vs year ago 440 · −4.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 117▲ 13 vs year ago 50 · +26.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 37▲ 3 vs year ago 6 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers sold steady to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly from 4.00 higher to 10.00 lower, feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Quality was plain to average. 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 $233.04/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −129.00 against this barn's trailing median of $362.04.
Average price
$233.04
42 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,277
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$27.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.23
vs MS average
−26.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541241.161,30519thin
Medium and Large 1546231.851,26616thin
Medium and Large 2571213.731,2207thin
One grade step is worth $27.43/cwt here — about $85 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 sale42 hd
233.04
—
MS average13 barns · 363 hd
228.81
+4.23
National average195 barns · 25,856 hd
259.63
−26.59
This barn, trailing median23 sales
362.04
−129.00
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—Average1,546145.902,25510
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,186119.941,42311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,340110.001,4741thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,146102.051,16912

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,080$1,5751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,160$1,5501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)870$1,3975
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)975$1,3252thin

Every lot

110 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2210306.00/cwt306.00–306.006431
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223320.22/cwt316.00–324.007142
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2255273.25/cwt260.00–286.006972
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3268245.41/cwt236.00–255.006582
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290325.76/cwt312.50–335.009453
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2309290.60/cwt282.50–301.008984
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322327.67/cwt320.00–346.001,0559
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335285.00/cwt285.00–285.009551
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3340230.00/cwt230.00–230.007821
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364312.55/cwt296.00–326.001,1389
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2382274.92/cwt264.00–290.001,0506
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3415230.00/cwt230.00–230.009551
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423302.23/cwt292.00–312.001,2785
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427275.48/cwt270.00–281.001,1765
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3450218.00/cwt218.00–218.009811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473284.35/cwt266.00–298.001,3456
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added482288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,3885
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482250.58/cwt230.00–262.001,2085
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3500176.00/cwt176.00–176.008801
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505277.01/cwt276.00–278.001,3992
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513249.65/cwt246.00–254.001,2813
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555237.00/cwt236.00–238.001,3152
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557254.66/cwt253.00–257.001,4183
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593255.99/cwt236.00–261.001,5185
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614238.43/cwt234.00–244.001,4647
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added639257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,64213
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680238.00/cwt233.00–243.001,6182
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,7237
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5881
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,7661
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added765238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,8214
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,8101
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added805233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,8764
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815233.91/cwt229.00–239.001,9062
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added872219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,9104
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 3958180.02/cwt174.00–186.001,7252
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200255.00/cwt255.00–255.005101
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1238300.00/cwt300.00–300.007142
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3245254.00/cwt254.00–254.006221
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2258264.85/cwt260.00–270.006832
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1271290.23/cwt280.00–300.007874
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3318245.59/cwt239.00–252.507812
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324289.46/cwt280.00–302.009387
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2331260.82/cwt250.00–272.008634
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3372224.47/cwt212.00–248.008355
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376274.07/cwt264.00–284.001,0317
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376261.54/cwt252.00–270.009835
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,0983
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413270.49/cwt266.00–276.001,1175
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3418217.22/cwt204.00–236.009084
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422252.49/cwt230.00–264.001,06611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459252.02/cwt248.00–256.001,1574
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added460259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1913
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3462218.69/cwt210.00–226.001,0103
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465232.07/cwt222.00–236.001,0794
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added505248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2526
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516234.80/cwt230.00–244.001,2128
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535222.99/cwt222.00–224.001,1932
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,32813
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576228.89/cwt224.00–234.001,3188
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585210.03/cwt202.00–224.001,2295
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630224.90/cwt218.00–230.001,4174
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2634214.98/cwt212.00–217.001,3634
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4801
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673214.91/cwt210.00–220.001,4462
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added689220.21/cwt218.00–224.001,5178
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,4141
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722214.05/cwt212.00–218.001,5453
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1288322.83/cwt301.00–345.009303
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295236.00/cwt236.00–236.006961
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1309318.52/cwt300.00–335.009845
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315280.13/cwt272.50–288.008822
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3325250.00/cwt250.00–250.008131
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365308.10/cwt297.00–316.001,1255
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2370258.00/cwt258.00–258.009551
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2372265.60/cwt258.00–280.009883
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375234.05/cwt218.00–248.008787
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415287.71/cwt280.00–295.001,1945
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3420233.17/cwt226.00–240.009792
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423262.33/cwt250.00–268.001,1103
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2445266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,1841
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2453246.51/cwt245.00–248.001,1172
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460269.99/cwt264.00–274.001,2423
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1509249.54/cwt240.00–256.001,2704
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2519235.09/cwt229.00–239.001,2205
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3538211.25/cwt198.00–218.001,1373
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3481
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577228.97/cwt226.00–233.001,3213
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1612229.62/cwt219.00–238.001,4056
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,3631
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3701
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673230.33/cwt224.00–240.001,5503
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5401
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3710172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2211
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720220.67/cwt218.00–224.001,5893
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6521
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2770200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5401
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3770196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,5091
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,252138.96/cwt136.00–141.001,7405
Bulls——1,839152.83/cwt143.00–158.002,8115
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05387.50/cwt86.00–89.009212
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,164104.96/cwt95.00–111.001,22210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,174118.73/cwt109.00–125.001,39410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,7291
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,340110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4741
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18701,396.81/head1,100.00–1,675.001,3975
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0501,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0801,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1601,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501

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.