Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2025-02-12

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Feb 12
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 438 vs last sale 517▼ 207 vs year ago 286 · −72.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 65▲ 9 vs year ago 34 · +26.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 3▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder cattle were not well tested. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady. Quality was very plain 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 $244.83/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −117.21 against this barn's trailing median of $362.04.
Average price
$244.83
6 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,357
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.67
vs MS average
−52.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570250.001,4251thin
Medium and Large 2551243.801,3435thin
One grade step is worth $6.20/cwt here — about $82 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 sale6 hd
244.83
—
MS average13 barns · 225 hd
255.50
−10.67
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−52.17
This barn, trailing median23 sales
362.04
−117.21
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—Average1,320164.432,1703thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,308145.891,90818
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,086109.251,1864thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)775$1,6001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)805$1,5001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)760$1,2751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)930$2,1663thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,020$1,4251thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)935$1,3751thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,2481
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,2561
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2601
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,6871
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3200201.00/cwt201.00–201.004021
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2240292.00/cwt292.00–292.007011
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3333216.36/cwt200.00–232.007202
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335310.96/cwt300.00–320.001,0424
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363304.12/cwt298.00–310.001,1042
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373284.81/cwt276.00–290.001,0624
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418265.92/cwt264.00–268.001,1122
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425273.79/cwt270.00–280.001,1643
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465200.00/cwt200.00–200.009301
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468262.37/cwt260.00–267.001,2283
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477269.31/cwt268.00–270.001,2853
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525252.94/cwt246.00–257.001,3283
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4251
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590230.08/cwt220.00–240.001,3572
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605244.50/cwt232.00–257.001,4792
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625214.96/cwt210.00–220.001,3442
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3780192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4981
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280336.00/cwt324.00–348.009412
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333321.08/cwt306.00–346.001,0693
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400326.50/cwt325.00–328.001,3062
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2881
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,2732
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,4211
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578271.94/cwt270.00–274.001,5722
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3590234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3811
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4281
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2683212.71/cwt200.00–228.001,4533
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2718200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4362
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2750206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5451
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3773183.01/cwt180.00–186.001,4152
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,320164.43/cwt160.00–173.002,1703
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,086109.25/cwt95.00–115.001,1864
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223132.83/cwt125.00–139.001,6254
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,328145.26/cwt142.00–150.001,9298
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,338155.44/cwt152.00–161.002,0806
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 19351,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,0201,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 17601,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 17751,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18051,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19302,165.99/head2,000.00–2,475.002,1663

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.