Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2025-04-02

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Apr 2
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
141 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 183▼ 258 vs year ago 399 · −64.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 53▼ 33 vs year ago 84 · −39.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 5▼ 41 vs year ago 57 · −71.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $298.83/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −63.21 against this barn's trailing median of $362.04.
Average price
$298.83
15 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,589
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$400
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$67.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.68
vs MS average
−22.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524311.421,63210thin
Medium and Large 2558281.051,5684thin
Medium and Large 3505244.001,2321thin
One grade step is worth $67.42/cwt here — about $400 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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
298.83
—
MS average12 barns · 166 hd
298.15
+0.68
National average178 barns · 12,751 hd
321.38
−22.55
This barn, trailing median23 sales
362.04
−63.21
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—Average1,663172.472,8682thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,147140.961,61718
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,426132.961,8964thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,006114.101,14817

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)Young (2-4 yrs)775$2,0251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,083$2,0034thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,220$1,9492thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)993$1,9292thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,018$1,7052thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,085$1,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,218$2,6733thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,240$2,5751thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2802
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,5321
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431403.04/cwt372.00–430.001,7374
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467361.69/cwt346.00–382.001,6893
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4731
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3490286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,4011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521354.25/cwt344.00–360.001,8467
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,7121
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3565260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4691
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582345.41/cwt326.00–360.002,0105
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1243369.51/cwt320.00–418.008982
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290386.28/cwt370.00–402.001,1202
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327363.28/cwt350.00–374.001,1886
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,1181
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367366.45/cwt358.00–378.001,3455
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,2561
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,2721
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424346.88/cwt328.00–364.001,4716
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460279.91/cwt276.00–284.001,2882
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483333.17/cwt314.00–356.001,6093
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3505244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,2321
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510314.91/cwt300.00–328.001,6067
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5371
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557303.29/cwt300.00–310.001,6893
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2567278.06/cwt274.00–280.001,5773
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5251
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618263.10/cwt258.00–268.001,6262
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668258.92/cwt252.00–266.001,7302
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,6131
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278432.00/cwt398.00–472.001,2013
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,1711
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1321425.63/cwt402.00–454.001,3664
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368333.15/cwt316.00–346.001,2263
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6563
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421370.31/cwt342.00–426.001,5595
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463351.17/cwt328.00–366.001,6264
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3581
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,2901
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525355.51/cwt342.00–364.001,8664
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528305.17/cwt300.00–310.001,6112
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7401
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613312.99/cwt312.00–314.001,9192
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,9801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,663172.47/cwt170.00–175.002,8682
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93891.63/cwt87.00–98.008594
Cows—Lean 85-90%976114.44/cwt109.00–118.001,1175
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,059125.12/cwt120.00–130.001,3258
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,138141.05/cwt137.00–145.001,60513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,168151.97/cwt150.00–154.001,7752
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173133.22/cwt131.00–135.001,5633
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,383134.61/cwt130.00–139.001,8623
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,9901
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 17752,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19931,929.09/head1,800.00–2,050.001,9292
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0181,705.10/head1,425.00–1,925.001,7052
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0832,003.03/head1,700.00–2,125.002,0034
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0851,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2201,949.18/head1,350.00–2,425.001,9492
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1002,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1803,575.00/head3,575.00–3,575.003,5751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2402,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3752,420.00/head2,420.00–2,420.002,4201

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.