Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2025-06-04

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Jun 4
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
341 head
▲ 212 vs last sale 129▼ 88 vs year ago 429 · −20.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 41▲ 6 vs year ago 60 · +10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 4▼ 13 vs year ago 14 · −92.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 7.00 higher and slaughter 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 $299.77/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −62.27 against this barn's trailing median of $362.04.
Average price
$299.77
23 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$461
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$74.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.55
vs MS average
−38.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528323.161,70611thin
Medium and Large 2531284.191,50910thin
Medium and Large 3500249.001,2452thin
One grade step is worth $74.16/cwt here — about $461 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale23 hd
299.77
—
MS average13 barns · 344 hd
321.32
−21.55
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
−38.47
This barn, trailing median23 sales
362.04
−62.27
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—Average1,611188.233,0326thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,236156.851,93929
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,041130.291,3567thin

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)1,150$2,0751thin

Every lot

82 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280437.34/cwt418.00–456.001,2252
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,1211
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,4771
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2393366.35/cwt350.00–382.501,4402
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2434353.68/cwt340.00–366.001,5354
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435400.07/cwt394.00–406.001,7402
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,4921
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468366.00/cwt362.00–374.001,7135
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5285
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510344.87/cwt334.00–356.001,7594
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568344.13/cwt338.00–350.001,9552
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580307.61/cwt300.00–310.001,7844
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610330.35/cwt320.00–338.002,0154
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7961
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658312.51/cwt309.00–316.002,0564
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673284.83/cwt280.00–290.001,9172
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0161
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2770264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,0331
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,2771
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2855252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,1551
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1190434.00/cwt434.00–434.008251
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3230326.00/cwt326.00–326.007501
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1288383.59/cwt377.50–390.001,1052
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324356.93/cwt336.00–374.001,1564
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327393.91/cwt380.00–426.001,2885
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368292.67/cwt286.00–300.001,0772
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373383.93/cwt374.00–392.001,4326
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378337.09/cwt321.50–370.001,2748
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420373.00/cwt368.00–386.001,5675
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423329.40/cwt274.00–354.001,3936
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1481
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2458355.31/cwt342.00–364.001,62726
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1501
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471322.40/cwt304.00–336.001,5198
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1486343.96/cwt336.00–348.001,6724
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3500249.00/cwt236.00–262.001,2452
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2514292.18/cwt272.00–310.001,5027
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516329.59/cwt320.00–338.001,7018
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560306.02/cwt300.00–314.001,7143
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570265.56/cwt248.00–280.001,5143
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613290.51/cwt278.00–310.001,7815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2638271.00/cwt270.00–272.001,7292
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6251
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676269.66/cwt250.00–284.001,8235
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,9421
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,8151
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2875218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,9081
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1195422.00/cwt422.00–422.008231
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,0781
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1281448.07/cwt440.00–457.501,2594
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328380.92/cwt370.00–392.001,2492
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1338418.09/cwt406.00–434.001,4134
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366412.80/cwt407.00–428.001,5114
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2372375.83/cwt354.00–395.001,3987
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3390332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,2951
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415396.59/cwt382.00–408.001,6464
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2417387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,6143
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429342.38/cwt302.00–378.001,4694
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4631
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468362.89/cwt350.00–376.001,6988
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485329.60/cwt310.00–340.001,59913
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2496348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,7267
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3510266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,3571
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515325.73/cwt318.00–335.001,6788
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2536281.51/cwt270.00–292.001,5094
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560321.64/cwt315.00–327.001,8016
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572293.67/cwt276.00–306.001,6807
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624302.18/cwt296.00–312.001,8865
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625279.24/cwt260.00–290.001,7453
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1669282.37/cwt272.00–290.001,8894
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2687266.66/cwt266.00–268.001,8323
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720277.86/cwt268.00–288.002,0012
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,9661
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2773252.03/cwt250.00–254.001,9482
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 3880218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,9181
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,577195.78/cwt187.00–202.003,0873
Bulls——1,645180.67/cwt175.00–184.002,9723
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,041130.29/cwt116.00–136.001,3567
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175149.67/cwt141.00–161.001,75916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,312165.68/cwt156.00–178.002,17413
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1502,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751

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.