Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2025-06-25

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Jun 25
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
196 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 168▼ 9 vs year ago 205 · −4.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 17▲ 36 vs year ago 28 · +128.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 0▲ 4 vs year ago 1 · +400.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold firm. 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 $310.42/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 2 of 23 comparable sales and sits −51.62 against this barn's trailing median of $362.04.
Average price
$310.42
9 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,708
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$281
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$72.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.33
vs MS average
−25.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537322.591,7313thin
Medium and Large 1-2564322.001,8164thin
Medium and Large 2505288.001,4541thin
Medium and Large 3580250.001,4501thin
One grade step is worth $72.59/cwt here — about $281 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 sale9 hd
310.42
—
MS average14 barns · 322 hd
314.75
−4.33
National average145 barns · 7,340 hd
335.91
−25.49
This barn, trailing median23 sales
362.04
−51.62
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—Average1,559196.823,0684thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,162161.581,87828
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,088138.511,50722

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)840$1,7251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,025$1,6501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)760$1,2251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)800$1,7132thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371407.98/cwt405.00–412.001,5144
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,3281
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419393.05/cwt350.00–438.001,6476
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463408.50/cwt406.00–411.001,89116
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473387.43/cwt376.00–400.001,8332
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519360.51/cwt348.00–369.001,87110
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,8871
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7491
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576329.05/cwt320.00–344.001,8954
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,9131
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2215322.50/cwt322.50–322.506931
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275390.11/cwt370.00–407.501,0732
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280341.41/cwt332.50–350.009562
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310359.04/cwt346.00–372.501,1132
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325325.33/cwt322.00–330.001,0574
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330278.00/cwt278.00–278.009171
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,5016
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385321.90/cwt314.00–330.001,2392
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3763
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420335.23/cwt325.00–342.001,4088
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423285.72/cwt268.00–320.001,2093
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2453328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,4863
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3468289.24/cwt280.00–298.001,3542
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471339.21/cwt334.00–352.001,5985
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479327.01/cwt320.00–332.001,5664
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,4541
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525322.89/cwt320.00–326.001,6952
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,8031
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,8164
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4501
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5251
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7371
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1224440.32/cwt368.00–500.009864
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3230222.00/cwt222.00–222.005111
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270405.78/cwt400.00–412.001,0962
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3285264.00/cwt264.00–264.007521
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320361.98/cwt340.00–382.001,1582
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1321419.34/cwt400.00–452.001,3466
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2361347.81/cwt320.00–372.001,2564
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374399.59/cwt384.00–444.001,4944
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419378.64/cwt370.00–390.001,5875
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3423304.13/cwt284.00–326.001,2862
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429354.94/cwt344.00–366.001,5236
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6101
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2466318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4824
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475321.11/cwt296.00–346.001,5254
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518321.22/cwt304.00–330.001,6643
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553308.69/cwt300.00–314.001,7073
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570284.00/cwt270.00–298.001,6192
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,7481
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,445184.89/cwt182.00–188.002,6722
Bulls——1,673208.75/cwt207.00–211.003,4922
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,088138.51/cwt120.00–149.001,50722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,156158.86/cwt151.00–167.001,83624
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200177.90/cwt171.00–195.002,1354
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 17601,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18401,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0251,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18001,712.50/head1,700.00–1,725.001,7132

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.