Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2025-07-09

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Jul 9
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
229 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 196▼ 172 vs year ago 401 · −42.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 64▼ 90 vs year ago 115 · −78.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers were not well tested. Feeder heifers and bulls sold mostly steady to 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $321.84/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 2 of 20 comparable sales and sits −33.71 against this barn's trailing median of $355.55.
Average price
$321.84
24 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,758
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.70
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547334.621,83016thin
Medium and Large 2546296.271,6168thin
One grade step is worth $38.36/cwt here — about $213 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 sale24 hd
321.84
—
MS average13 barns · 167 hd
319.14
+2.70
This barn, trailing median20 sales
355.55
−33.71
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

20 sales
450401352303median 355.5503/2506/1708/1909/3010/28
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $436.12, low $316.66, median $355.55 across 20 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—Average1,670191.403,1964thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,247165.052,05813
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,515145.002,1971thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,033139.371,4405thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305426.00/cwt426.00–426.001,2991
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,2241
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,8341
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580326.08/cwt322.00–330.001,8913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625321.87/cwt318.00–326.002,0122
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663313.42/cwt310.00–320.002,0783
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2205360.00/cwt360.00–360.007381
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1213409.11/cwt400.00–418.008712
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0641
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1292407.91/cwt400.00–416.001,1913
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330349.32/cwt330.00–367.501,1532
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335398.81/cwt386.00–412.001,3362
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,2991
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373331.26/cwt310.00–348.001,2363
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3410280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1481
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421360.82/cwt356.00–370.001,5194
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428333.25/cwt318.00–348.001,4265
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2453325.32/cwt322.00–330.001,4743
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3458243.02/cwt242.00–244.001,1132
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484338.13/cwt330.00–352.001,6374
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2513290.88/cwt286.00–296.001,4922
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516331.48/cwt318.00–348.001,7108
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568272.03/cwt270.00–274.001,5452
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571322.72/cwt310.00–334.001,84311
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2617266.84/cwt238.00–288.001,6463
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619300.35/cwt290.00–312.001,8594
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,8042
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2687246.67/cwt242.00–250.001,6953
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725262.04/cwt238.00–280.001,9004
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768259.94/cwt254.00–266.001,9962
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2790236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,8641
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 3885218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,9291
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240412.50/cwt412.50–412.509901
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275411.59/cwt400.00–425.001,1322
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0501
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323415.31/cwt396.00–460.001,34110
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330363.01/cwt354.00–377.501,1985
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380363.11/cwt340.00–384.001,3804
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382405.51/cwt394.00–416.001,5498
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418350.87/cwt316.00–374.001,4676
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419399.89/cwt392.00–412.001,6764
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465333.92/cwt314.00–356.001,5536
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468371.35/cwt362.00–379.001,7384
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523292.71/cwt280.00–312.001,5313
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524340.60/cwt324.00–368.001,7859
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2559298.40/cwt292.00–300.001,6685
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1576326.94/cwt318.00–336.001,8837
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2608296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,8002
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1619317.05/cwt306.00–328.001,9634
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3620260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6121
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1672293.54/cwt284.00–302.001,9735
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705288.63/cwt280.00–296.002,0353
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2728256.99/cwt256.00–258.001,8712
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9382
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 3820204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,6731
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,655169.57/cwt167.00–172.002,8062
Bulls——1,685213.23/cwt211.00–215.003,5932
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033139.37/cwt131.00–150.001,4405
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,218161.66/cwt152.00–167.001,96910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,343176.36/cwt171.00–179.002,3693
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,515145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,1971

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.