Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2025-07-23

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Jul 23
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
147 head
▼ 125 vs last sale 272▼ 197 vs year ago 344 · −57.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 25▼ 30 vs year ago 82 · −36.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 2▼ 11 vs year ago 12 · −91.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was not enough data to call a trend on feeder steers. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady and feeder bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was average 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 $323.60/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 3 of 23 comparable sales and sits −38.44 against this barn's trailing median of $362.04.
Average price
$323.60
20 head · 578 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,869
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$136
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.87
vs MS average
−16.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544326.161,7736thin
Medium and Large 1-2592322.501,90914thin
One grade step is worth $3.66/cwt here — about −$136 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 sale20 hd
323.60
—
MS average14 barns · 312 hd
322.73
+0.87
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−16.58
This barn, trailing median23 sales
362.04
−38.44
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—Average1,689181.773,0704thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,153154.661,78321
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,445141.002,0371thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average985128.161,26210

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,275$3,2001thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1881
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375335.01/cwt334.00–336.001,2562
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426395.65/cwt382.00–411.001,6854
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435367.03/cwt358.00–380.001,5974
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,8911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524347.50/cwt338.00–368.001,8219
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527324.92/cwt316.00–340.001,7126
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570327.95/cwt324.00–334.001,8693
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613314.13/cwt302.00–326.001,9264
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656317.23/cwt310.00–322.002,0815
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,4911
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2780278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,1681
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305381.61/cwt350.00–396.001,1644
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3363277.26/cwt257.50–314.001,0063
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,2561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373368.94/cwt368.00–370.001,3762
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2408357.02/cwt356.00–358.001,4572
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417377.20/cwt374.00–384.001,5733
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466369.99/cwt360.00–376.001,7246
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473323.48/cwt308.00–340.001,5304
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534328.24/cwt316.00–348.001,7534
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563321.99/cwt302.50–342.001,8132
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added592322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,90914
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,9121
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6941
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added643319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,0516
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1190450.00/cwt450.00–450.008551
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290448.34/cwt428.00–468.001,3002
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1329414.65/cwt400.00–432.001,3644
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371432.42/cwt406.00–446.001,6045
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4821
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418363.47/cwt358.00–369.001,5192
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420391.00/cwt381.00–402.001,6422
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3420295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2391
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467363.83/cwt346.00–379.001,6997
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,6681
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1517334.97/cwt330.00–340.001,7323
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,8141
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7251
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617307.83/cwt300.00–318.001,8993
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,8691
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,560192.54/cwt186.00–197.503,0042
Bulls——1,818170.99/cwt167.00–175.003,1092
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%855100.00/cwt100.00–100.008551
Cows—Lean 85-90%999131.29/cwt125.00–142.001,3129
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,125152.33/cwt145.00–160.001,71418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320168.61/cwt161.00–174.002,2263
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445141.00/cwt141.00–141.002,0371
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2753,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001

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.