Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2025-07-30

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Jul 30
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 147▼ 66 vs year ago 153 · −43.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 52▼ 26 vs year ago 54 · −48.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 1▲ 0 vs year ago 5 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Quality was average and demand vwas good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $346.68/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 10 of 23 comparable sales and sits −15.36 against this barn's trailing median of $362.04.
Average price
$346.68
5 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,803
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+8.06
vs MS average
−0.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520346.681,8035thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
346.68
—
MS average13 barns · 322 hd
338.62
+8.06
National average149 barns · 6,369 hd
347.50
−0.82
This barn, trailing median23 sales
362.04
−15.36
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—Average1,437185.602,6673thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,225155.711,90716
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,057122.691,2975thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)980$2,6251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,210$2,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,138$2,1732thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,285$2,1001thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390430.05/cwt426.00–434.001,6772
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410415.00/cwt400.00–430.001,7022
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440385.98/cwt384.00–388.001,6982
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467397.03/cwt389.00–404.001,8543
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515368.54/cwt360.00–376.001,8983
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,8871
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,1221
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2873290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,5323
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1195402.50/cwt402.50–402.507851
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2337340.89/cwt335.00–350.001,1493
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,2831
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1381
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373368.07/cwt366.00–370.001,3732
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4881
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430372.63/cwt368.00–376.001,6023
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478368.05/cwt366.00–370.001,7592
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520346.68/cwt328.00–368.001,8035
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,9881
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672286.50/cwt278.00–294.001,9253
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6971
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2760250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1200450.00/cwt450.00–450.009001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,2561
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,5611
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368430.16/cwt420.00–452.001,5834
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3385332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,2781
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400423.00/cwt422.00–424.001,6922
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471383.93/cwt374.00–390.001,8084
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,8121
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1543339.52/cwt336.00–343.001,8442
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1583334.99/cwt332.00–338.001,9532
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9801
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1688303.36/cwt294.00–308.002,0873
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1701
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,393170.90/cwt165.00–178.002,3812
Bulls——1,525215.00/cwt215.00–215.003,2791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95590.00/cwt90.00–90.008601
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,083130.86/cwt125.00–135.001,4174
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223153.62/cwt145.00–162.001,87914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235170.34/cwt165.00–175.002,1042
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19802,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1382,172.97/head2,150.00–2,200.002,1732
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2102,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2852,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001

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.