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Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Aug 13
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
296 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 348▲ 114 vs year ago 182 · +62.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 26▲ 12 vs year ago 30 · +40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 12▼ 13 vs year ago 15 · −86.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold SHARPLY HIGHER. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was mostly attractive and demand was strong.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $341.89/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 9 of 23 comparable sales and sits −20.15 against this barn's trailing median of $362.04.
Average price
$341.89
24 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,861
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.24
vs MS average
−8.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543349.151,89518thin
Medium and Large 2549320.121,7576thin
One grade step is worth $29.03/cwt here — about $137 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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
341.89
—
MS average14 barns · 416 hd
337.65
+4.24
National average152 barns · 8,349 hd
350.81
−8.92
This barn, trailing median23 sales
362.04
−20.15
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—Average1,483181.092,6866thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,118159.461,78313
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,310145.001,9001thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,016130.591,32616

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 PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,270$2,7251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$2,7001thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,5201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,6051
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385381.75/cwt367.50–396.001,4702
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,6561
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,8271
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,5701
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8321
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510383.23/cwt378.00–386.001,9543
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566357.28/cwt352.00–370.002,0226
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2569344.98/cwt344.00–346.001,9634
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,0501
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672317.18/cwt302.00–338.002,1315
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2696286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,9919
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,3331
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,3801
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220387.50/cwt387.50–387.508531
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,0091
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2271376.06/cwt355.00–392.001,0194
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273443.89/cwt440.00–450.001,2123
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319433.15/cwt406.00–446.001,3827
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338370.53/cwt350.00–392.001,2522
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375406.39/cwt395.00–420.001,52410
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380368.18/cwt345.00–390.001,3994
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1411397.10/cwt386.00–404.001,6328
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425356.36/cwt340.00–372.001,5154
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467385.24/cwt372.00–396.001,79910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474355.90/cwt350.00–368.001,6878
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added498373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,85818
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518327.76/cwt318.00–336.001,6983
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524351.71/cwt342.00–364.001,84311
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572345.12/cwt334.00–362.001,9747
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580312.48/cwt298.00–322.001,8123
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619321.42/cwt308.00–332.001,9904
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635299.94/cwt296.00–304.001,9052
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673306.55/cwt302.00–320.002,0634
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690286.00/cwt282.00–290.001,9732
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,1141
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,1662
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225519.75/cwt470.00–570.001,1693
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273472.39/cwt428.00–506.001,2906
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310395.00/cwt390.00–400.001,2252
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1331453.61/cwt420.00–466.001,5014
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2367371.36/cwt340.00–388.001,3633
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377438.89/cwt416.00–460.001,6556
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420377.12/cwt364.00–390.001,5845
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424431.29/cwt418.00–446.001,8299
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471402.43/cwt396.00–416.001,8958
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477374.11/cwt330.00–390.001,78510
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2478400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9124
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522327.52/cwt280.00–348.001,7106
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524364.49/cwt350.00–390.001,91010
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2564320.21/cwt312.00–332.001,8064
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574348.32/cwt336.00–370.001,9995
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610297.97/cwt294.00–302.001,8182
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617334.63/cwt320.00–342.002,0653
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,0541
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1745296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,2051
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2890260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,3141
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,425171.64/cwt162.00–185.002,4464
Bulls——1,600200.00/cwt191.00–207.003,2002
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%936112.19/cwt100.00–132.001,0504
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,042136.73/cwt126.00–145.001,42512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,118159.46/cwt150.00–170.001,78313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,310145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,9001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2002,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2702,725.00/head2,725.00–2,725.002,7251

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.