Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2025-09-24

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Sep 24
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
251 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 297▼ 39 vs year ago 290 · −13.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 35▲ 1 vs year ago 25 · +4.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers were not well tested, and feeder bulls also sold steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was average to attractive and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $383.40/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 7 of 15 comparable sales and sits −0.40 against this barn's trailing median of $383.80.
Average price
$383.40
14 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,043
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.18
vs MS average
−33.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536398.262,1338thin
Medium and Large 2529363.581,9246thin
One grade step is worth $34.69/cwt here — about $209 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale14 hd
383.40
—
MS average14 barns · 224 hd
383.21
+0.18
National average168 barns · 11,658 hd
417.09
−33.69
This barn, trailing median15 sales
383.80
−0.40
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

15 sales
467423379335median 383.8004/0105/2008/0509/2310/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $452.95, low $349.01, median $383.80 across 15 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—Average1,798183.303,2965thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,274159.192,0289thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,159135.111,56610

Every lot

56 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285512.00/cwt512.00–512.001,4591
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325420.35/cwt418.00–422.501,3662
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2355350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2431
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380443.53/cwt432.00–456.001,6852
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425454.35/cwt420.00–472.001,9316
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,4811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477431.58/cwt418.00–446.002,0598
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2484376.88/cwt350.00–398.001,8244
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518413.19/cwt408.00–420.002,1405
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2519364.29/cwt322.00–396.001,8915
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565373.38/cwt368.00–380.002,1103
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0881
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616347.82/cwt340.00–358.002,1434
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620323.99/cwt312.00–334.002,0095
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666341.08/cwt330.00–348.002,2725
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678309.82/cwt300.00–320.002,1012
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2401
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,5431
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added875339.50/cwt339.50–339.502,97157
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268412.17/cwt385.00–442.001,1052
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320472.64/cwt465.00–486.001,5123
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370404.00/cwt404.00–404.001,4951
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,2121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,6831
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482365.25/cwt362.00–370.001,7613
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525345.33/cwt344.00–346.001,8133
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535332.31/cwt325.00–338.001,7783
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,7481
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640313.01/cwt312.00–314.002,0032
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660315.34/cwt310.00–320.002,0813
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2672291.30/cwt288.00–298.001,9583
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0581
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,1501
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278476.08/cwt437.50–500.001,3244
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325455.96/cwt450.00–462.501,4822
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,4641
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419427.85/cwt418.00–440.001,7937
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470418.84/cwt404.00–434.001,9692
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486359.66/cwt344.00–374.001,7485
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512388.25/cwt382.00–400.001,9883
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2524352.97/cwt347.00–358.001,8506
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,9201
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2597341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,0366
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630335.46/cwt330.00–341.002,1132
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2643306.09/cwt284.00–328.001,9682
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,0021
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718319.09/cwt314.00–324.002,2912
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3785264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,0721
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2835290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4221
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,170170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,9891
Bulls——1,955186.62/cwt182.00–192.003,6484
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,159135.11/cwt125.00–148.001,56610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,274159.19/cwt152.00–171.002,0289

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.