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Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Dec 10
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
314 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 339▼ 129 vs year ago 443 · −29.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 73▼ 10 vs year ago 55 · −18.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 9▼ 2 vs year ago 5 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady and feeder bulls sold steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.12/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 9 of 23 comparable sales and sits −23.92 against this barn's trailing median of $362.04.
Average price
$338.12
40 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,896
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$294
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$43.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.47
vs MS average
−39.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2566343.451,94429
Medium and Large 1546334.001,8235thin
Medium and Large 2547318.931,7455thin
Medium and Large 3550300.001,6501thin
One grade step is worth $43.45/cwt here — about $294 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 sale40 hd
338.12
—
MS average14 barns · 213 hd
346.59
−8.47
National average184 barns · 19,282 hd
377.96
−39.84
This barn, trailing median23 sales
362.04
−23.92
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—Average1,910188.433,5992thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,302154.662,0134thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,056127.101,34216

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)1,022$1,8263thin

Every lot

71 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 1295505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,4901
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433422.36/cwt418.00–426.001,8294
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455426.00/cwt426.00–426.001,9381
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0203
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523403.53/cwt390.00–418.002,1102
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523396.44/cwt390.00–401.002,07319
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565358.83/cwt340.00–378.002,0272
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,9639
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581337.57/cwt337.00–338.001,9619
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3595306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,8211
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,1802
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,9711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642340.70/cwt330.00–345.002,18714
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,1612
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665319.00/cwt318.00–322.002,1214
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added684341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,33210
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3272
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,5411
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1945276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,6081
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260356.00/cwt356.00–356.009261
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280467.50/cwt467.50–467.501,3091
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330431.32/cwt400.00–460.001,4236
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1901
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373417.26/cwt394.00–432.001,5563
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2393372.88/cwt354.00–392.001,4652
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420354.94/cwt350.00–360.001,4912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421391.06/cwt376.00–400.001,6467
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4081
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480367.05/cwt360.00–372.001,7627
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,6031
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520341.00/cwt340.00–342.001,7732
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533318.88/cwt309.00–328.001,7003
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6501
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563329.34/cwt328.00–330.001,8543
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added566343.45/cwt335.00–348.001,94429
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568319.01/cwt318.00–320.001,8122
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,9961
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,8941
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,16820
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,2548
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760303.07/cwt298.00–308.002,3032
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2215400.00/cwt400.00–400.008601
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225549.78/cwt545.00–555.001,2372
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3235340.00/cwt340.00–340.007991
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1258483.11/cwt420.00–545.001,2462
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1361
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324488.60/cwt454.00–550.001,5839
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330376.67/cwt350.00–405.001,2432
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376440.96/cwt406.00–472.001,65810
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,4321
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,6921
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429419.66/cwt400.00–432.001,80013
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465403.17/cwt392.00–418.001,8753
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480369.72/cwt367.00–372.001,7753
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,6781
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3500310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522366.79/cwt362.00–374.001,9155
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533346.06/cwt342.00–350.001,8442
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564360.49/cwt356.00–363.002,0334
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577330.24/cwt318.00–340.001,9055
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613322.07/cwt318.00–330.001,9744
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,9062
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655311.98/cwt310.00–314.002,0432
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,0161
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1830296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,4571
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,910188.43/cwt187.00–190.003,5992
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,023105.60/cwt103.00–109.001,0802
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,061130.17/cwt112.00–140.001,38114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,262150.54/cwt145.00–157.001,9003
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,420167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,3711
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0221,826.47/head1,400.00–2,150.001,8263

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.