Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2026-02-11

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Feb 11
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
412 head
▲ 119 vs last sale 293▲ 333 vs year ago 79 · +421.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 38▼ 8 vs year ago 43 · −18.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 6▼ 7 vs year ago 8 · −87.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder cattle sold sharply higher with spots 50.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was average and demand was very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $380.16/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 15 of 23 comparable sales and sits +18.11 against this barn's trailing median of $362.04.
Average price
$380.16
75 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,073
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.98
vs MS average
−43.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549382.842,10158
Medium and Large 1-2534372.001,98614thin
Medium and Large 2535366.391,9603thin
One grade step is worth $16.45/cwt here — about $140 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 sale75 hd
380.16
—
MS average14 barns · 402 hd
392.13
−11.98
National average187 barns · 18,214 hd
423.95
−43.79
This barn, trailing median23 sales
362.04
+18.11
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—Average1,710180.993,0952thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,303162.012,11112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,785149.102,6612thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,180138.981,6407thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,035$1,7501thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317607.47/cwt585.00–620.001,9263
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2355430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5271
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379501.20/cwt470.00–545.001,9004
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2412510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,1013
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423492.53/cwt450.00–525.002,0835
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433401.51/cwt354.00–445.001,7393
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added442540.50/cwt540.50–540.502,38917
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468474.88/cwt438.00–495.002,2229
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475391.94/cwt390.00–394.001,8622
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added484519.00/cwt519.00–519.002,5127
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517439.08/cwt428.00–445.002,2703
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added533465.72/cwt457.50–481.002,48231
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,2761
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added562437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,45610
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,4203
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1351
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632375.01/cwt363.00–388.002,3705
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661364.94/cwt356.00–380.002,4124
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,4961
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added733361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,64617
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770350.98/cwt350.00–352.002,7032
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,2011
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1274533.41/cwt532.00–535.001,4622
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275398.86/cwt360.00–435.001,0972
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,6301
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3631
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2349525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,8329
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375442.74/cwt420.00–465.001,6607
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2413375.09/cwt370.00–380.001,5492
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425448.55/cwt428.00–465.001,9064
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4983
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added442463.00/cwt463.00–463.002,0469
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2459454.00/cwt454.00–454.002,0844
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3470350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6451
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471439.09/cwt430.00–458.002,0685
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471381.24/cwt370.00–394.001,7964
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525382.51/cwt370.00–406.002,0087
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,98614
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535366.39/cwt360.00–374.001,9603
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added541386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,08837
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568369.98/cwt360.00–377.502,1014
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added586376.50/cwt376.50–376.502,20610
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608356.02/cwt354.00–358.002,1652
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,7341
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,2621
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3873
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245725.00/cwt725.00–725.001,7761
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1266675.41/cwt630.00–750.001,7975
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328571.77/cwt500.00–640.001,87511
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5021
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376534.15/cwt504.00–575.002,0088
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390484.10/cwt476.00–490.001,8883
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415498.36/cwt470.00–520.002,06811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,8131
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469482.02/cwt474.00–502.002,2617
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480419.59/cwt412.00–427.502,0142
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505434.30/cwt428.00–437.502,1933
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,4731
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,1591
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,2821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,710180.99/cwt172.00–187.003,0952
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,180138.98/cwt125.00–149.001,6407
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303162.01/cwt155.00–172.002,11112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,785149.10/cwt147.00–152.002,6612
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0351,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501

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.