Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2026-02-25

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Feb 25
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
245 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 248▼ 281 vs year ago 526 · −53.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 52▼ 57 vs year ago 124 · −46.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 15▼ 106 vs year ago 110 · −96.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cow and bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. 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 $369.92/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 13 of 23 comparable sales and sits +7.87 against this barn's trailing median of $362.04.
Average price
$369.92
15 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,005
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$48.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−24.77
vs MS average
−60.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548390.482,1404thin
Medium and Large 1-2562378.002,1243thin
Medium and Large 2524358.691,8807thin
Medium and Large 3585342.002,0011thin
One grade step is worth $48.48/cwt here — about $139 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 sale15 hd
369.92
—
MS average14 barns · 205 hd
394.68
−24.77
National average177 barns · 14,680 hd
430.41
−60.49
This barn, trailing median23 sales
362.04
+7.87
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—Average2,058202.274,1632thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,064167.981,78828
CowsLean 85-90%Low965129.261,2476thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,030$2,8501thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)912$3,3763thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$3,5001thin

Every lot

58 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305524.50/cwt505.00–544.001,6002
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377524.55/cwt500.00–538.001,9783
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433503.15/cwt495.00–515.002,1793
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9581
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460474.00/cwt474.00–474.002,1801
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520455.80/cwt440.00–482.502,3703
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,5045
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,5541
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685366.09/cwt360.00–372.002,5082
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1195500.00/cwt500.00–500.009751
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1232561.98/cwt545.00–585.001,3043
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0801
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280540.01/cwt515.00–585.001,5126
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2306540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,6529
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318534.67/cwt495.00–550.001,70012
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335430.30/cwt405.00–450.001,4423
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365410.07/cwt405.00–415.001,4973
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370488.36/cwt450.00–525.001,80711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2394442.00/cwt442.00–442.001,7417
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421421.56/cwt405.00–442.501,7754
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423484.25/cwt445.00–525.002,04812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2450419.00/cwt419.00–419.001,8864
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460451.30/cwt435.00–470.002,0765
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472393.49/cwt370.00–420.001,8576
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3490328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,6071
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513424.09/cwt418.00–430.002,1762
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524358.69/cwt350.00–374.001,8807
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,1243
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583356.86/cwt346.00–368.002,0802
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3585342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,0011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1603365.74/cwt364.00–367.502,2052
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,4995
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1160657.50/cwt657.50–657.501,0521
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1208592.60/cwt550.00–625.001,2333
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2260469.42/cwt440.00–500.001,2202
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1283613.21/cwt585.00–640.001,7356
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1334613.25/cwt575.00–630.002,0486
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338455.74/cwt410.00–500.001,5404
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370557.84/cwt520.00–595.002,06411
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7021
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416505.81/cwt490.00–535.002,1047
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434452.78/cwt430.00–465.001,9656
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1461461.49/cwt417.00–488.002,1278
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3465370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7211
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522423.82/cwt404.00–440.002,2123
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575389.00/cwt380.00–398.002,2372
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,1781
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623378.69/cwt368.00–390.002,3592
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1740364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,6941
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1830328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,7221
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,058202.27/cwt192.00–211.004,1632
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%890113.67/cwt104.00–120.001,0123
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040144.84/cwt141.00–152.001,5063
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,047163.87/cwt151.00–174.001,71620
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,107178.26/cwt175.00–180.001,9738
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0302,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19123,376.23/head2,600.00–3,700.003,3763
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0003,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001

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.