Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2026-05-20

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, May 20
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 114 vs last sale 222▼ 31 vs year ago 139 · −22.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 153 vs last sale 169▼ 11 vs year ago 27 · −40.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 10.00- 15.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Overall quality was mostly average, with calves ranging from medium to fleshy and a few thin. Buyers continue to give it all for front end cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $404.97/cwt on 12 head, up $25.61 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 21 of 23 comparable sales and sits +42.93 against this barn's trailing median of $362.04.
Average price
$404.97
▲ 25.61 vs prior sale
12 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,183
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$59
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.64
vs MS average
−13.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508419.852,1332thin
Medium and Large 1-2545402.002,19210thin
One grade step is worth $17.85/cwt here — about −$59 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 sale12 hd
404.97
—
MS average14 barns · 301 hd
398.33
+6.64
National average175 barns · 12,602 hd
418.26
−13.29
This barn, trailing median23 sales
362.04
+42.93
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—Average1,415195.082,7606thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,273155.501,9792thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average87895.928423thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318593.32/cwt585.00–606.001,8873
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5871
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6201
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410481.90/cwt478.00–486.001,9762
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425464.00/cwt464.00–464.001,9721
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450461.00/cwt461.00–461.002,0751
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,9022
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470474.40/cwt465.00–484.002,2302
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510466.00/cwt466.00–466.002,3772
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530450.38/cwt438.00–463.002,3872
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570433.95/cwt428.00–440.002,4742
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,5208
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,4061
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2205495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,0151
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed235590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,3871
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2Fleshy268392.29/cwt370.00–415.001,0512
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0971
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320538.00/cwt538.00–538.001,7221
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed335476.00/cwt476.00–476.001,5952
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4281
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375496.00/cwt496.00–496.001,8602
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,8871
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405406.07/cwt400.00–412.001,6452
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425488.96/cwt486.00–492.002,0782
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455488.00/cwt488.00–488.002,2201
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy508419.85/cwt410.00–430.002,1332
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,2097
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1243
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2201
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy652352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,2954
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,3211
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy670335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280554.00/cwt554.00–554.001,5511
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed300622.50/cwt622.50–622.501,8681
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed305495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,5101
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1314563.96/cwt515.00–590.001,7714
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy320429.69/cwt410.00–450.001,3752
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325463.60/cwt450.00–476.001,5072
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373558.67/cwt545.00–570.002,0844
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408512.60/cwt485.00–528.002,0913
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430495.44/cwt480.00–512.002,1304
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9341
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468480.55/cwt464.00–498.002,2492
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy470400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8801
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy520455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,3661
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy550405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2281
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1191
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Full600375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2501
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0961
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,2411
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2Fleshy910272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,4751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——865165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4271
Bulls——1,525201.10/cwt180.00–215.003,0675
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85089.88/cwt80.00–101.007642
Cows—Lean 85-90%935108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0101
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8151
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,335161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,1491

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.