Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2026-06-03

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Jun 3
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
128 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 228▼ 213 vs year ago 341 · −62.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 33▲ 27 vs year ago 66 · +40.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 10▲ 13 vs year ago 1 · +1,300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 12.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Quality was mostly plain and demand was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $380.76/cwt on 6 head, down $42.52 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 13 of 20 comparable sales and sits +25.22 against this barn's trailing median of $355.55.
Average price
$380.76
▼ 42.52 vs prior sale
6 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,108
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$68.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.47
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537403.672,1664thin
Medium and Large 2588334.941,9692thin
One grade step is worth $68.73/cwt here — about $196 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 sale6 hd
380.76
—
MS average13 barns · 185 hd
396.23
−15.47
This barn, trailing median20 sales
355.55
+25.22
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

20 sales
450401352303median 355.5503/2506/1708/1909/3010/28
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $436.12, low $316.66, median $355.55 across 20 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—Average1,815223.004,0471thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,147167.891,92520
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,335147.001,9621thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,026136.761,4037thin

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)1,181$3,0487
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,088$2,7575
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$3,8501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,150$2,1001thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3315345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0871
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5081
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,5411
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375488.97/cwt488.00–490.001,8342
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440482.00/cwt482.00–482.002,1211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450464.00/cwt464.00–464.002,0881
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,8521
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,2891
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555406.00/cwt400.00–412.002,2532
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,2701
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600396.00/cwt386.00–406.002,3762
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8751
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635370.64/cwt356.00–382.002,3543
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,4442
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,3351
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735337.97/cwt336.00–340.002,4842
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2810312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,5271
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,8141
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218494.71/cwt490.00–500.001,0782
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,0401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,5321
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374452.50/cwt444.00–470.001,6924
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4991
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,9861
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,9501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8361
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9761
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3565330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8651
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2587349.70/cwt330.00–356.002,0535
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,2021
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,2731
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230530.67/cwt510.00–542.501,2213
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,0751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275522.75/cwt507.00–540.001,4384
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328524.07/cwt500.00–542.501,7193
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1362485.94/cwt464.00–500.001,7593
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365426.00/cwt426.00–426.001,5551
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405480.00/cwt472.50–487.501,9442
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425436.67/cwt430.00–444.001,8562
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468452.29/cwt450.00–457.002,1173
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,7481
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483434.84/cwt419.00–447.502,1007
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508410.02/cwt406.00–414.002,0832
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565397.33/cwt388.00–407.002,2452
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2588334.94/cwt330.00–340.001,9692
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610358.00/cwt356.00–360.002,1842
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,3631
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0961
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1668337.99/cwt336.00–340.002,2582
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3730290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1171
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,815223.00/cwt223.00–223.004,0471
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%995110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0951
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031141.22/cwt130.00–152.001,4566
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,106162.65/cwt154.00–176.001,79914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242180.12/cwt177.00–188.002,2376
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,335147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,9621
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1003,850.00/head3,850.00–3,850.003,8501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0882,756.73/head2,000.00–3,150.002,7575
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1813,047.73/head2,000.00–3,625.003,0487
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,1502,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001

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.