Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2026-06-17

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Jun 17
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
223 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 212▲ 55 vs year ago 168 · +32.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 38▲ 9 vs year ago 17 · +52.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 5▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Week: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold mostly 5.00 lower. Quality was plain to average and demand was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $373.99/cwt on 9 head, down $9.27 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 13 of 23 comparable sales and sits +11.95 against this barn's trailing median of $362.04.
Average price
$373.99
▼ 9.27 vs prior sale
9 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,066
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$53.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.95
vs MS average
−37.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542401.992,1793thin
Medium and Large 2547371.312,0303thin
Medium and Large 3568348.671,9823thin
One grade step is worth $53.31/cwt here — about $197 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale9 hd
373.99
—
MS average12 barns · 161 hd
381.94
−7.95
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−37.51
This barn, trailing median23 sales
362.04
+11.95
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—Average1,450200.002,9001thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,363167.582,2855thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,363155.002,1132thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,008143.821,4508thin

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)1,093$2,6933thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,060$2,3592thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$2,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,210$3,0001thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280511.02/cwt510.00–512.001,4312
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,6831
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360474.00/cwt474.00–474.001,7061
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418463.66/cwt454.00–476.001,9383
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1581
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532442.58/cwt426.00–454.002,3553
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1601
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565430.70/cwt410.00–440.002,4334
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2801
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,4971
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,3091
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,5141
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275457.56/cwt450.00–466.001,2582
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275443.74/cwt422.00–464.001,2204
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318480.43/cwt462.00–498.001,5282
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320424.00/cwt424.00–424.001,3571
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2161
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3350384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,3441
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368500.30/cwt478.00–522.001,8413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3410320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415468.05/cwt466.00–470.001,9422
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450436.00/cwt436.00–436.001,9621
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458464.92/cwt460.00–470.002,1292
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,7481
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535376.97/cwt374.00–380.002,0172
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,9471
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538414.98/cwt410.00–420.002,2332
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,0681
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0521
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3585341.01/cwt340.00–342.001,9952
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2141
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,2204
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625352.67/cwt350.00–356.002,2043
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678362.40/cwt357.00–368.002,4572
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added694364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,52672
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245536.00/cwt536.00–536.001,3131
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2277479.23/cwt460.00–498.001,3273
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310466.72/cwt460.00–470.001,4473
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1337518.14/cwt494.00–540.001,7463
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371512.84/cwt504.00–532.001,9036
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380470.08/cwt468.00–472.001,7862
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3395410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422496.03/cwt480.00–514.002,09310
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423452.01/cwt432.00–470.001,9122
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428400.88/cwt380.00–422.501,7162
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472466.99/cwt460.00–472.002,2043
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475441.22/cwt420.00–456.002,0964
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522436.62/cwt422.00–448.002,2796
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570378.86/cwt366.00–388.002,1604
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585416.00/cwt407.00–425.002,4342
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3615350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1531
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620392.98/cwt392.00–394.002,4362
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3131
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3665342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,2741
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675351.25/cwt334.00–364.002,3713
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,5091
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3720276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,9871
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,450200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,9001
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,008143.82/cwt132.00–158.001,4508
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,358164.98/cwt163.00–170.002,2404
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,363155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,1132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,385178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,4651
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0502,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0602,359.20/head2,300.00–2,400.002,3592
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0932,692.84/head2,375.00–2,950.002,6933
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2103,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001

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.