Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2026-06-24

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Jun 24
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
205 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 223▲ 9 vs year ago 196 · +4.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
248 head
▲ 222 vs last sale 26▲ 184 vs year ago 64 · +287.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold sharply higher. Quality was plain to average 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 $419.50/cwt on 13 head, up $5.57 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 18 of 20 comparable sales and sits +63.95 against this barn's trailing median of $355.55.
Average price
$419.50
▲ 5.57 vs prior sale
13 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,288
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$45.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.28
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544423.002,30012thin
Medium and Large 2565377.502,1331thin
One grade step is worth $45.50/cwt here — about $167 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 sale13 hd
419.50
—
MS average12 barns · 107 hd
405.21
+14.28
This barn, trailing median20 sales
355.55
+63.95
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

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—Average1,469209.393,0765thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,203187.022,25078
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,473169.582,4982thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,075165.911,78415

Every lot

64 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,0381
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310557.50/cwt557.50–557.501,7281
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470458.88/cwt445.00–474.002,1572
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522437.43/cwt425.00–448.002,2833
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9551
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580412.37/cwt397.50–427.502,3922
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,5621
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,5281
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4331
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1170600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,0201
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1212541.54/cwt505.00–600.001,1485
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3250387.50/cwt387.50–387.509691
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1282517.80/cwt510.00–522.501,4603
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2288451.67/cwt402.50–500.001,3012
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2316458.27/cwt450.00–470.001,4484
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325505.66/cwt492.50–532.501,6435
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364507.79/cwt495.00–537.501,8484
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385448.39/cwt425.00–467.501,7264
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420501.04/cwt495.00–512.502,1043
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430464.12/cwt447.50–480.001,9964
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463504.89/cwt485.00–525.002,3382
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6281
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468447.98/cwt430.00–462.502,0975
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508440.82/cwt432.50–450.002,2393
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524377.25/cwt367.50–397.501,9774
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8981
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3565352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,9921
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568381.90/cwt370.00–402.502,1696
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3291
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623351.96/cwt337.50–367.502,1932
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1911
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3101
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,3251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1180665.00/cwt665.00–665.001,1971
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1233554.50/cwt530.00–602.501,2926
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2233502.69/cwt485.00–520.001,1712
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270540.71/cwt525.00–575.001,4606
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3285305.00/cwt305.00–305.008691
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290472.37/cwt465.00–480.001,3702
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,2901
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1319525.52/cwt502.50–550.001,6767
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377492.54/cwt487.50–497.501,8573
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1411487.51/cwt481.00–505.002,0047
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428468.76/cwt445.00–477.502,0065
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,8381
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7941
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1461475.61/cwt470.00–485.002,1934
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476457.46/cwt442.50–467.502,1787
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1529431.19/cwt415.00–457.002,2818
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,1331
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573406.61/cwt392.50–422.502,3304
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605367.64/cwt350.00–385.002,2242
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,3801
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4851
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3101
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2750340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5501
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1840320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6881
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1915340.00/cwt340.00–340.003,1111
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,405203.07/cwt189.00–210.002,8533
Bulls——1,565218.86/cwt218.00–220.003,4252
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075165.91/cwt158.00–172.001,78415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,187181.14/cwt173.00–189.002,15051
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234198.13/cwt190.00–210.002,44527
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,473169.58/cwt167.00–172.002,4982

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.