Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2026-08-05

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Aug 5
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
214 head
▲ 121 vs last sale 93▼ 134 vs year ago 348 · −38.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 14▲ 7 vs year ago 26 · +26.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▼ 8 vs year ago 12 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was mostly attractive and demand was much better.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $361.28/cwt on 10 head, down $47.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 20 comparable sales and sits +5.73 against this barn's trailing median of $355.55.
Average price
$361.28
▼ 47.81 vs prior sale
10 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,956
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.78
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535373.301,9976thin
Medium and Large 2551343.241,8914thin
One grade step is worth $30.05/cwt here — about $106 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale10 hd
361.28
—
MS average13 barns · 145 hd
366.05
−4.78
This barn, trailing median20 sales
355.55
+5.73
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—Average1,722213.353,6743thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,261165.342,08511

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)1,480$4,5001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,180$3,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$3,3752thin

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8271
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475413.83/cwt398.00–430.001,9662
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8241
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530385.64/cwt374.00–399.002,0443
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,1924
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573375.02/cwt369.00–378.002,1493
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635342.56/cwt330.00–350.002,1753
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640335.33/cwt320.00–346.002,1463
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671342.67/cwt330.00–350.002,2995
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713332.46/cwt320.00–345.002,3702
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,2191
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815317.48/cwt300.00–330.002,5874
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1190500.00/cwt500.00–500.009501
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328465.46/cwt452.00–486.001,5273
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1731
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374426.53/cwt400.00–450.001,5956
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378385.36/cwt380.00–396.001,4573
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420426.24/cwt400.00–452.001,7908
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8194
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,7621
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,4541
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470402.52/cwt394.00–418.001,8925
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,8714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473374.50/cwt350.00–390.001,7715
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3500314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,5701
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514369.53/cwt360.00–383.001,8994
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515356.03/cwt354.00–358.001,8343
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,8871
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572347.83/cwt336.00–360.001,9903
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0401
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665323.86/cwt318.00–330.002,1542
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1743310.97/cwt302.00–320.002,3112
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,5271
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,6081
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285510.63/cwt474.00–546.001,4552
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2981
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324486.99/cwt456.00–518.001,5784
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,3441
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1384438.17/cwt422.00–450.001,6834
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423426.25/cwt408.00–444.001,80313
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2429443.00/cwt443.00–443.001,9006
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,6101
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476417.17/cwt407.00–430.001,9869
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485379.67/cwt348.00–392.001,8419
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521379.44/cwt369.00–396.001,9774
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2538348.99/cwt330.00–367.001,8783
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563361.01/cwt358.00–364.002,0322
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,9231
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1611331.88/cwt322.00–343.002,0285
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,500195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,9251
Bulls——1,833222.52/cwt219.00–226.004,0792
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,075144.72/cwt138.00–155.001,5562
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,2681
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,308168.66/cwt162.00–177.002,2068
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0102,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4403,900.00/head3,900.00–3,900.003,9001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1803,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4804,500.00/head4,500.00–4,500.004,5001

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.