Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2026-09-02

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Sep 2
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
123 head
▼ 152 vs last sale 275▼ 332 vs year ago 455 · −73.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 12▼ 35 vs year ago 47 · −74.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer sold 10.00 to20.00 higher, feeder heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower , and feeder bulls sold steady to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows were not well tested and slaughter bulls sold steady. Quality was 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 $326.69/cwt on 15 head, up $10.03 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 20 comparable sales and sits −28.86 against this barn's trailing median of $355.55.
Average price
$326.69
▲ 10.03 vs prior sale
15 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,768
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$435
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$61.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.86
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546335.931,8339thin
Medium and Large 2539320.591,7295thin
Medium and Large 3510274.001,3971thin
One grade step is worth $61.93/cwt here — about $435 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 sale15 hd
326.69
—
MS average13 barns · 158 hd
323.83
+2.86
This barn, trailing median20 sales
355.55
−28.86
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—Average1,761182.153,2087thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,192136.831,6304thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average975105.101,0253thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1165605.00/cwt605.00–605.009981
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1233553.01/cwt505.00–600.001,2892
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2265384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,0181
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273492.98/cwt485.00–500.001,3462
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358445.08/cwt432.00–450.001,5934
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3141
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405389.83/cwt376.00–404.001,5792
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,4901
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3440320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4081
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472359.34/cwt356.00–362.001,6963
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5522
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,8181
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573334.40/cwt330.00–339.001,9162
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,1161
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0701
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728304.95/cwt302.00–308.002,2202
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0201
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333391.62/cwt386.00–397.501,3042
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365391.34/cwt376.00–408.001,4285
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375346.21/cwt320.00–370.001,2984
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,4191
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,5141
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450345.00/cwt342.00–348.001,5532
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465274.00/cwt242.00–306.001,2742
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478320.00/cwt310.00–330.001,5303
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518297.57/cwt290.00–308.001,5414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,6691
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555308.02/cwt306.00–310.001,7102
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2562295.19/cwt288.00–306.001,6593
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1203561.79/cwt517.50–605.001,1402
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1701
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335436.00/cwt436.00–436.001,4611
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379415.42/cwt400.00–434.001,5744
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2321
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423395.81/cwt388.00–408.001,6743
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5301
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3201
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3450302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,3591
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472360.85/cwt354.00–369.001,70310
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478344.70/cwt336.00–352.001,6483
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3510274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,3971
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525342.67/cwt339.00–352.001,7994
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533318.99/cwt300.00–340.001,7004
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562330.54/cwt320.00–338.001,8585
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,8481
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,0351
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,9601
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3760250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,605165.50/cwt161.00–170.002,6562
Bulls——1,824188.81/cwt182.00–202.003,4445
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%975125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2191
Cows—Lean 85-90%97595.15/cwt80.00–108.009282
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,128118.17/cwt115.00–122.001,3332
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255155.49/cwt155.00–156.001,9512

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.