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

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Sep 9
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
152 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 123▼ 325 vs year ago 477 · −68.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 12▼ 28 vs year ago 37 · −75.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▼ 33 vs year ago 35 · −94.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 20.00 higher! Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 10.00 lower. Quality was average and demand was better.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.85/cwt on 12 head, up $18.46 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 23 comparable sales and sits −43.19 against this barn's trailing median of $362.04.
Average price
$318.85
▲ 18.46 vs prior sale
12 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,729
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$8
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.66
vs MS average
−18.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2520326.001,6951thin
Medium and Large 1553320.041,7696thin
Medium and Large 1-2534316.001,6875thin
One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $8 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 sale12 hd
318.85
—
MS average13 barns · 252 hd
326.51
−7.66
National average138 barns · 5,113 hd
337.79
−18.94
This barn, trailing median23 sales
362.04
−43.19
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—Average1,950190.003,7051thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,203139.941,6832thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,570132.002,0721thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,094114.631,2543thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)895$2,3501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)625$1,2501thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330492.00/cwt492.00–492.001,6241
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,6691
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5301
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,8141
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6981
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2494374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,8485
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3500306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,5301
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530359.28/cwt356.00–362.001,9043
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full545346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,8861
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565339.11/cwt326.00–346.001,9163
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570357.99/cwt354.00–368.002,0415
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612346.63/cwt340.00–356.002,1213
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,3291
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,1871
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280454.73/cwt450.00–460.001,2732
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,2571
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373361.98/cwt360.00–366.001,3503
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,5371
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414375.28/cwt366.00–390.001,5546
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433358.68/cwt356.00–360.001,5533
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470354.89/cwt350.00–360.001,6682
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482339.80/cwt330.00–348.001,6383
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,6951
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533329.00/cwt328.00–330.001,7542
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,6875
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full545310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6901
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Full565316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,7851
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570318.11/cwt312.00–324.001,8132
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9503
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,9681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1200525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,0501
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2255432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,1021
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3265335.00/cwt335.00–335.008881
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275488.71/cwt465.00–516.001,3443
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310350.98/cwt350.00–352.001,0882
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1343451.77/cwt420.00–484.001,5502
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379437.45/cwt405.00–466.001,6584
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2387368.76/cwt362.00–374.001,4273
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410381.83/cwt368.00–396.001,5662
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428428.60/cwt414.00–450.001,8343
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465399.78/cwt390.00–410.001,8592
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475371.00/cwt360.00–382.001,7622
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513337.51/cwt318.00–358.001,7312
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518370.03/cwt361.00–380.001,9174
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571344.48/cwt335.00–362.001,9674
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,950190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,7051
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%995105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0451
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,143119.44/cwt114.00–125.001,3652
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203139.94/cwt135.00–146.001,6832
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,570132.00/cwt132.00–132.002,0721
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18952,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 16251,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501

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.