Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2026-10-07

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Oct 7
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
245 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 330▼ 108 vs year ago 353 · −30.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 54▼ 14 vs year ago 47 · −29.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 5▼ 1 vs year ago 6 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 9.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. 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 $331.23/cwt on 6 head, down $2.76 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 24 comparable sales and sits −34.74 against this barn's trailing median of $365.98.
Average price
$331.23
▼ 2.76 vs prior sale
6 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,877
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$9
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.10
vs MS average
−36.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553339.851,8784thin
Medium and Large 2595314.001,8682thin
One grade step is worth $25.85/cwt here — about $9 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 sale6 hd
331.23
—
MS average14 barns · 288 hd
337.34
−6.10
National average187 barns · 16,614 hd
367.91
−36.68
This barn, trailing median24 sales
365.98
−34.74
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

24 sales
430382334286median 365.9802/2504/2207/0809/0910/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.06, low $300.39, median $365.98 across 24 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—Average1,751165.452,8975thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,405133.551,8767thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,033116.861,2072thin

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)1,022$2,8723thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,063$2,2142thin

Every lot, as filed

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,2731
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,0001
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568350.57/cwt335.00–366.001,9912
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,8761
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,0583
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625337.66/cwt333.00–341.002,1103
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,8001
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8851
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685314.29/cwt300.00–329.002,1532
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1808305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,4642
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3783
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230436.68/cwt400.00–475.001,0042
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3240345.00/cwt345.00–345.008281
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283431.01/cwt400.00–462.501,2203
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323371.47/cwt368.00–375.001,2002
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328416.49/cwt410.00–422.501,3662
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373371.39/cwt348.00–386.001,3856
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376405.51/cwt398.00–418.001,5257
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3395327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,2941
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420379.33/cwt372.00–388.001,5933
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429348.88/cwt334.00–364.001,4979
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2452358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,61810
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465347.54/cwt342.00–352.001,6165
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470369.45/cwt356.00–400.001,7365
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515347.26/cwt338.00–356.001,7882
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590332.44/cwt325.00–340.001,9612
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595314.00/cwt310.00–318.001,8682
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629311.99/cwt308.00–316.001,9624
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8271
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9651
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2663275.98/cwt270.00–282.001,8302
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705298.00/cwt292.00–304.002,1012
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,0851
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1229425.74/cwt410.00–455.009753
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275342.75/cwt330.00–357.509432
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1282515.58/cwt486.00–560.001,4543
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1101
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1313439.18/cwt430.00–445.001,3753
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3315322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,0161
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3141
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383438.91/cwt417.50–450.001,6814
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418357.20/cwt350.00–362.001,4933
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426417.64/cwt400.00–432.001,7799
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458411.99/cwt410.00–414.001,8872
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468353.30/cwt352.00–356.001,6533
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1517367.47/cwt350.00–410.001,9005
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4181
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532332.91/cwt310.00–344.001,7718
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566333.67/cwt320.00–346.001,8897
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583312.58/cwt306.00–322.001,8223
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627326.01/cwt312.00–342.002,0443
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630299.02/cwt298.00–300.001,8842
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,7821
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,0691
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,2331
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,0421
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2753280.98/cwt274.00–288.002,1162
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1795270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1471
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,658162.12/cwt159.00–164.002,6883
Bulls——1,890170.45/cwt170.00–171.003,2222
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033116.86/cwt114.00–120.001,2072
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,405133.55/cwt130.00–139.001,8767
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0222,872.10/head2,600.00–3,000.002,8723
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0632,214.24/head1,850.00–2,450.002,2142

How this sale compares

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.