Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2026-10-14

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Oct 14
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
290 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 245▼ 119 vs year ago 409 · −29.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 33▼ 26 vs year ago 64 · −40.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 5▼ 32 vs year ago 33 · −97.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder calves sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cow sold 10.00 to 12.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $378.74/cwt on 18 head, up $25.18 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 15 comparable sales and sits −5.06 against this barn's trailing median of $383.80.
Average price
$378.74
▲ 25.18 vs prior sale
18 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,026
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$303
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$58.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.84
vs MS average
−53.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2526410.002,1574thin
Medium and Large 1539372.932,01012thin
Medium and Large 2528351.071,8542thin
One grade step is worth $58.93/cwt here — about $303 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale18 hd
378.74
—
MS average14 barns · 214 hd
359.89
+18.84
National average190 barns · 30,929 hd
432.29
−53.55
This barn, trailing median15 sales
383.80
−5.06
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

15 sales
467423379335median 383.8004/0105/2008/0509/2310/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $452.95, low $349.01, median $383.80 across 15 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—Low1,747173.853,0373thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,215117.291,4255thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,645110.001,8101thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,057100.541,0637thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,315$3,6001thin

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3281
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,7341
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363419.04/cwt413.00–425.001,5212
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8491
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6341
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480423.68/cwt404.00–445.002,0347
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8431
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521382.09/cwt370.00–400.001,9917
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1574
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528351.07/cwt346.00–356.001,8542
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564360.10/cwt338.00–372.002,0315
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2609336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,0464
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,0271
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,1061
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,1453
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added770335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,58063
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,5591
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,0791
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335429.70/cwt420.00–440.001,4392
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383394.71/cwt380.00–410.001,5122
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1403390.94/cwt382.00–400.001,5752
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,5091
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5641
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475354.41/cwt348.00–364.001,6833
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6481
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518331.92/cwt328.00–340.001,7195
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562320.65/cwt318.00–324.001,8023
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7551
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638315.53/cwt313.00–318.002,0132
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668304.49/cwt304.00–305.002,0342
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,8501
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,2261
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,1161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1231487.38/cwt440.00–560.001,1264
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265485.47/cwt460.00–510.001,2862
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1311
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1321476.33/cwt415.00–505.001,5298
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335393.87/cwt382.00–407.501,3193
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3335355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1891
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1387423.99/cwt402.50–442.501,6415
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421415.40/cwt400.00–434.001,7496
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430380.38/cwt350.00–392.001,6365
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,4681
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464401.44/cwt390.00–412.001,8634
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,4351
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478349.56/cwt332.50–380.001,67110
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521362.92/cwt346.00–380.001,8919
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523338.13/cwt324.00–352.001,7683
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577334.39/cwt330.00–341.001,9296
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590308.00/cwt306.00–310.001,8172
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621325.97/cwt321.00–331.002,0243
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1674306.06/cwt298.00–316.002,0636
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9601
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760286.39/cwt278.00–295.002,1772
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1810282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,2841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,738166.78/cwt162.00–172.002,8992
Bulls——1,765188.00/cwt188.00–188.003,3181
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003100.63/cwt100.00–102.001,0093
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07892.66/cwt90.00–95.009992
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,118108.30/cwt104.00–114.001,2112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,133110.91/cwt108.00–114.001,2572
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270121.54/cwt120.00–125.001,5443
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,645110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,8101
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3153,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001

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.