Name: Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold mostly 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand was good and quality was good to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.44/cwt on 78 head.

Average price

$122.44

78 head · 445 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$17.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.61

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	471	124.83	588	55
Medium and Large 2	384	117.62	452	21
Medium and Large 3	383	107.50	411	2thin

One grade step is worth $17.33/cwt here — about $177 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale78 hd

122.44

—

MS average13 barns · 849 hd

119.84

+2.61

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,710	68.95	1,179	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,300	48.78	634	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	35.17	362	5thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	320	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	523	129.97/cwt	128.00–132.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	635	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	275	155.36/cwt	150.00–160.00	427	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	149.02/cwt	148.00–150.00	571	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	329	156.52/cwt	151.00–161.00	515	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	117.97/cwt	115.00–120.00	662	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	541	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,400	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	983	1,055.25/cwt	940.00–1,110.00	10,373	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,149	905.55/cwt	710.00–970.00	10,405	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	7,168	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	5,858	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,370	776.76/cwt	770.00–790.00	10,642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	910	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	165.41/cwt	160.00–170.00	452	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	168.50/cwt	162.00–175.00	514	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	142.87/cwt	140.00–146.00	597	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	1,260.00/cwt	1,260.00–1,260.00	14,301	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	137.56/cwt	136.00–139.00	575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	132.06/cwt	130.00–134.00	621	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	128.53/cwt	126.00–131.00	604	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	130.48/cwt	129.00–132.00	528	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	148.36/cwt	144.00–153.00	628	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	140.25/cwt	136.00–147.00	649	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	125.01/cwt	120.00–131.00	660	5
Bulls	—	—	1,710	68.95/cwt	65.50–72.50	1,179	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	622	108.93/cwt	107.00–113.00	678	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	103.53/cwt	100.00–107.00	704	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	710	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	753	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	265	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	141.00/cwt	140.00–142.00	801	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,029	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	132.36/cwt	129.00–137.00	815	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	144.85/cwt	138.00–149.00	688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	142.80/cwt	139.00–147.00	748	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	144.51/cwt	143.00–146.00	539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	262	118.41/cwt	114.00–121.00	310	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	118.35/cwt	110.00–123.00	385	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	118.61/cwt	116.00–123.00	514	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	115.93/cwt	110.00–122.00	732	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	265	117.23/cwt	113.00–121.00	311	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	116.66/cwt	114.00–118.00	615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	215	113.40/cwt	112.00–115.00	244	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	118.38/cwt	115.00–122.00	436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	119.42/cwt	116.00–121.00	562	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	118.18/cwt	115.00–124.00	680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	127.42/cwt	122.00–132.00	587	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	652	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	129.64/cwt	126.00–135.00	428	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	128.01/cwt	124.00–134.00	475	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	129.85/cwt	124.00–134.00	547	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	121.92/cwt	116.00–127.00	636	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	245	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	257	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,407	54.93/cwt	53.00–57.00	773	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	47.87/cwt	42.00–52.50	615	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	35.17/cwt	31.00–38.00	362	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	131.96/cwt	130.00–134.00	376	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	115.01/cwt	113.00–117.00	613	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	235	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	343	1

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 334Last week 290Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 125Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	116.00	116.00
2	—	275	150.00–160.00	155.36
2	—	383	148.00–150.00	149.02
4	—	329	151.00–161.00	156.52
4	—	561	115.00–120.00	117.97
8	—	423	144.00–153.00	148.36
7	—	463	136.00–147.00	140.25
5	—	528	120.00–131.00	125.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	105.00	105.00
1	—	435	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	126.00–131.00	128.53
2	—	405	129.00–132.00	130.48
3	—	622	107.00–113.00	108.93
2	—	680	100.00–107.00	103.53
1	—	710	106.00	106.00
1	—	265	146.00	146.00
2	—	533	113.00–117.00	115.01
1	—	235	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	128.00–132.00	129.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	262	114.00–121.00	118.41
3	—	325	110.00–123.00	118.35
5	—	433	116.00–123.00	118.61
2	—	215	112.00–115.00	113.40
2	—	368	115.00–122.00	118.38
5	—	471	116.00–121.00	119.42
1	—	615	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	631	110.00–122.00	115.93
5	—	575	115.00–124.00	118.18
7	—	461	122.00–132.00	127.42
4	—	330	126.00–135.00	129.64
8	—	371	124.00–134.00	128.01
10	—	421	124.00–134.00	129.85
11	—	522	116.00–127.00	121.92
1	—	780	102.00	102.00
2	—	285	130.00–134.00	131.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	105.00	105.00
1	—	520	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	731	124.50	124.50
2	—	273	160.00–170.00	165.41
2	—	305	162.00–175.00	168.50
2	—	418	140.00–146.00	142.87
2	—	568	140.00–142.00	141.00
4	—	883	116.50	116.50
5	—	616	129.00–137.00	132.36
3	—	475	138.00–149.00	144.85
4	—	524	139.00–147.00	142.80
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	136.00–139.00	137.56
2	—	470	130.00–134.00	132.06
1	—	610	120.00	120.00
1	—	660	110.00	110.00
2	—	373	143.00–146.00	144.51
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	115.00	115.00
1	—	550	112.00	112.00
2	—	265	113.00–121.00	117.23
3	—	527	114.00–118.00	116.66

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,050	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	983	940.00–1,110.00	1,055.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,135	1,260.00	1,260.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,149	710.00–970.00	905.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,120	640.00	640.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,010	580.00	580.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,370	770.00–790.00	776.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,710	65.50–72.50	68.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,407	53.00–57.00	54.93
34	—	1,284	42.00–52.50	47.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,029	31.00–38.00	35.17

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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