Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2020-02-12

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Feb 12
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
113 head
34 vs last sale 79 113 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
23 vs last sale 31 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
6 vs last sale 8 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 8.00 lower and feeder heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 higher. Quality was below average and demand was weaker. We had another small run due to so much rain.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.17/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$123.17
36 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$39
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.41
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1409129.7153015thin
Medium and Large 3499118.855926thin
Medium and Large 2481118.3756915thin
One grade step is worth $11.34/cwt here — about −$39 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 sale36 hd
123.17
MS average12 barns · 641 hd
127.58
−4.41
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,36578.401,0702thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21657.9370431
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02745.8547112

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 3425119.00/cwt118.00–120.005062
HeifersMedium and Large 3383118.04/cwt116.00–120.004522
HeifersMedium and Large 3890129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1481
HeifersMedium and Large 3485110.00/cwt110.00–110.005341
SteersMedium and Large 1430146.00/cwt146.00–146.006281
SteersMedium and Large 1380159.00/cwt159.00–159.006041
SteersMedium and Large 3377136.74/cwt134.00–139.005163
SteersMedium and Large 3320137.65/cwt135.00–140.004403
SteersMedium and Large 3258129.45/cwt124.00–135.003342
SteersMedium and Large 3550117.00/cwt117.00–117.006441
SteersMedium and Large 2510136.00/cwt136.00–136.006941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2363155.00/cwt155.00–155.005636
SteersMedium and Large 1477148.97/cwt145.00–151.007113
SteersMedium and Large 1523143.00/cwt143.00–143.007482
SteersMedium and Large 1690124.00/cwt124.00–124.008561
SteersMedium and Large 1585130.00/cwt130.00–130.007611
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1900670.00/cwt670.00–670.006,0301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1915690.00/cwt690.00–690.006,3141
SteersMedium and Large 2378147.52/cwt144.00–151.005582
SteersMedium and Large 2325148.50/cwt148.00–149.004832
SteersMedium and Large 2645125.00/cwt125.00–125.008061
BullsMedium and Large 2225157.00/cwt157.00–157.003531
BullsMedium and Large 1535131.46/cwt127.00–136.007032
BullsMedium and Large 1408146.51/cwt146.00–147.005982
BullsMedium and Large 1365151.00/cwt151.00–151.005512
BullsMedium and Large 1455142.00/cwt142.00–142.006461
BullsMedium and Large 1345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005181
BullsLight Weight1,36578.40/cwt77.00–80.001,0702
BullsMedium and Large 3375127.00/cwt127.00–127.004761
BullsMedium and Large 3280123.00/cwt123.00–123.003441
BullsMedium and Large 2379145.18/cwt144.00–147.005505
BullsMedium and Large 2550117.00/cwt117.00–117.006441
BullsMedium and Large 2515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006181
BullsMedium and Large 2400134.00/cwt134.00–134.005361
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19055.92/cwt51.00–63.0066525
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32266.30/cwt64.00–70.008766
BullsMedium and Large 2325147.00/cwt147.00–147.004781
BullsMedium and Large 2290145.00/cwt145.00–145.004211
BullsMedium and Large 366093.00/cwt93.00–93.006141
BullsMedium and Large 3435117.00/cwt117.00–117.005091
HeifersMedium and Large 2245130.00/cwt130.00–130.003191
HeifersMedium and Large 1453126.50/cwt125.00–131.005738
HeifersMedium and Large 1340133.13/cwt132.00–137.004535
HeifersMedium and Large 1430134.00/cwt134.00–134.005761
HeifersMedium and Large 1375134.00/cwt134.00–134.005031
CowsLean 85-90%1,02745.85/cwt40.00–51.0047112
HeifersMedium and Large 2518116.09/cwt112.00–121.006016
HeifersMedium and Large 2590108.99/cwt108.00–110.006432
HeifersMedium and Large 2483122.00/cwt122.00–122.005892
HeifersMedium and Large 2378125.49/cwt124.00–127.004742
HeifersMedium and Large 2655104.00/cwt104.00–104.006811
HeifersMedium and Large 2305132.00/cwt132.00–132.004031
SteersMedium and Large 3525116.00/cwt116.00–116.006091
SteersMedium and Large 3440126.00/cwt126.00–126.005541

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.