Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2020-03-11

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Mar 11
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
207 head
195 vs last sale 402 207 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
19 vs last sale 43 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
7 vs last sale 12 5 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 anywhere from 1.00 to 14.00 lower and feeder heifers sold mostly 9.00 to 15.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was mostly plain and demand was lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.75/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$114.75
67 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$501
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.46
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1409120.7049427
Medium and Large 2453111.3850531
Medium and Large 1-2528109.005764thin
Medium and Large 3407108.194415thin
One grade step is worth $12.51/cwt here — about $53 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 sale67 hd
114.75
MS average13 barns · 907 hd
121.21
−6.46
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
BullsAverage1,69585.611,4517thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19460.3272015
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00050.035002thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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
BullsMedium and Large 1384138.69/cwt137.00–142.005334
BullsMedium and Large 2600115.00/cwt115.00–115.006901
BullsMedium and Large 1416135.65/cwt130.00–140.005646
BullsMedium and Large 1475127.38/cwt124.00–131.006055
BullsMedium and Large 2368129.98/cwt128.00–133.004783
BullsMedium and Large 2278139.31/cwt137.00–141.003873
BullsMedium and Large 2538115.94/cwt112.00–120.006242
BullsMedium and Large 2470116.45/cwt114.00–119.005472
BullsMedium and Large 2320136.54/cwt134.00–139.004372
BullsMedium and Large 2675102.00/cwt102.00–102.006891
BullsMedium and Large 1522125.66/cwt124.00–129.006563
BullsMedium and Large 1330146.23/cwt142.00–149.004833
BullsMedium and Large 1560117.46/cwt115.00–120.006582
BullsMedium and Large 1295156.00/cwt154.00–158.004602
BullsMedium and Large 1235152.00/cwt152.00–152.003571
SteersMedium and Large 1243157.46/cwt154.00–161.003832
SteersMedium and Large 1800120.00/cwt120.00–120.009601
SteersMedium and Large 1660123.00/cwt123.00–123.008121
SteersMedium and Large 1350146.00/cwt146.00–146.005111
HeifersMedium and Large 3468106.48/cwt105.00–108.004982
HeifersMedium and Large 3445106.00/cwt106.00–106.004721
HeifersMedium and Large 3370110.00/cwt110.00–110.004071
HeifersMedium and Large 3285112.00/cwt112.00–112.003191
HeifersMedium and Large 2429112.64/cwt110.00–116.0048310
HeifersMedium and Large 2524105.80/cwt103.00–109.005544
HeifersMedium and Large 2460111.48/cwt110.00–113.005134
HeifersMedium and Large 2258120.76/cwt120.00–122.003124
HeifersMedium and Large 2575107.36/cwt105.00–111.006173
HeifersMedium and Large 2387115.01/cwt114.00–116.004453
HeifersMedium and Large 2603102.50/cwt102.00–103.006182
HeifersMedium and Large 2695102.00/cwt102.00–102.007091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528109.00/cwt109.00–109.005764
HeifersMedium and Large 1327125.98/cwt123.00–130.004126
HeifersMedium and Large 1476117.20/cwt115.00–120.005585
HeifersMedium and Large 1277129.64/cwt127.00–135.003595
HeifersMedium and Large 1373117.97/cwt117.00–120.004404
HeifersMedium and Large 1573113.48/cwt112.00–115.006502
HeifersMedium and Large 1530112.98/cwt112.00–114.005992
HeifersMedium and Large 1405119.53/cwt117.00–122.004842
CowsLean 85-90%1,00050.03/cwt49.00–51.005002
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10558.45/cwt54.00–63.0064611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43865.46/cwt64.00–68.009414
Bulls1,69585.61/cwt81.00–94.001,4517
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,052805.55/cwt700.00–900.008,4743
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,200640.00/cwt640.00–640.007,6801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,420840.00/cwt840.00–840.0011,9281
SteersMedium and Large 3450114.00/cwt114.00–114.005131
SteersMedium and Large 3415107.00/cwt107.00–107.004441
SteersMedium and Large 2681112.44/cwt111.00–117.007664
SteersMedium and Large 2413131.52/cwt128.00–135.005432
SteersMedium and Large 2520115.00/cwt115.00–115.005981
SteersMedium and Large 2475122.00/cwt122.00–122.005801
SteersMedium and Large 2370132.00/cwt132.00–132.004881
SteersMedium and Large 2330144.00/cwt144.00–144.004751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2559137.00/cwt137.00–137.007668
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700118.00/cwt118.00–118.008263
SteersMedium and Large 1416144.22/cwt143.00–146.006004
SteersMedium and Large 1528132.03/cwt128.00–136.006973
SteersMedium and Large 1553136.49/cwt134.00–139.007552
SteersMedium and Large 1290154.98/cwt154.00–156.004492
HeifersMedium and Large 1810105.00/cwt105.00–105.008511
BullsMedium and Large 3460118.03/cwt115.00–121.005432
BullsMedium and Large 3385120.97/cwt120.00–122.004662
BullsMedium and Large 352596.00/cwt96.00–96.005041
BullsMedium and Large 2418126.06/cwt121.00–129.005278
BullsMedium and Large 2562113.00/cwt113.00–113.006353

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.