Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2020-10-07

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Oct 7
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
487 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 497▼ 96 vs year ago 583 · −16.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 75▼ 27 vs year ago 128 · −21.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 14▲ 21 vs year ago 10 · +210.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder heifers sold mostly steady, and feeder bulls sold mostly 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 lower. Quality was mostly plain to average, and demand was weaker than last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.81/cwt on 140 head.
Average price
$116.81
140 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$524
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.18
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446121.6554365
Medium and Large 2433114.0949448
Medium and Large 1-2625113.4470911thin
Medium and Large 3385107.6741416thin
One grade step is worth $13.98/cwt here — about $128 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 sale140 hd
116.81
—
MS average13 barns · 1,208 hd
115.64
+1.18
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
Bulls—Average1,37266.649159thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18843.6351820
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47543.006341thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04435.8637419

Every lot, as filed

90 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
SteersMedium and Large 2—435138.00/cwt138.00–138.006001
BullsMedium and Large 2—385135.71/cwt132.00–138.005227
BullsMedium and Large 1—469131.01/cwt129.00–135.006145
BullsMedium and Large 2—525114.39/cwt112.00–117.0060110
SteersMedium and Large 2—533121.61/cwt119.00–126.006483
HeifersMedium and Large 2—477110.05/cwt107.00–112.005256
HeifersMedium and Large 2—321122.98/cwt117.00–128.003958
SteersMedium and Large 2—453120.99/cwt119.00–123.005482
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—625113.44/cwt112.00–116.0070911
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580102.77/cwt99.00–106.005964
HeifersMedium and Large 2—615102.05/cwt100.00–104.006282
BullsMedium and Large 2—465119.86/cwt115.00–124.0055710
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373117.45/cwt114.00–119.004389
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518109.18/cwt107.00–113.005666
BullsMedium and Large 2—76194.94/cwt88.00–102.007224
BullsMedium and Large 2—260143.58/cwt135.00–148.003733
BullsMedium and Large 2—571108.28/cwt105.00–111.006184
HeifersMedium and Large 2—218121.98/cwt120.00–124.002662
HeifersMedium and Large 2—660106.00/cwt106.00–106.007001
BullsMedium and Large 2—84599.00/cwt99.00–99.008371
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423115.50/cwt109.00–118.0048910
BullsMedium and Large 2—620108.00/cwt108.00–108.006701
BullsMedium and Large 3—279130.74/cwt120.00–137.003658
BullsMedium and Large 3—372121.54/cwt114.00–130.004525
BullsMedium and Large 3—325124.82/cwt120.00–130.004064
BullsMedium and Large 3—518102.51/cwt100.00–105.005312
BullsMedium and Large 2—650103.00/cwt103.00–103.006701
BullsMedium and Large 3—69080.00/cwt80.00–80.005521
SteersMedium and Large 3—320136.00/cwt136.00–136.004351
HeifersMedium and Large 3—418101.03/cwt100.00–102.004222
SteersMedium and Large 3—470115.00/cwt115.00–115.005411
HeifersMedium and Large 3—385110.46/cwt109.00–112.004252
BullsMedium and Large 2—725103.00/cwt103.00–103.007471
Bulls——1,67771.33/cwt68.00–74.001,1963
Bulls—Light Weight—1,22064.30/cwt59.50–69.007846
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04435.86/cwt30.00–41.0037419
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47543.00/cwt43.00–43.006341
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18843.63/cwt41.50–49.0051820
BullsMedium and Large 3—463110.16/cwt104.00–116.005102
SteersMedium and Large 3—505115.00/cwt115.00–115.005811
HeifersMedium and Large 3—490100.50/cwt100.00–101.004922
HeifersMedium and Large 3—326112.43/cwt104.00–119.003676
HeifersMedium and Large 3—255118.57/cwt115.00–122.003022
BullsMedium and Large 3—433119.87/cwt116.00–124.005198
BullsMedium and Large 1—372144.03/cwt140.00–151.0053613
SteersMedium and Large 3—64091.00/cwt91.00–91.005821
SteersMedium and Large 3—355131.00/cwt131.00–131.004651
HeifersMedium and Large 3—57590.00/cwt90.00–90.005181
HeifersMedium and Large 3—53097.00/cwt97.00–97.005141
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1401,203.27/cwt1,200.00–1,210.0013,7173
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,085900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,7651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—853645.33/cwt620.00–660.005,5055
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,130730.00/cwt730.00–730.008,2491
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—75785.00/cwt85.00–85.006436
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—845690.00/cwt690.00–690.005,8311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0051,110.00/cwt1,110.00–1,110.0011,1561
BullsMedium and Large 3—235136.00/cwt136.00–136.003201
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—9591,026.72/cwt940.00–1,200.009,8465
SteersMedium and Large 1—462134.72/cwt131.00–136.006224
BullsMedium and Large 1—720105.00/cwt105.00–105.007561
BullsMedium and Large 1—324147.04/cwt142.00–155.004769
BullsMedium and Large 1—514120.32/cwt118.00–124.006186
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,2101,420.00/cwt1,420.00–1,420.0017,1822
BullsMedium and Large 1—621111.49/cwt109.00–113.006924
SteersMedium and Large 1—565119.61/cwt117.00–122.006763
SteersMedium and Large 1—530127.54/cwt126.00–130.006766
HeifersMedium and Large 1—280138.03/cwt135.00–143.003864
SteersMedium and Large 2—580116.00/cwt116.00–116.006731
SteersMedium and Large 2—360140.00/cwt140.00–140.005041
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725107.00/cwt107.00–107.007764
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368127.02/cwt124.00–131.004675
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—633120.00/cwt120.00–120.007606
BullsMedium and Large 2—425132.26/cwt128.00–136.005624
BullsMedium and Large 2—340139.33/cwt139.00–140.004743
BullsMedium and Large 2—240143.00/cwt143.00–143.003431
HeifersMedium and Large 1—650111.00/cwt111.00–111.007221
SteersMedium and Large 1—660114.03/cwt112.00–116.007532
BullsMedium and Large 1—562114.61/cwt112.00–118.0064410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622109.98/cwt106.00–115.006845
HeifersMedium and Large 1—582112.14/cwt111.00–117.006536
BullsMedium and Large 1—768108.28/cwt105.00–115.008323
HeifersMedium and Large 1—220133.05/cwt130.00–140.002934
BullsMedium and Large 1—663108.47/cwt105.00–111.007194
BullsMedium and Large 1—413142.77/cwt139.00–146.005904
SteersMedium and Large 1—630118.00/cwt118.00–118.007431
HeifersMedium and Large 1—409124.51/cwt121.00–133.0050913
HeifersMedium and Large 1—316134.94/cwt130.00–141.004267
SteersMedium and Large 1—413153.00/cwt153.00–153.006323
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,8256
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467116.41/cwt113.00–119.0054416

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.