Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2021-02-24

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Feb 24
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
308 head
308 vs last sale 0 85 vs year ago 393 · 21.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
154 head
154 vs last sale 0 126 vs year ago 28 · +450.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 4 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: there was not enough comparable data to call an accurate trend on feeder steers, feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.34/cwt on 189 head.
Average price
$131.34
189 head · 767 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,008
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$19
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.44
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2428135.835817thin
Medium and Large 1534132.537086thin
Medium and Large 1-2794131.311,042173
Medium and Large 3500120.006003thin
One grade step is worth $15.83/cwt here — about −$19 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 sale189 hd
131.34
MS average11 barns · 779 hd
143.78
−12.44
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
BullsAverage1,99292.601,8453thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23967.1683232
CowsLean 85-90%Average96148.314645thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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 1-2Value Added776132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,02864
HeifersMedium and Large 2250119.00/cwt119.00–119.002981
HeifersMedium and Large 1600118.00/cwt118.00–118.007081
HeifersMedium and Large 1369130.70/cwt128.00–132.004824
BullsMedium and Large 1568128.52/cwt125.00–132.007302
SteersMedium and Large 2300152.00/cwt152.00–152.004561
HeifersMedium and Large 1465121.67/cwt118.00–125.005664
BullsMedium and Large 2490131.96/cwt128.00–136.006472
BullsMedium and Large 1463143.70/cwt141.00–146.006653
SteersMedium and Large 1556128.29/cwt125.00–133.007134
SteersMedium and Large 1665122.00/cwt122.00–122.008111
BullsMedium and Large 2416137.09/cwt130.00–141.005704
HeifersMedium and Large 1540117.50/cwt117.00–118.006352
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added881125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,10158
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1900990.00/cwt990.00–990.008,9101
HeifersMedium and Large 1735109.00/cwt109.00–109.008011
BullsMedium and Large 1425151.53/cwt147.00–158.006443
BullsMedium and Large 1368157.52/cwt155.00–160.005802
SteersMedium and Large 1315160.00/cwt160.00–160.005041
HeifersMedium and Large 1417128.30/cwt127.00–130.005353
HeifersMedium and Large 1328130.00/cwt130.00–130.004262
BullsMedium and Large 1510138.00/cwt138.00–138.007041
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full605105.00/cwt105.00–105.006351
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11362.33/cwt56.00–67.0069415
CowsLean 85-90%96148.31/cwt45.00–52.004645
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35071.43/cwt68.00–74.0096417
Bulls1,99292.60/cwt85.00–101.001,8453
BullsMedium and Large 1314160.06/cwt156.00–162.005034
BullsMedium and Large 1263160.00/cwt160.00–160.004212
BullsMedium and Large 1665102.00/cwt102.00–102.006781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,055850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,9681
BullsMedium and Large 3430117.67/cwt110.00–125.005062
SteersMedium and Large 3305140.00/cwt140.00–140.004271
BullsMedium and Large 2375143.00/cwt143.00–143.005361
SteersMedium and Large 3455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 346590.00/cwt90.00–90.004191
BullsMedium and Large 3515110.00/cwt110.00–110.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 3355117.00/cwt117.00–117.004151
BullsMedium and Large 3280130.00/cwt130.00–130.003641
BullsMedium and Large 2695104.00/cwt104.00–104.007231
SteersMedium and Large 2213146.89/cwt144.00–150.003132
SteersMedium and Large 2785105.00/cwt105.00–105.008241
SteersMedium and Large 374090.00/cwt90.00–90.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 2315120.00/cwt120.00–120.003781
HeifersMedium and Large 3345118.00/cwt118.00–118.004071
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added717137.00/cwt137.00–137.0098251
SteersMedium and Large 2480137.00/cwt137.00–137.006581
SteersMedium and Large 2380146.00/cwt146.00–146.005551
HeifersMedium and Large 3445107.00/cwt107.00–107.004761
BullsMedium and Large 2550123.00/cwt123.00–123.006771
BullsMedium and Large 3215140.00/cwt140.00–140.003012
HeifersMedium and Large 1555114.49/cwt113.00–116.006352
HeifersMedium and Large 2410120.00/cwt120.00–120.004921
HeifersMedium and Large 2350120.00/cwt120.00–120.004201
SteersMedium and Large 2625117.00/cwt117.00–117.007311

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.