Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2022-02-23

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Feb 23
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
198 head
▼ 228 vs last sale 426▼ 110 vs year ago 308 · −35.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 66▼ 126 vs year ago 154 · −81.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 5▲ 1 vs year ago 2 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold steady to 6.00 lower, and feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.23/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$169.23
65 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$850
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$268
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$37.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.32
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2528177.4093637
Medium and Large 1546164.8389911thin
Medium and Large 2394160.1463012thin
Medium and Large 3476140.326695thin
One grade step is worth $37.07/cwt here — about $268 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 sale65 hd
169.23
—
MS average13 barns · 685 hd
171.56
−2.32
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—Average1,46092.061,3447thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,36477.131,0524thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50568.001,0231thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06551.005432thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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 2—760118.00/cwt118.00–118.008971
HeifersMedium and Large 3—395126.00/cwt126.00–126.004981
HeifersMedium and Large 2—630120.51/cwt120.00–121.007592
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415136.00/cwt136.00–136.005641
SteersMedium and Large 1—505179.07/cwt172.00–186.009042
SteersMedium and Large 1—565158.05/cwt156.00–160.008932
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470144.70/cwt138.00–149.006808
HeifersMedium and Large 3—333113.19/cwt108.00–118.003772
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423147.00/cwt145.00–148.006223
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630133.50/cwt133.00–134.008412
SteersMedium and Large 3—570125.00/cwt125.00–125.007131
SteersMedium and Large 3—533139.37/cwt130.00–149.007432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—567172.53/cwt161.00–179.7597819
HeifersMedium and Large 2—595124.00/cwt124.00–124.007381
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518143.83/cwt139.00–148.007456
SteersMedium and Large 2—380160.88/cwt152.00–170.006112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—515176.37/cwt167.00–189.009087
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—468186.46/cwt182.00–189.0087311
SteersMedium and Large 2—327163.86/cwt160.00–170.005366
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670129.54/cwt127.00–132.008682
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373155.72/cwt150.00–162.005812
SteersMedium and Large 1—715139.96/cwt137.00–143.001,0012
SteersMedium and Large 3—373148.94/cwt140.00–158.005562
SteersMedium and Large 1—685143.00/cwt143.00–143.009801
SteersMedium and Large 1—458173.97/cwt172.00–176.007972
SteersMedium and Large 2—515154.47/cwt151.00–158.007962
SteersMedium and Large 2—485153.92/cwt150.00–158.007472
SteersMedium and Large 1—435180.00/cwt180.00–180.007831
SteersMedium and Large 1—395188.00/cwt188.00–188.007431
BullsMedium and Large 3—370139.59/cwt130.00–150.005162
BullsMedium and Large 2—685127.00/cwt127.00–127.008701
BullsMedium and Large 2—473153.78/cwt148.00–160.007274
BullsMedium and Large 1—344179.26/cwt177.00–184.006174
BullsMedium and Large 1—295188.00/cwt188.00–188.005551
BullsMedium and Large 1—450162.00/cwt162.00–162.007291
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50568.00/cwt68.00–68.001,0231
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,1221
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06551.00/cwt47.00–55.005432
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,38374.17/cwt70.00–78.001,0263
Bulls——1,570105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,6491
Bulls—Light Weight—1,35385.15/cwt80.00–90.001,1524
Bulls—Light Weight—1,62099.40/cwt94.00–105.001,6102
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,160750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,153823.36/cwt770.00–870.009,4932
BullsMedium and Large 3—475143.92/cwt140.00–148.006843
BullsMedium and Large 2—415164.00/cwt164.00–164.006811
BullsMedium and Large 3—430130.70/cwt120.00–148.005624
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—770131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,0136
BullsMedium and Large 3—735102.00/cwt102.00–102.007501
BullsMedium and Large 2—573131.55/cwt130.00–133.007542
BullsMedium and Large 1—420179.19/cwt172.00–186.007534
BullsMedium and Large 1—369176.62/cwt170.00–184.006524
BullsMedium and Large 1—625144.64/cwt142.00–149.009043
BullsMedium and Large 1—670136.00/cwt136.00–136.009111
BullsMedium and Large 3—320158.00/cwt158.00–158.005061
BullsMedium and Large 2—635130.00/cwt130.00–130.008261
BullsMedium and Large 2—375168.00/cwt168.00–168.006301
BullsMedium and Large 2—840122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0251
BullsMedium and Large 2—313164.80/cwt160.00–170.005162
BullsMedium and Large 1—575146.00/cwt146.00–146.008401
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—468178.00/cwt178.00–178.008333
BullsMedium and Large 1—516152.94/cwt150.00–160.007895
HeifersMedium and Large 2—340134.00/cwt134.00–134.004561
BullsMedium and Large 1—835125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0441
BullsMedium and Large 1—700139.00/cwt139.00–139.009731
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325160.00/cwt160.00–160.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567137.42/cwt132.00–141.007793
HeifersMedium and Large 1—283151.04/cwt150.00–152.004272
HeifersMedium and Large 1—700126.00/cwt126.00–126.008821
HeifersMedium and Large 2—805110.00/cwt110.00–110.008861

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.