Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2022-03-23

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Mar 23
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
419 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 369▼ 46 vs year ago 465 · −9.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 44▼ 11 vs year ago 36 · −30.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 1▼ 5 vs year ago 7 · −71.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold lower 8.00 to 10.00, feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold firm. Quality was average to attractive and demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.26/cwt on 328 head.
Average price
$149.26
328 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.83
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1426153.8665526
Medium and Large 1-2572151.07863276
Medium and Large 2455133.1460614thin
Medium and Large 3450116.6052512thin
One grade step is worth $37.26/cwt here — about $130 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 sale328 hd
149.26
—
MS average12 barns · 1,324 hd
144.43
+4.83
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—Average1,583104.701,6574thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30580.061,04514
CowsLean 85-90%Average98356.135524thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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—515136.00/cwt136.00–136.007001
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415141.71/cwt136.00–145.005883
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380140.00/cwt140.00–140.005323
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429154.82/cwt147.00–160.006646
SteersMedium and Large 3—450125.00/cwt125.00–125.005631
SteersMedium and Large 3—505133.00/cwt123.00–138.006723
HeifersMedium and Large 1—555150.00/cwt150.00–150.008331
HeifersMedium and Large 2—483129.92/cwt125.00–135.006282
HeifersMedium and Large 2—630111.00/cwt111.00–111.006991
SteersMedium and Large 1—680148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0061
SteersMedium and Large 2—468159.11/cwt152.00–166.007452
SteersMedium and Large 2—295169.00/cwt169.00–169.004991
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465154.96/cwt147.00–160.007217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—523149.64/cwt149.00–150.0078316
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—657139.00/cwt139.00–139.0091354
SteersMedium and Large 2—760121.00/cwt121.00–121.009201
SteersMedium and Large 1—440182.62/cwt175.00–187.008043
SteersMedium and Large 1—740151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,1171
SteersMedium and Large 3—325155.08/cwt150.00–160.005042
SteersMedium and Large 3—630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007561
SteersMedium and Large 1—315176.00/cwt176.00–176.005541
SteersMedium and Large 2—445160.00/cwt160.00–160.007121
SteersMedium and Large 2—563142.43/cwt137.00–147.008025
SteersMedium and Large 1—516173.46/cwt169.00–179.008954
SteersMedium and Large 2—615140.00/cwt140.00–140.008611
SteersMedium and Large 2—365160.00/cwt160.00–160.005841
SteersMedium and Large 2—520159.03/cwt150.00–168.008275
SteersMedium and Large 2—313161.98/cwt159.00–165.005072
BullsMedium and Large 1—710126.00/cwt126.00–126.008951
BullsMedium and Large 1—635139.00/cwt139.00–139.008831
BullsMedium and Large 1—450170.00/cwt170.00–170.007651
BullsMedium and Large 1—520159.58/cwt152.00–172.008303
BullsMedium and Large 1—313174.66/cwt173.00–176.005473
BullsMedium and Large 1—421182.37/cwt178.00–189.007688
CowsLean 85-90%—98356.13/cwt49.00–60.005524
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,41793.17/cwt88.00–100.001,3203
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27476.49/cwt71.00–86.0097411
Bulls——1,96094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,8421
Bulls——1,457108.26/cwt104.00–114.001,5773
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—8751,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.009,2751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—9001,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0010,1251
BullsMedium and Large 3—417140.07/cwt133.00–148.005843
BullsMedium and Large 3—205148.00/cwt148.00–148.003031
BullsMedium and Large 3—480136.78/cwt130.00–144.006572
BullsMedium and Large 2—528146.32/cwt145.00–147.007733
BullsMedium and Large 2—335165.00/cwt165.00–165.005531
BullsMedium and Large 3—370151.46/cwt150.00–153.005602
BullsMedium and Large 2—485150.00/cwt150.00–150.007281
BullsMedium and Large 2—265169.53/cwt169.00–170.004492
BullsMedium and Large 2—390162.00/cwt162.00–162.006321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—581154.25/cwt154.25–154.25896147
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—475156.00/cwt156.00–156.0074155
BullsMedium and Large 3—310140.00/cwt140.00–140.004341
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515142.12/cwt140.00–146.007323
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480111.94/cwt110.00–114.005372
HeifersMedium and Large 2—590124.00/cwt124.00–124.007321
BullsMedium and Large 2—425167.00/cwt167.00–167.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 2—250138.50/cwt137.00–140.003462
HeifersMedium and Large 3—528114.88/cwt110.00–120.006072
HeifersMedium and Large 3—710108.00/cwt108.00–108.007671
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365156.85/cwt151.00–165.005735
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—590135.00/cwt135.00–135.007974
HeifersMedium and Large 3—378128.65/cwt121.00–136.004862
HeifersMedium and Large 3—235120.00/cwt120.00–120.002821
HeifersMedium and Large 3—421115.07/cwt110.00–126.004844
HeifersMedium and Large 2—790111.00/cwt111.00–111.008771
SteersMedium and Large 1—463176.98/cwt171.00–183.008195
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328156.52/cwt150.00–165.005134

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.