Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2022-05-25

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, May 25
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
184 head
▼ 137 vs last sale 321▲ 15 vs year ago 169 · +8.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 80▲ 27 vs year ago 31 · +87.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 62▼ 4 vs year ago 6 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder cattle sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls also sold steady. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.49/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$140.49
63 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.04
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1459154.3370826
Medium and Large 2442132.8258823
Medium and Large 3383127.3848814thin
One grade step is worth $26.95/cwt here — about $220 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 sale63 hd
140.49
—
MS average13 barns · 1,130 hd
136.45
+4.04
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—Average1,71699.941,7155thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09877.2084723
CowsLean 85-90%Average98361.8360813

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1—525152.52/cwt147.00–160.008014
HeifersMedium and Large 2—618120.91/cwt115.00–125.007473
SteersMedium and Large 2—640135.00/cwt135.00–135.008641
BullsMedium and Large 3—695111.00/cwt111.00–111.007711
HeifersMedium and Large 3—278129.07/cwt127.00–131.003593
SteersMedium and Large 3—600126.00/cwt126.00–126.007561
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365139.03/cwt134.00–144.005074
HeifersMedium and Large 3—535115.05/cwt110.00–120.006162
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469158.40/cwt146.00–165.007439
SteersMedium and Large 3—428133.64/cwt130.00–140.005723
HeifersMedium and Large 3—235132.00/cwt132.00–132.003101
HeifersMedium and Large 3—310130.00/cwt130.00–130.004032
HeifersMedium and Large 3—488129.00/cwt129.00–129.006302
SteersMedium and Large 3—570127.00/cwt127.00–127.007241
SteersMedium and Large 1—668137.50/cwt137.00–138.009192
SteersMedium and Large 1—513175.93/cwt171.00–181.009032
HeifersMedium and Large 2—482136.38/cwt133.00–139.006573
HeifersMedium and Large 2—405135.00/cwt135.00–135.005471
HeifersMedium and Large 2—572122.95/cwt119.00–130.007035
SteersMedium and Large 2—320160.00/cwt160.00–160.005121
SteersMedium and Large 2—423167.53/cwt166.00–169.007092
SteersMedium and Large 1—412181.29/cwt179.00–185.007473
SteersMedium and Large 3—760115.00/cwt115.00–115.008741
SteersMedium and Large 2—535154.00/cwt154.00–154.008241
SteersMedium and Large 3—373154.13/cwt150.00–158.005752
SteersMedium and Large 1—474175.11/cwt166.00–184.008306
BullsMedium and Large 1—600138.00/cwt138.00–138.008281
BullsMedium and Large 2—605125.00/cwt125.00–125.007561
BullsMedium and Large 2—595130.00/cwt130.00–130.007741
BullsMedium and Large 1—535154.23/cwt147.00–157.008254
BullsMedium and Large 1—469173.09/cwt164.00–179.008125
BullsMedium and Large 1—260184.00/cwt184.00–184.004781
CowsLean 85-90%—98361.83/cwt55.00–69.0060813
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08476.94/cwt71.00–82.5083422
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,40083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,1621
Bulls——1,54385.94/cwt85.00–87.001,3262
Bulls——1,832109.27/cwt105.00–114.002,0023
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,280870.00/cwt870.00–870.0011,1361
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,2001,390.00/cwt1,390.00–1,390.0016,6801
BullsMedium and Large 3—583114.56/cwt110.00–119.006682
BullsMedium and Large 3—203144.90/cwt137.00–153.002942
BullsMedium and Large 2—538146.48/cwt145.00–148.007882
BullsMedium and Large 2—432159.65/cwt152.00–165.006903
BullsMedium and Large 3—365146.50/cwt145.00–148.005352
BullsMedium and Large 3—328144.26/cwt130.00–160.004735
BullsMedium and Large 2—378168.98/cwt162.00–175.006396
BullsMedium and Large 2—313170.30/cwt164.00–178.005336
BullsMedium and Large 2—274166.16/cwt161.00–173.004554
BullsMedium and Large 3—470145.91/cwt144.00–148.006862
BullsMedium and Large 1—418180.16/cwt176.00–186.007534
BullsMedium and Large 1—560153.44/cwt150.00–157.008592
BullsMedium and Large 1—383178.50/cwt178.00–179.006842
BullsMedium and Large 2—710114.00/cwt114.00–114.008091
BullsMedium and Large 2—480156.00/cwt156.00–156.007491
HeifersMedium and Large 1—340147.01/cwt145.00–149.005003
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426157.06/cwt149.00–164.006694
HeifersMedium and Large 1—387157.57/cwt155.00–162.006103
HeifersMedium and Large 2—275136.78/cwt134.00–140.003762
HeifersMedium and Large 3—385126.09/cwt119.00–133.004852
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575144.96/cwt135.00–150.008343
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320140.69/cwt135.00–147.004505
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428131.91/cwt127.00–137.005652

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.