Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2023-07-19

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Jul 19
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
199 head
365 vs last sale 564 218 vs year ago 417 · 52.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
52 vs last sale 86 42 vs year ago 76 · 55.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
21 vs last sale 29 1 vs year ago 9 · 11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was not enough comparable data to call a trend on feeder steers, feeder heifers sold steady, and feeder bulls sold steady to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $245.58/cwt on 83 head.
Average price
$245.58
83 head · 666 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,635
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$652
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$48.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.47
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2681248.501,69275
Medium and Large 1523229.191,1995thin
Medium and Large 2520200.001,0403thin
One grade step is worth $48.50/cwt here — about $652 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 sale83 hd
245.58
MS average13 barns · 1,191 hd
246.05
−0.47
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
BullsAverage1,720114.061,9625thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09996.611,06215
CowsLean 85-90%Average95382.107823thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)875$1,1201thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)993$9862thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,005$1,5351thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)946$1,5254thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 1330236.00/cwt236.00–236.007791
HeifersMedium and Large 2637188.00/cwt186.00–190.001,1983
HeifersMedium and Large 2568193.99/cwt192.00–196.001,1022
HeifersMedium and Large 1270228.00/cwt228.00–228.006161
HeifersMedium and Large 3520166.00/cwt166.00–166.008631
HeifersMedium and Large 3435180.00/cwt180.00–180.007831
HeifersMedium and Large 3473174.76/cwt160.00–190.008272
HeifersMedium and Large 2770181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,3941
HeifersMedium and Large 2380199.95/cwt198.00–202.007602
HeifersMedium and Large 1230212.00/cwt212.00–212.004881
HeifersMedium and Large 1375234.90/cwt226.00–238.008815
HeifersMedium and Large 2513192.99/cwt190.00–196.009902
HeifersMedium and Large 2483205.95/cwt204.00–208.009952
SteersMedium and Large 1460240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1041
SteersMedium and Large 2535214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,1451
SteersMedium and Large 2410200.00/cwt200.00–200.008201
SteersMedium and Large 2615186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,1441
SteersMedium and Large 1565222.97/cwt220.00–226.001,2602
SteersMedium and Large 1610222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3541
SteersMedium and Large 1415238.00/cwt238.00–238.009881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added681248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,69275
BullsMedium and Large 1663199.71/cwt190.00–208.001,3244
BullsMedium and Large 1630214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3481
BullsMedium and Large 1426234.94/cwt230.00–246.001,0017
BullsMedium and Large 1561219.03/cwt208.00–228.001,2296
BullsMedium and Large 1470231.04/cwt229.00–233.001,0862
BullsMedium and Large 1323250.93/cwt250.00–252.008112
CowsLean 85-90%95382.10/cwt71.00–89.007823
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08694.98/cwt90.00–102.001,03113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,185107.18/cwt106.50–108.001,2702
Bulls1,736115.07/cwt113.00–118.001,9984
Bulls1,655110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,8211
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1993986.11/head945.00–1,025.009862
Bred CowsMedium and Large 18751,120.00/head1,120.00–1,120.001,1201
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29201,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19551,474.94/head1,400.00–1,510.001,4753
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0051,535.00/head1,535.00–1,535.001,5351
BullsMedium and Large 2625188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,1751
BullsMedium and Large 3460192.00/cwt192.00–192.008831
BullsMedium and Large 3405180.00/cwt180.00–180.007291
BullsMedium and Large 2372228.99/cwt220.00–236.008523
BullsMedium and Large 3390200.00/cwt200.00–200.007801
BullsMedium and Large 3770164.08/cwt160.00–168.001,2632
BullsMedium and Large 3275184.00/cwt184.00–184.005061
BullsMedium and Large 2520208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,0821
BullsMedium and Large 3233201.94/cwt200.00–204.004712
BullsMedium and Large 2460226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0401
BullsMedium and Large 1360243.00/cwt243.00–243.008751
BullsMedium and Large 1515221.44/cwt214.00–230.001,1406
HeifersMedium and Large 2200200.00/cwt200.00–200.004001
HeifersMedium and Large 3360192.00/cwt192.00–192.006911
HeifersMedium and Large 1580204.00/cwt200.00–208.001,1832
HeifersMedium and Large 1605206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2461
HeifersMedium and Large 1510206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0511

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.