Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2023-09-27

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Sep 27
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
433 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 418▼ 100 vs year ago 533 · −18.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 90▲ 31 vs year ago 70 · +44.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 16▼ 4 vs year ago 9 · −44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower, and feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. 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 $248.72/cwt on 174 head.
Average price
$248.72
174 head · 612 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,523
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$527
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$42.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.16
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2645256.281,652125
Medium and Large 1537241.411,29728
Medium and Large 3370216.007991thin
Medium and Large 2528213.321,12520
One grade step is worth $42.96/cwt here — about $527 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 sale174 hd
248.72
—
MS average13 barns · 1,218 hd
245.56
+3.16
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—Average1,668112.781,8814thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18589.071,05529
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65073.761,2172thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00170.8270922

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)995$1,0201thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)845$8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)857$1,1483thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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—345208.00/cwt208.00–208.007181
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427206.05/cwt200.00–210.008805
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518206.72/cwt200.00–210.001,0713
SteersMedium and Large 1—662226.68/cwt224.00–230.001,5013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—598231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,38422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—499241.50/cwt241.50–241.501,20514
HeifersMedium and Large 3—479174.44/cwt160.00–184.008364
HeifersMedium and Large 3—555182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0101
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623209.40/cwt202.00–216.001,3056
SteersMedium and Large 2—520222.73/cwt219.00–225.001,1583
SteersMedium and Large 2—469211.99/cwt204.00–226.009945
SteersMedium and Large 2—612204.12/cwt190.00–214.001,2495
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—449244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0964
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466206.38/cwt200.00–210.009626
SteersMedium and Large 1—520241.95/cwt230.00–254.001,2585
SteersMedium and Large 1—640231.96/cwt220.00–240.001,4853
SteersMedium and Large 1—430235.86/cwt232.00–240.001,0142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—526254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,3395
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—697220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5333
HeifersMedium and Large 2—371211.11/cwt200.00–222.007834
SteersMedium and Large 3—370216.00/cwt216.00–216.007991
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—740231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7098
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—850221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,8795
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—687258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,77259
SteersMedium and Large 2—425212.98/cwt212.00–214.009052
SteersMedium and Large 1—564239.62/cwt228.00–248.001,3516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—483260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,25612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—596263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,56736
SteersMedium and Large 1—477251.61/cwt244.00–262.001,2009
SteersMedium and Large 2—395235.00/cwt235.00–235.009281
SteersMedium and Large 2—585214.19/cwt202.00–225.001,2534
BullsMedium and Large 1—575217.87/cwt208.00–238.001,2536
BullsMedium and Large 1—420250.98/cwt250.00–252.001,0543
BullsMedium and Large 1—610211.33/cwt201.00–222.001,2892
BullsMedium and Large 1—388247.35/cwt240.00–255.009602
BullsMedium and Large 1—543220.29/cwt211.00–234.001,1963
BullsMedium and Large 1—470240.81/cwt234.00–245.001,1323
CowsLean 85-90%—95351.38/cwt45.00–59.004903
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00973.89/cwt63.00–81.0074619
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,65073.76/cwt72.00–75.001,2172
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,3131
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17988.75/cwt82.00–95.001,04628
Bulls——1,687117.04/cwt112.00–121.001,9743
Bulls——1,610100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—845800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—9951,020.00/head1,020.00–1,020.001,0201
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—8571,148.44/head910.00–1,290.001,1483
BullsMedium and Large 3—640178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,1391
BullsMedium and Large 2—420210.67/cwt200.00–218.008854
BullsMedium and Large 2—477214.37/cwt206.00–226.001,0236
BullsMedium and Large 3—535190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0171
BullsMedium and Large 2—628189.16/cwt184.00–197.001,1883
BullsMedium and Large 2—570197.00/cwt190.00–204.001,1232
BullsMedium and Large 3—440186.88/cwt176.00–198.008222
BullsMedium and Large 2—238238.48/cwt236.00–242.005684
BullsMedium and Large 1—710196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,3921
BullsMedium and Large 1—290244.00/cwt244.00–244.007081
BullsMedium and Large 3—255226.00/cwt226.00–226.005761
BullsMedium and Large 3—690175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2081
HeifersMedium and Large 1—424221.92/cwt216.00–234.009418
BullsMedium and Large 3—785154.94/cwt150.00–160.001,2162
BullsMedium and Large 2—730177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,2921
BullsMedium and Large 2—535210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1241
BullsMedium and Large 2—360217.36/cwt204.00–230.007822
BullsMedium and Large 3—595177.00/cwt166.00–188.001,0532
HeifersMedium and Large 3—305178.00/cwt178.00–178.005431
BullsMedium and Large 2—333225.11/cwt220.00–230.007502
BullsMedium and Large 2—667184.63/cwt180.00–188.001,2315
BullsMedium and Large 1—313252.80/cwt248.00–258.007912
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521223.23/cwt214.00–234.001,16311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470223.32/cwt214.00–234.001,05011
HeifersMedium and Large 3—500180.00/cwt180.00–180.009001
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363230.53/cwt224.00–242.008376
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570207.99/cwt202.00–218.001,1865
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320235.30/cwt230.00–240.007533

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.