Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2023-10-11

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Oct 11
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
386 head
75 vs last sale 311 57 vs year ago 329 · +17.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
6 vs last sale 68 6 vs year ago 56 · +10.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
2 vs last sale 2 4 vs year ago 8 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold 6.00 to 15.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower, and feeder bulls sold 4.00 to 9.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold sold steady. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $205.60/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits 5.92 against this barn's trailing median of $211.53.
Average price
$205.60
101 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$984
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$38.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.19
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1459217.2999854
Medium and Large 2493197.4597334
Medium and Large 3524178.3993513thin
One grade step is worth $38.90/cwt here — about $63 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 sale101 hd
205.60
MS average13 barns · 750 hd
198.41
+7.19
This barn, trailing median2 sales
211.53
−5.92
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
BullsAverage1,274100.401,2795thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22791.231,12018
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12174.6983712

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,068$1,0002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$1,1882thin

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 3250170.00/cwt170.00–170.004251
HeifersMedium and Large 2533190.58/cwt188.00–195.001,0165
HeifersMedium and Large 1427214.12/cwt208.00–222.009146
SteersMedium and Large 3425188.00/cwt188.00–188.007991
SteersMedium and Large 3380180.00/cwt180.00–180.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 2561188.50/cwt186.00–191.001,0574
HeifersMedium and Large 2626185.77/cwt184.00–188.001,1635
HeifersMedium and Large 3365191.32/cwt187.00–196.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 2320210.00/cwt210.00–210.006721
SteersMedium and Large 1387229.34/cwt228.00–230.008883
SteersMedium and Large 1567220.62/cwt208.00–226.001,2516
HeifersMedium and Large 1215248.00/cwt248.00–248.005331
HeifersMedium and Large 1474208.22/cwt204.00–216.009878
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,1593
HeifersMedium and Large 2405206.00/cwt206.00–206.008341
SteersMedium and Large 1603211.98/cwt206.00–218.001,2782
SteersMedium and Large 1471234.63/cwt226.00–240.001,1056
SteersMedium and Large 2565206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,1641
SteersMedium and Large 1680202.50/cwt194.00–211.001,3772
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added681209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,4234
HeifersMedium and Large 1569193.80/cwt190.00–200.001,1036
SteersMedium and Large 1323235.91/cwt232.00–240.007622
SteersMedium and Large 1293250.70/cwt244.00–256.007353
SteersMedium and Large 1435235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0221
SteersMedium and Large 3508182.69/cwt180.00–184.009283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2694197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,3676
SteersMedium and Large 1525220.00/cwt211.00–228.001,1558
SteersMedium and Large 1735203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4921
BullsMedium and Large 3462181.67/cwt170.00–190.008395
BullsMedium and Large 2705169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,1911
BullsMedium and Large 2378214.95/cwt208.00–220.008136
BullsMedium and Large 1378225.64/cwt220.00–230.008535
BullsMedium and Large 1320235.29/cwt222.00–254.007534
BullsMedium and Large 1478219.91/cwt212.00–234.001,05114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32397.80/cwt97.50–98.501,2943
CowsLean 85-90%1,12174.69/cwt65.00–81.0083712
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20889.92/cwt85.00–96.501,08615
Bulls1,274100.40/cwt91.00–109.001,2795
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0681,000.33/head920.00–1,060.001,0002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 28001,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4001,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
BullsMedium and Large 3660170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1221
BullsMedium and Large 2472200.47/cwt190.00–208.009465
BullsMedium and Large 2676170.22/cwt162.00–175.001,1514
BullsMedium and Large 2565185.65/cwt180.00–193.001,0494
BullsMedium and Large 3715172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2301
BullsMedium and Large 3590178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 2265222.00/cwt222.00–222.005881
BullsMedium and Large 2622186.00/cwt180.00–192.001,1573
BullsMedium and Large 3420188.00/cwt188.00–188.007901
BullsMedium and Large 1278227.09/cwt220.00–236.006313
BullsMedium and Large 1625190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1881
BullsMedium and Large 2325222.02/cwt220.00–224.007223
BullsMedium and Large 2524194.54/cwt190.00–198.001,0194
BullsMedium and Large 1525207.40/cwt198.00–220.001,08913
BullsMedium and Large 3529175.67/cwt170.00–184.009294
HeifersMedium and Large 1313229.33/cwt218.00–240.007185
HeifersMedium and Large 1379218.53/cwt214.00–222.008284
BullsMedium and Large 2417201.46/cwt192.00–208.008403
HeifersMedium and Large 3465180.88/cwt168.00–188.008413
HeifersMedium and Large 2379205.26/cwt200.00–216.007785
BullsMedium and Large 1569207.17/cwt200.00–216.001,1795
HeifersMedium and Large 3435185.91/cwt182.00–190.008092
HeifersMedium and Large 3635170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0801
BullsMedium and Large 1423220.25/cwt212.00–226.009329
HeifersMedium and Large 1610194.96/cwt190.00–200.001,1892
HeifersMedium and Large 1280230.04/cwt224.00–236.006444
HeifersMedium and Large 2479197.00/cwt194.00–201.009447

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.