Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2024-10-09

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Oct 9
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
148 vs last sale 350 184 vs year ago 386 · 47.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
1 vs last sale 40 21 vs year ago 62 · 33.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
2 vs last sale 14 12 vs year ago 4 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 11.00 to 14.00 higher, feeder heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 8.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $235.95/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 165.54 against this barn's trailing median of $401.49.
Average price
$235.95
23 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,302
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.85
vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550239.161,31518thin
Medium and Large 2559224.401,2555thin
One grade step is worth $14.76/cwt here — about $60 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales
450408365322median 401.4912/1703/2506/1007/0808/19
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $436.12, low $336.39, median $401.49 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale23 hd
235.95
MS average12 barns · 133 hd
240.80
−4.85
This barn, trailing median14 sales
401.49
−165.54
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
BullsAverage1,668146.572,4453thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,338117.091,56615
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,620110.001,7821thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00492.359279thin

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)1,277$1,7053thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,192$1,6956
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,115$1,5752thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)898$1,4212thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,520$1,9702thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)800$1,9251thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450424284.80/cwt276.00–304.001,20810
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550543231.00/cwt230.00–232.001,2542
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700690204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,4081
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415259.44/cwt254.00–266.001,0774
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300268319.25/cwt292.50–330.008564
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550529239.89/cwt236.00–246.001,26910
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650614233.63/cwt224.00–254.001,4346
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450423262.17/cwt258.00–266.001,1092
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500490256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2541
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600576238.24/cwt234.00–247.001,3728
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565225.70/cwt220.00–230.001,2756
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750725194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,4071
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650630222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3991
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473227.39/cwt224.00–232.001,0763
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750723187.95/cwt186.00–190.001,3592
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 18001,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5201,970.39/head1,925.00–2,000.001,9702
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,0051
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300283265.40/cwt250.00–280.007512
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650630200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2601
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350335251.50/cwt248.00–255.008432
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500495240.00/cwt230.00–248.001,1883
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450430263.34/cwt256.00–272.001,1323
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600593230.01/cwt227.00–233.001,3642
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550530223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1821
CowsBoner 80-85%1,477127.08/cwt122.00–133.001,8773
CowsLean 85-90%87071.00/cwt71.00–71.006181
CowsBoner 80-85%1,303114.59/cwt109.00–121.001,49312
Bulls1,668146.57/cwt140.00–153.002,4453
CowsLean 85-90%1,02195.02/cwt92.00–102.009708
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,620110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,7821
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425241.72/cwt236.00–248.001,0272
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400377260.31/cwt246.00–268.009816
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600570220.00/cwt216.00–228.001,2543
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800775197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,5272
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450405200.00/cwt200.00–200.008101
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450430234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,0061
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250240331.25/cwt300.00–362.507952
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750700200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400371277.43/cwt270.00–284.001,0295
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500476239.52/cwt236.00–246.001,1404
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500463261.10/cwt250.00–272.001,2095
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400374290.11/cwt280.00–302.001,0854
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500460268.42/cwt260.00–279.001,2354
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550525254.54/cwt248.00–258.001,3363
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350325318.38/cwt314.00–324.001,0353
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250235319.84/cwt312.50–327.507522
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300275327.00/cwt304.00–345.008994
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350308327.17/cwt307.00–347.501,0083
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5501
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400380308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,1701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1921,694.95/head1,375.00–1,975.001,6956
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1151,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5752
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450420283.52/cwt274.00–294.001,1912
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700655241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5791
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518233.79/cwt224.00–246.001,2119
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650608223.99/cwt219.00–227.001,3623
Bred CowsMedium and Large 18981,420.96/head1,300.00–1,525.001,4212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2771,704.50/head1,500.00–1,900.001,7053
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730229.01/cwt228.00–230.001,6722
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575250.95/cwt248.00–254.001,4432
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700672218.68/cwt209.00–228.001,4705

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.