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Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Oct 1
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
251 head
0 vs last sale 251 99 vs year ago 350 · 28.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
38 vs last sale 26 24 vs year ago 40 · +60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 9 vs year ago 14 · 64.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 10.00 lower, feeder heifer sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold sharply lower. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $347.79/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits 53.70 against this barn's trailing median of $401.49.
Average price
$347.79
18 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,896
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.11
vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551355.031,9559thin
Medium and Large 2540340.551,8379thin
One grade step is worth $14.48/cwt here — about $118 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 sale18 hd
347.79
MS average12 barns · 187 hd
348.90
−1.11
This barn, trailing median14 sales
401.49
−53.70
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,205146.531,76618
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,362135.351,8433thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,023121.581,24416

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)980$2,2251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,245$2,0251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)865$1,5001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)780$1,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$2,8751thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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 2400–450418379.98/cwt354.00–402.001,5885
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600574335.62/cwt324.00–342.001,9264
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600595328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,9527
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700666321.23/cwt312.00–330.002,1396
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550535334.91/cwt330.00–340.001,7922
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500490352.00/cwt346.00–358.001,7253
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450425371.91/cwt360.00–380.001,5813
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650620310.32/cwt300.00–320.001,9242
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250230380.00/cwt380.00–380.008741
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500480355.23/cwt332.00–380.001,7054
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350315387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,2211
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250210374.00/cwt374.00–374.007851
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700695294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,0431
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550539322.40/cwt312.00–332.001,7385
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700660328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,1651
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600595358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,1301
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400360404.00/cwt404.00–404.001,4541
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400380374.63/cwt350.00–398.001,4242
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350326380.03/cwt367.50–400.001,2394
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450421370.20/cwt352.50–390.001,5594
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500488364.03/cwt358.00–370.001,7762
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650615302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,8571
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350320250.00/cwt250.00–250.008001
BullsMedium and Large 3750–800790264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,0861
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450445326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,4511
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400390352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,3731
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700695304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,1131
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650635322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,0451
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550530321.03/cwt318.00–324.001,7012
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550525282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,4811
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300272470.47/cwt444.00–504.001,2805
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450419426.59/cwt412.00–445.001,7879
CowsBoner 80-85%1,223159.40/cwt158.00–161.001,9492
CowsLean 85-90%1,023121.58/cwt114.00–130.001,24416
CowsBoner 80-85%1,203144.92/cwt135.00–152.001,74316
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,362135.35/cwt135.00–136.001,8433
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2452,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 17801,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450405312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,2641
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500469333.61/cwt328.00–340.001,5654
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650610276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,6841
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500468318.52/cwt304.00–332.001,4912
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400374434.88/cwt424.00–452.001,6264
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650618341.64/cwt336.00–347.002,1118
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550523361.04/cwt358.00–366.001,8884
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750703315.01/cwt312.00–318.002,2152
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1002,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8751
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575374.65/cwt366.00–386.002,1546
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480415.28/cwt406.00–424.001,9932
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400385402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,5501
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300265430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,1401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 18651,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500483368.66/cwt364.00–378.001,7816
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350325428.38/cwt417.50–440.001,3926
HeifersMedium and Large 1150–200180415.00/cwt415.00–415.007471
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550528394.56/cwt388.00–408.002,0833
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673339.90/cwt336.00–344.002,2882
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19802,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513355.22/cwt340.00–370.001,8222
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,1351
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250245457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,1211
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650613326.96/cwt322.00–332.002,0044
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400369452.03/cwt417.50–480.001,6688
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450433422.32/cwt400.00–436.001,8293
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500470395.23/cwt384.00–410.001,8586
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350322475.73/cwt440.00–492.501,5326
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250215450.05/cwt424.00–480.009682
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600573350.22/cwt345.00–357.002,0075
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450422410.13/cwt402.00–426.001,7315
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600563346.01/cwt344.00–348.001,9482
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800772279.35/cwt276.00–282.002,1573
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550512344.50/cwt334.00–358.001,7645

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.