Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2026-02-11

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Feb 11
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
412 head
119 vs last sale 293 333 vs year ago 79 · +421.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
3 vs last sale 38 8 vs year ago 43 · 18.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
5 vs last sale 6 7 vs year ago 8 · 87.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder cattle sold sharply higher with spots 50.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was average and demand was very good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $380.16/cwt on 75 head, up $22.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 22 comparable sales and sits +0.50 against this barn's trailing median of $379.65.
Average price
$380.16
22.34 vs prior sale
75 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,073
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.98
vs MS average
43.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549382.842,10158
Medium and Large 1-2534372.001,98614thin
Medium and Large 2535366.391,9603thin
One grade step is worth $16.45/cwt here — about $140 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

22 sales
430391352313median 379.6512/1702/2504/2206/2408/19
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.06, low $326.54, median $379.65 across 22 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 sale75 hd
380.16
MS average14 barns · 402 hd
392.13
−11.98
National average187 barns · 18,214 hd
423.95
−43.79
This barn, trailing median22 sales
379.65
+0.50
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
BullsAverage1,710180.993,0952thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,303162.012,11112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,785149.102,6612thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,180138.981,6407thin

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)1,035$1,7501thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 1250–300274533.41/cwt532.00–535.001,4622
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500484519.00/cwt519.00–519.002,5127
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350315517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,6301
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650610350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1351
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550541386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,08837
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750733361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,64617
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450442540.50/cwt540.50–540.502,38917
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500469482.02/cwt474.00–502.002,2617
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300266675.41/cwt630.00–750.001,7975
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500471381.24/cwt370.00–394.001,7964
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,4203
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450412510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,1013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350349525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,8329
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550534372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,98614
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500459454.00/cwt454.00–454.002,0844
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450428350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4983
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500480419.59/cwt412.00–427.502,0142
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700675338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,2821
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600590366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,1591
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450445407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,8131
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350330455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5021
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450413375.09/cwt370.00–380.001,5492
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300275398.86/cwt360.00–435.001,0972
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350345395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3631
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500475391.94/cwt390.00–394.001,8622
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450433401.51/cwt354.00–445.001,7393
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600575430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,4731
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450415498.36/cwt470.00–520.002,06811
CowsLean 85-90%1,180138.98/cwt125.00–149.001,6407
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,785149.10/cwt147.00–152.002,6612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,303162.01/cwt155.00–172.002,11112
Bulls1,710180.99/cwt172.00–187.003,0952
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525382.51/cwt370.00–406.002,0087
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550517439.08/cwt428.00–445.002,2703
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650625277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,7341
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500470350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6451
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550535366.39/cwt360.00–374.001,9603
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400355430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5271
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400376534.15/cwt504.00–575.002,0088
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0351,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550533465.72/cwt457.50–481.002,48231
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350328571.77/cwt500.00–640.001,87511
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600586376.50/cwt376.50–376.502,20610
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550505434.30/cwt428.00–437.502,1933
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250245725.00/cwt725.00–725.001,7761
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400379501.20/cwt470.00–545.001,9004
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350317607.47/cwt585.00–620.001,9263
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650632375.01/cwt363.00–388.002,3705
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700661364.94/cwt356.00–380.002,4124
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600555410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,2761
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600562437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,45610
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425448.55/cwt428.00–465.001,9064
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500468474.88/cwt438.00–495.002,2229
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423492.53/cwt450.00–525.002,0835
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800770350.98/cwt350.00–352.002,7032
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750705354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,4961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700663360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3873
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500471439.09/cwt430.00–458.002,0685
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700650348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,2621
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250245490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,2011
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450442463.00/cwt463.00–463.002,0469
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400375442.74/cwt420.00–465.001,6607
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400390484.10/cwt476.00–490.001,8883
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600568369.98/cwt360.00–377.502,1014
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650608356.02/cwt354.00–358.002,1652

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.