Name: Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 10.00- 15.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Overall quality was mostly average, with calves ranging from medium to fleshy and a few thin. Buyers continue to give it all for front end cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $404.97/cwt on 12 head, up $25.61 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 20 of 22 comparable sales and sits +25.32 against this barn's trailing median of $379.65.

Average price

$404.97

▲ 25.61 vs prior sale

12 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,183

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$59

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$17.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.64

vs MS average

−13.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	419.85	2,133	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	545	402.00	2,192	10thin

One grade step is worth $17.85/cwt here — about −$59 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

22 sales

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 sale12 hd

404.97

—

MS average14 barns · 301 hd

398.33

+6.64

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

−13.29

This barn, trailing median22 sales

379.65

+25.32

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,415	195.08	2,760	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,273	155.50	1,979	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	878	95.92	842	3thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	508	419.85/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,133	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	433.95/cwt	428.00–440.00	2,474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,902	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,075	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	538.00/cwt	538.00–538.00	1,722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,321	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	593.32/cwt	585.00–606.00	1,887	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	1,860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	450.38/cwt	438.00–463.00	2,387	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	474.40/cwt	465.00–484.00	2,230	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	1,972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,520	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,097	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	481.90/cwt	478.00–486.00	1,976	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	563.96/cwt	515.00–590.00	1,771	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	622.50/cwt	622.50–622.50	1,868	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	305	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	520	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,366	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	320	429.69/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,375	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	900–950	910	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	250–300	268	392.29/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,051	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	652	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,295	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	488.96/cwt	486.00–492.00	2,078	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	335	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	1,595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	200–250	235	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	526	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,209	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	590	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,124	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	480.55/cwt	464.00–498.00	2,249	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	512.60/cwt	485.00–528.00	2,091	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	205	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	406.07/cwt	400.00–412.00	1,645	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	600	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	558.67/cwt	545.00–570.00	2,084	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	495.44/cwt	480.00–512.00	2,130	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,096	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	670	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,245	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,241	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	463.60/cwt	450.00–476.00	1,507	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,934	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,119	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	554.00/cwt	554.00–554.00	1,551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	550	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,228	1
Bulls	—	—	865	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,427	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,010	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	89.88/cwt	80.00–101.00	764	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,149	1
Bulls	—	—	1,525	201.10/cwt	180.00–215.00	3,067	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,815	1

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Market, Inc.- Como, MS

Wed May 20, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 108Last week 222Year ago 139

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 169Year ago 27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	508	410.00–430.00	419.85
1	650–700	670	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	538.00	538.00
1	350–400	385	490.00	490.00
2	400–450	425	486.00–492.00	488.96
1	450–500	455	488.00	488.00
1	600–650	600	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	495.00	495.00
1	250–300	285	385.00	385.00
1	300–350	340	420.00	420.00
2	400–450	405	400.00–412.00	406.07
1	650–700	665	349.00	349.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	496.00	496.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	370.00–415.00	392.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	652	352.00	352.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	476.00	476.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	590.00	590.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	526	420.00	420.00
3	550–600	590	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	585.00–606.00	593.32
2	400–450	410	478.00–486.00	481.90
2	450–500	470	465.00–484.00	474.40
2	500–550	530	438.00–463.00	450.38
2	550–600	570	428.00–440.00	433.95
1	600–650	640	376.00	376.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	418.00	418.00
2	500–550	510	466.00	466.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	460.00	460.00
1	350–400	360	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	425	464.00	464.00
1	450–500	450	461.00	461.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	574	439.00	439.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	554.00	554.00
4	300–350	314	515.00–590.00	563.96
4	350–400	373	545.00–570.00	558.67
3	400–450	408	485.00–528.00	512.60
2	450–500	468	464.00–498.00	480.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	622.50	622.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	495.00	495.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	455.00	455.00
1	550–600	550	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	410.00–450.00	429.69
1	450–500	470	400.00	400.00
1	900–950	910	272.00	272.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	430	480.00–512.00	495.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	450.00–476.00	463.60
1	450–500	455	425.00	425.00
1	550–600	565	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	645	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	675	332.00	332.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	165.00	165.00
5	—	1,525	180.00–215.00	201.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	108.00	108.00
2	—	850	80.00–101.00	89.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	161.00	161.00
1	—	1,210	150.00	150.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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