Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2026-08-05

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Aug 5
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
214 head
121 vs last sale 93 134 vs year ago 348 · 38.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
19 vs last sale 14 7 vs year ago 26 · +26.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
4 vs last sale 0 8 vs year ago 12 · 66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was mostly attractive and demand was much better.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $361.28/cwt on 10 head, down $47.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits 40.22 against this barn's trailing median of $401.49.
Average price
$361.28
47.81 vs prior sale
10 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,956
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.78
vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535373.301,9976thin
Medium and Large 2551343.241,8914thin
One grade step is worth $30.05/cwt here — about $106 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 sale10 hd
361.28
MS average13 barns · 145 hd
366.05
−4.78
This barn, trailing median14 sales
401.49
−40.22
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
BullsAverage1,722213.353,6743thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,261165.342,08511

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)1,480$4,5001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,180$3,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$3,3752thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1250–300285510.63/cwt474.00–546.001,4552
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400350384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,3441
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550538348.99/cwt330.00–367.001,8783
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300295440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2981
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450440366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,6101
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500485379.67/cwt348.00–392.001,8419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,1924
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530385.64/cwt374.00–399.002,0443
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8241
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650640335.33/cwt320.00–346.002,1463
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750725306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,2191
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475413.83/cwt398.00–430.001,9662
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650635342.56/cwt330.00–350.002,1753
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700671342.67/cwt330.00–350.002,2995
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573375.02/cwt369.00–378.002,1493
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850815317.48/cwt300.00–330.002,5874
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350328465.46/cwt452.00–486.001,5273
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,8714
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450435420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8271
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700665323.86/cwt318.00–330.002,1542
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8194
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350335350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1731
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850805324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,6081
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650600340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0401
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750713332.46/cwt320.00–345.002,3702
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600565334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,8871
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420426.24/cwt400.00–452.001,7908
HeifersMedium and Large 1150–200190500.00/cwt500.00–500.009501
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400378385.36/cwt380.00–396.001,4573
CowsBoner 80-85%1,075144.72/cwt138.00–155.001,5562
CowsBoner 80-85%1,260180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,2681
Bulls1,833222.52/cwt219.00–226.004,0792
CowsBoner 80-85%1,308168.66/cwt162.00–177.002,2068
Bulls1,500195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,9251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4804,500.00/head4,500.00–4,500.004,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1803,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0102,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4403,900.00/head3,900.00–3,900.003,9001
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550521379.44/cwt369.00–396.001,9774
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400384438.17/cwt422.00–450.001,6834
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450423426.25/cwt408.00–444.001,80313
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600590326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,9231
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350324486.99/cwt456.00–518.001,5784
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600563361.01/cwt358.00–364.002,0322
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500476417.17/cwt407.00–430.001,9869
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550500314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,5701
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500460316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,4541
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450445396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,7621
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473374.50/cwt350.00–390.001,7715
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650611331.88/cwt322.00–343.002,0285
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800775326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,5271
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400374426.53/cwt400.00–450.001,5956
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550514369.53/cwt360.00–383.001,8994
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600572347.83/cwt336.00–360.001,9903
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750743310.97/cwt302.00–320.002,3112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450429443.00/cwt443.00–443.001,9006
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550515356.03/cwt354.00–358.001,8343
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470402.52/cwt394.00–418.001,8925

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.