NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Feb 18, 2022 USDA Market News WEEKLY USDA BY-PRODUCT DROP VALUE (COW) The hide and offal value from a typical slaughter cow(1) for the week ended 2/18/2022 was estimated at 13.08 per cwt live, down -0.40 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.81 13.75 0.75 1.25 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 69.75 - 2.57 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 528.25 -121.75 1.69 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 246.50 -9.75 1.06 Head meat 0.14 224.25 2.25 0.31 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 456.75 -24.50 0.91 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 101.75 1.50 0.47 Lips, unscalded 0.13 143.25 8.25 0.19 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 46.50 -1.75 0.42 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 124.75 7.25 1.32 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 514.25 - 0.72 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 338.00 -16.50 1.81 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 831.50 51.50 0.30 Totals: 24.72 13.08 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 27.83 (1) Typical slaughter cow weighs 1,100 pounds. (2) Hide weight adjusted regularly for seasonal variation. (3) Reflects a 30% condemnation rate. REPORT BASIS - FOB Omaha or equivalent for the Midwest; FOB Plant for Texas and Oklahoma WEEKLY CENTRAL U.S. COW VARIETY MEAT PRICE REPORT - FOB PLANT For Week Ended 2/18/2022 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 5.0 225.00 - 261.00 246.40 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 3.5 96.00 - 132.00 101.71 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 4.0 218.00 - 231.00 224.25 KIDNEYS Export 4.0 35.00 - 48.25 39.06 LIPS, unscalded 3.0 140.00 - 150.00 143.33 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 1.0 48.25 48.25 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 11.5 40.00 - 58.00 46.54 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 15.0 42.00 - 58.00 46.13 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 1.0 450.00 - 475.00 456.80 SALIVARY GLANDS 5.2 24.00 - 37.00 26.50 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.9 496.00 - 610.99 563.44 TONGUES, exp.#1 black Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #2 mixed Swiss cut,IW 1.2 494.00 - 540.00 501.67 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 2.0 32.00 32.00 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 2.2 121.00 - 125.00 124.64 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 3.0 90.00 - 92.00 91.33 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached WEASAND MEAT ------ Source: USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA Benjamin Feldman 515-284-4460 Desm.LPGMN@ams.usda.gov 24 Hour recorded market information 515-284-4830 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_LS444.txt www.ams.usda.gov/LPSMarketNewsPage 1530C BJF