NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Jan 28, 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 1/28/2022 was estimated at 13.13 per cwt live, up 0.35 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.80 13.00 - 1.18 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 64.25 - 2.36 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 689.50 89.50 2.21 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 263.25 -6.75 1.13 Head meat 0.14 219.50 3.50 0.31 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 460.75 -43.00 0.92 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 99.50 -0.50 0.46 Lips, unscalded 0.13 153.25 9.75 0.20 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 46.25 0.50 0.42 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 108.75 -12.25 1.15 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 499.50 - 0.70 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 329.00 52.50 1.76 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 730.00 -7.50 0.27 Totals: 24.71 13.13 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 27.94 (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 1/28/2022 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 2.2 236.00 - 284.00 263.27 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 7.1 94.00 - 118.00 99.49 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 1.7 217.00 - 223.00 219.47 KIDNEYS Export 2.0 38.00 38.00 LIPS, unscalded 2.5 145.00 - 193.00 153.24 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 2.9 45.00 - 71.00 47.69 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 16.1 41.00 - 58.00 45.95 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 1.8 446.00 - 534.00 460.67 SALIVARY GLANDS 1.0 34.00 34.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 1.0 613.00 - 760.99 689.60 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 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 1.0 38.00 38.00 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 2.3 105.00 - 121.00 108.83 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 4.0 100.00 100.00 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached WEASAND MEAT ------ Source: USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA Veronica M. Alvarado 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 VMA