NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Jan 04, 2019 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 1/4/2019 was estimated at 7.68 per cwt live, up 0.12 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.81 9.50 - 0.86 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 24.25 - 0.89 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 331.50 -4.75 1.06 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 142.75 -1.25 0.61 Head meat 0.14 136.50 -1.50 0.19 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 296.00 -5.00 0.59 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 47.75 - 0.22 Lips, unscalded 0.13 101.75 -6.00 0.13 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 20.50 0.50 0.18 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 111.50 0.50 1.18 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 238.75 - 0.33 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 222.00 32.00 1.19 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 525.00 - 0.19 Totals: 24.72 7.68 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 16.34 (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 1/4/2019 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 4.3 133.00 - 155.00 142.67 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 3.2 44.00 - 53.00 47.69 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 2.4 133.00 - 139.00 136.50 KIDNEYS Export 7.0 15.50 - 17.00 16.14 LIPS, unscalded 2.2 100.00 - 110.00 101.82 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 6.0 20.50 20.50 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 10.1 17.50 - 31.00 20.60 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 1.0 296.00 296.00 SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.2 329.00 329.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 1.5 320.00 - 335.00 332.00 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 0.2 330.00 330.00 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 1.0 24.00 24.00 TRIPAS 0.5 65.00 65.00 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 4.0 110.00 - 112.00 111.50 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 5.4 120.00 - 126.00 123.33 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached 0.2 388.00 388.00 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