NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Apr 29, 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 4/29/2022 was estimated at 13.26 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) 4.59 10.50 - 0.95 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 78.25 6.00 2.88 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 511.00 -0.50 1.64 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 222.50 -2.00 0.96 Head meat 0.14 214.50 -2.50 0.30 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 298.25 -38.50 0.60 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 113.00 8.25 0.52 Lips, unscalded 0.13 125.50 -2.50 0.16 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 46.50 -3.75 0.42 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 150.00 4.75 1.59 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 376.00 116.00 0.53 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 411.50 -3.50 2.20 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.731235.00 35.00 0.45 Totals: 24.50 13.26 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 28.21 (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 4/29/2022 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 2.0 220.00 - 225.00 222.50 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 9.0 104.00 - 134.00 113.11 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 3.7 208.00 - 221.00 214.51 KIDNEYS Export 3.3 40.00 - 42.00 41.82 LIPS, unscalded 2.0 125.00 - 126.00 125.50 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 2.5 43.00 - 44.00 43.80 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 6.7 47.50 - 54.00 47.79 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 16.2 40.00 - 60.00 46.54 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 3.0 265.00 - 322.00 298.17 SALIVARY GLANDS 0.8 52.00 52.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.4 511.00 511.00 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 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 3.0 36.00 - 39.00 37.33 TRIPAS 0.2 112.25 112.25 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 1.3 147.00 - 153.00 149.92 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 3.0 102.00 102.00 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.3 376.00 376.00 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