NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Oct 15, 2021 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 10/15/2021 was estimated at 15.25 per cwt live, up 0.16 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.57 17.50 - 1.59 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 66.75 - 2.46 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 807.25 - 2.58 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 302.00 -1.25 1.30 Head meat 0.14 218.75 -1.25 0.31 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 755.00 61.00 1.51 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 106.75 4.00 0.49 Lips, unscalded 0.13 186.75 -40.25 0.24 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 55.25 1.75 0.50 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 141.50 9.50 1.50 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 415.00 - 0.58 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 332.00 -9.50 1.78 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 950.00 26.00 0.35 Totals: 24.48 15.25 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 32.45 (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 10/15/2021 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 2.4 297.00 - 322.00 302.08 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 4.1 100.00 - 124.00 106.68 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 2.3 217.00 - 220.00 218.70 KIDNEYS Export 16.5 37.00 - 44.00 37.99 LIPS, unscalded 3.3 182.00 - 195.00 186.85 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 3.0 62.00 62.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 19.3 52.00 - 59.00 56.78 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 13.1 48.00 - 58.00 51.36 MELTS, 0.4 47.00 47.00 OXTAILS, Regular, small box 0.2 755.00 755.00 SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 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 36.00 36.00 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 4.3 126.00 - 150.00 141.53 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 3.0 124.00 - 125.00 124.33 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 4.7 320.00 - 355.00 340.11 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached 0.5 739.00 739.00 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