NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Aug 27, 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 8/27/2021 was estimated at 15.83 per cwt live, down -0.09 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.48 20.75 -0.75 1.89 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 65.25 - 2.40 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 974.25 -5.25 3.12 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 270.25 3.00 1.16 Head meat 0.14 216.75 11.75 0.30 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 630.00 -57.50 1.26 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 101.00 -3.00 0.46 Lips, unscalded 0.13 183.00 -29.50 0.24 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 50.75 -4.50 0.46 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 136.00 18.00 1.44 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 443.50 10.50 0.62 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 381.00 -4.00 2.04 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.731032.00 -5.50 0.38 Totals: 24.39 15.83 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 33.68 (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 8/27/2021 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 3.3 246.00 - 350.00 270.27 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 5.0 96.00 - 124.00 100.88 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 2.7 210.00 - 227.00 216.63 KIDNEYS Export 3.6 38.00 - 56.00 39.94 LIPS, unscalded 1.4 183.00 183.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 9.1 53.00 - 54.00 53.05 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 9.0 48.00 - 49.00 48.56 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 1.8 630.00 630.00 SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.7 760.00 - 1135.00 974.29 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 2.0 38.00 - 42.00 40.00 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 10.3 136.00 136.00 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 4.0 114.00 114.00 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.6 436.00 - 451.00 443.50 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