NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Apr 22, 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 4/22/2022 was estimated at 12.91 per cwt live, up 0.04 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.62 10.50 -1.00 0.95 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 72.25 - 2.66 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 511.50 20.75 1.64 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 224.50 -23.00 0.97 Head meat 0.14 217.00 -5.25 0.30 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 336.75 -66.50 0.67 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 104.75 1.50 0.48 Lips, unscalded 0.13 128.00 -14.75 0.17 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 50.25 5.25 0.45 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 145.25 29.00 1.54 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 260.00 -21.00 0.36 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 415.00 -3.50 2.22 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.731200.00 50.00 0.44 Totals: 24.53 12.91 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 27.47 (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 4/22/2022 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 2.5 221.00 - 227.00 224.60 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 5.2 93.00 - 135.00 104.75 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 2.7 210.00 - 221.00 216.93 KIDNEYS Export 8.5 35.00 - 66.00 51.44 LIPS, unscalded 4.9 124.00 - 138.00 128.08 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 2.0 42.00 - 48.00 44.60 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 16.9 40.00 - 91.00 50.93 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 1.5 324.00 - 388.00 336.80 SALIVARY GLANDS 1.1 39.00 39.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.8 511.00 - 512.00 511.38 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 36.50 36.50 TRIPAS 0.2 114.00 114.00 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 0.9 136.00 - 155.00 145.22 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 3.0 100.00 100.00 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 1.0 260.00 260.00 TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached 7.6 395.00- 650.00 460.18 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