NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Mar 18, 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 3/18/2022 was estimated at 13.35 per cwt live, up 0.17 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.72 12.50 -1.00 1.14 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 69.75 - 2.57 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 561.00 34.25 1.80 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 228.00 -17.50 0.98 Head meat 0.14 210.00 -14.00 0.29 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 474.00 50.75 0.95 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 115.75 14.75 0.53 Lips, unscalded 0.13 138.00 - 0.18 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 57.75 11.00 0.52 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 114.75 - 1.22 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 364.00 -66.50 0.51 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 413.50 12.50 2.21 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.731075.00 25.00 0.39 Totals: 24.63 13.35 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 28.40 (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 3/18/2022 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 3.0 220.00 - 244.00 228.00 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 3.1 110.00 - 132.00 115.68 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 4.0 200.00 - 220.00 210.00 KIDNEYS Export LIPS, unscalded LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 0.9 38.00 - 59.25 45.08 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 5.3 60.00 60.00 MELTS, 2.0 49.25 49.25 OXTAILS, Regular, small box 0.4 474.00 474.00 SALIVARY GLANDS 0.6 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 0.5 561.00 561.00 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 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.2 364.00 364.00 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