NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Dec 17, 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 12/17/2021 was estimated at 13.97 per cwt live, down -0.65 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.71 13.50 -1.00 1.23 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 67.75 - 2.49 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 782.50 -86.25 2.50 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 292.75 9.00 1.26 Head meat 0.14 218.25 -4.75 0.31 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 595.00 -71.50 1.19 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 103.25 3.00 0.47 Lips, unscalded 0.13 183.50 -6.75 0.24 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 45.25 -1.00 0.41 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 123.50 0.75 1.31 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 566.00 - 0.79 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 272.00 -32.00 1.46 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 675.00 -25.00 0.25 Totals: 24.62 13.97 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 29.72 (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 12/17/2021 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 3.3 265.00 - 331.00 292.64 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 4.6 97.00 - 115.00 103.33 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 3.1 208.00 - 223.00 218.16 KIDNEYS Export 3.0 30.00 - 37.00 32.33 LIPS, unscalded 3.5 165.00 - 215.00 183.49 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 0.4 53.00 53.00 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 18.1 40.00 - 58.00 44.96 MELTS, 0.4 56.00 56.00 OXTAILS, Regular, small box 1.9 546.00 - 669.00 595.11 SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.2 836.00 836.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.4 871.00 871.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 black Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 mixed,Swiss cut,IW 0.8 725.00 725.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #2 mixed Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 2.8 30.00 - 36.00 32.79 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 12.0 110.00 - 125.00 123.46 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 5.0 110.00 - 111.00 110.60 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 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