NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Aug 09, 2019 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 8/9/2019 was estimated at 7.81 per cwt live, down -0.04 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.45 4.75 - 0.43 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 29.25 0.25 1.08 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 413.50 -5.75 1.32 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 151.75 2.75 0.65 Head meat 0.14 129.75 -11.00 0.18 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 343.00 17.75 0.69 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 58.50 -0.25 0.27 Lips, unscalded 0.13 95.25 0.50 0.12 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 21.50 0.50 0.19 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 117.25 2.50 1.24 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 160.00 - 0.22 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 209.00 -16.00 1.12 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 650.00 - 0.24 Totals: 24.36 7.81 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 16.62 (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 8/9/2019 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 4.3 148.00 - 170.00 151.63 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 3.2 58.00 - 61.00 58.50 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 4.7 129.00 - 132.00 129.64 KIDNEYS Export 3.0 18.50 - 19.00 18.83 LIPS, unscalded 2.2 92.00 - 96.00 95.18 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 17.9 16.50 - 31.00 21.52 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 0.3 343.00 343.00 SALIVARY GLANDS 1.1 26.00 26.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.2 392.00 392.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.8 392.00 - 435.00 418.88 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 24.00 24.00 TRIPAS 1.0 85.00 85.00 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 5.0 116.00 - 118.00 117.20 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 4.4 125.00 - 128.00 126.36 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