NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Jul 05, 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 7/5/2019 was estimated at 7.48 per cwt live, up 0.16 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.46 4.75 - 0.43 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 27.25 - 1.00 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 386.50 21.25 1.24 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 141.50 10.50 0.61 Head meat 0.14 138.25 -0.75 0.19 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 329.50 - 0.66 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 62.25 - 0.29 Lips, unscalded 0.13 88.00 -3.00 0.11 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 19.75 -1.50 0.18 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 110.50 4.50 1.17 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 152.00 - 0.21 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 200.00 4.00 1.07 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 725.00 -15.00 0.26 Totals: 24.37 7.48 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 15.91 (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 7/5/2019 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 1.7 137.00 - 148.00 141.53 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 3.3 132.00 - 141.00 138.27 KIDNEYS Export 6.7 18.00 - 20.00 19.10 LIPS, unscalded 1.0 88.00 88.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 9.0 18.00 - 31.00 19.78 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 1.4 344.00 - 402.00 393.71 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.3 435.00 435.00 TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 1.7 329.00 - 405.00 377.88 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 0.2 335.00 335.00 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 3.0 24.00 - 28.00 25.33 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 8.0 106.00 - 115.00 110.38 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 4.4 124.00 - 126.00 125.09 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