NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Oct 23, 2020 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 10/23/2020 was estimated at 9.41 per cwt live, up 0.05 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.60 5.75 - 0.52 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 29.75 - 1.09 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 479.75 -11.25 1.54 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 186.25 5.25 0.80 Head meat 0.14 161.75 8.75 0.23 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 543.25 -70.75 1.09 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 96.25 -0.75 0.44 Lips, unscalded 0.13 108.75 12.75 0.14 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 26.00 1.00 0.23 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 120.75 7.25 1.28 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 158.00 -13.00 0.22 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 285.00 14.50 1.53 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 650.00 75.00 0.24 Totals: 24.51 9.41 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 20.02 (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 10/23/2020 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 3.2 180.00 - 198.00 186.31 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 4.3 92.00 - 101.00 96.34 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 3.5 154.00 - 165.00 161.86 KIDNEYS Export 3.0 18.00 - 19.00 18.67 LIPS, unscalded 2.5 102.00 - 113.00 108.80 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 1.0 31.00 31.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 6.4 22.50 - 34.26 25.93 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 12.0 23.00 - 32.00 25.46 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 0.8 500.00 - 634.00 543.25 SALIVARY GLANDS 1.0 28.00 28.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.8 446.00 - 490.99 479.74 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 2.0 25.00 - 27.00 26.00 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 14.9 110.00 - 130.00 120.84 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 3.0 132.00 - 154.00 139.33 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 1.0 158.00 158.00 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