NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Apr 02, 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 4/2/2021 was estimated at 12.77 per cwt live, down -0.02 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.67 24.50 1.00 2.23 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 52.25 - 1.92 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 536.25 36.25 1.72 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 199.00 1.00 0.86 Head meat 0.14 166.00 - 0.23 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 564.50 4.50 1.13 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 99.50 0.25 0.46 Lips, unscalded 0.13 138.00 6.00 0.18 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 36.00 -4.50 0.32 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 91.00 -3.25 0.96 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 180.00 -1.00 0.25 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 382.00 -34.00 2.05 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.731100.00 - 0.40 Totals: 24.58 12.77 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 27.17 (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 4/2/2021 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 8.0 175.00 - 226.00 198.98 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 7.6 95.00 - 115.00 99.57 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 2.3 163.00 - 170.00 166.04 KIDNEYS Export 10.4 31.50 - 42.00 35.78 LIPS, unscalded 0.8 130.00 - 151.00 137.88 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 1.4 31.00 31.00 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 11.5 35.00 - 38.00 36.61 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 1.7 550.00 - 580.00 564.47 SALIVARY GLANDS 0.5 42.00 42.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.3 543.00 543.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.4 536.00 536.00 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 0.5 525.00 - 543.00 532.20 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 1.0 32.00 32.00 TRIPAS 1.3 90.00 - 92.00 90.46 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 3.2 89.00 - 102.00 91.09 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 3.0 83.00 - 83.50 83.33 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 2.6 176.00 - 187.00 179.96 TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached 0.3 280.00 280.00 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