NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Mar 04, 2022 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 3/4/2022 was estimated at 13.28 per cwt live, up 0.52 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.78 13.50 - 1.23 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 69.75 - 2.57 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 537.25 -12.00 1.72 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 227.75 -18.75 0.98 Head meat 0.14 221.00 -0.25 0.31 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 428.75 -111.25 0.86 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 101.25 - 0.47 Lips, unscalded 0.13 137.00 -15.25 0.18 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 45.25 0.50 0.41 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 129.75 24.50 1.38 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 500.00 121.00 0.70 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 380.50 75.50 2.04 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.731017.50 73.50 0.37 Totals: 24.69 13.28 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 28.26 (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 3/4/2022 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 12.0 203.00 - 256.00 227.67 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp 0.9 149.00 - 172.25 156.17 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 7.5 92.00 - 132.50 101.13 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 2.0 220.00 - 222.00 221.00 KIDNEYS Export 7.2 35.00 - 43.00 36.83 LIPS, unscalded 1.0 137.00 137.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 10.0 35.00 - 49.37 46.26 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 1.2 39.00 - 54.00 46.08 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 14.0 40.00 - 58.00 44.43 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 3.0 394.00 - 440.00 428.73 SALIVARY GLANDS 0.6 52.00 52.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.6 530.00 - 549.00 539.50 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 1.3 530.00 - 546.00 533.69 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 0.6 530.00 - 553.00 542.33 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 1.0 32.00 32.00 TRIPAS 1.0 92.25 - 111.00 99.95 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 1.3 121.00 - 136.00 129.69 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 4.0 80.00 - 82.00 81.00 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.5 491.00 - 506.00 500.00 TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached WEASAND MEAT ------ Source: USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA Benjamin Feldman 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 BJF