NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Jan 10, 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 1/10/2020 was estimated at 7.67 per cwt live, down -0.21 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.82 4.25 - 0.39 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 23.50 - 0.86 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 395.25 -25.50 1.26 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 181.75 -5.50 0.78 Head meat 0.14 144.00 2.00 0.20 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 331.00 -22.00 0.66 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 73.00 1.00 0.34 Lips, unscalded 0.13 98.75 1.00 0.13 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 21.00 1.50 0.19 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 113.00 -17.00 1.20 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 180.00 - 0.25 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 203.00 21.50 1.09 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 725.00 - 0.26 Totals: 24.73 7.67 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 16.32 (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 1/10/2020 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 5.6 170.00 - 201.00 181.77 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 14.6 68.00 - 80.00 73.08 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 6.8 137.00 - 148.00 143.91 KIDNEYS Export 7.4 17.00 - 18.00 17.73 LIPS, unscalded 4.3 95.00 - 102.00 98.74 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export 4.0 29.00 29.00 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 8.8 17.00 - 18.00 17.77 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 32.3 18.00 - 35.00 20.77 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 0.3 331.00 331.00 SALIVARY GLANDS 1.0 28.00 28.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 2.4 380.00 - 447.00 403.04 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 3.6 380.00 - 420.00 388.92 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 0.7 380.00 - 415.00 400.00 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 1.5 24.00 24.00 TRIPAS 1.0 90.00 90.00 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 13.0 110.00 - 120.00 113.08 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 6.4 135.00 - 139.00 136.50 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached 0.3 282.00 282.00 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