NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Apr 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 4/10/2020 was estimated at 7.42 per cwt live, down -0.01 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.64 1.50 - 0.14 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 26.25 - 0.97 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 419.50 - 1.34 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 126.75 -37.00 0.55 Head meat 0.14 153.00 - 0.21 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 360.00 57.00 0.72 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 74.25 0.75 0.34 Lips, unscalded 0.13 80.75 - 0.10 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 18.00 -2.50 0.16 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 80.25 - 0.85 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 127.00 - 0.18 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 270.50 9.00 1.45 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 950.00 - 0.35 Totals: 24.55 7.42 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 15.79 (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 4/10/2020 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 3.5 117.00 - 170.00 126.86 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 3.5 73.00 - 75.00 74.14 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, KIDNEYS Export 3.0 17.00 - 18.00 17.67 LIPS, unscalded LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 11.4 16.00 - 23.00 17.91 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 0.3 360.00 360.00 SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 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 1.0 22.00 22.00 TRIPAS 1.0 27.00 27.00 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 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