NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Oct 22, 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 10/22/2021 was estimated at 15.22 per cwt live, up 0.13 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.58 17.50 - 1.59 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 68.25 1.50 2.51 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 807.25 - 2.58 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 280.75 -22.50 1.21 Head meat 0.14 219.00 -1.00 0.31 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 694.00 - 1.39 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 106.75 4.00 0.49 Lips, unscalded 0.13 202.75 -24.25 0.26 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 51.25 -2.25 0.46 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 148.75 16.75 1.58 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 526.50 111.50 0.74 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 325.50 -16.00 1.74 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 825.00 -99.00 0.30 Totals: 24.49 15.22 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 32.38 (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 10/22/2021 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 3.6 250.00 - 315.00 280.64 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp 5.9 159.00 - 174.00 162.20 FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 4.3 104.00 - 120.00 106.74 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 1.6 219.00 219.00 KIDNEYS Export 3.0 42.00 - 48.00 44.33 LIPS, unscalded 1.2 193.00 - 251.00 202.67 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 1.6 53.00 - 54.00 53.13 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 17.6 47.00 - 58.00 51.01 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box SALIVARY GLANDS 1.1 43.00 43.00 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 36.50 36.50 TRIPAS 0.4 232.00 - 237.00 234.50 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 2.9 146.00 - 163.00 148.86 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 3.0 122.00 - 124.00 123.33 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 2.0 337.00 337.00 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.5 500.00 - 566.00 526.40 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