NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Feb 25, 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 2/25/2022 was estimated at 12.76 per cwt live, down -0.32 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 -0.25 1.23 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 69.75 - 2.57 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 549.25 21.00 1.76 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 246.50 - 1.06 Head meat 0.14 221.25 -3.00 0.31 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 540.00 83.25 1.08 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 101.25 -0.50 0.47 Lips, unscalded 0.13 152.25 9.00 0.20 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 44.75 -1.75 0.40 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 105.25 -19.50 1.12 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 379.00 -135.25 0.53 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 305.00 -33.00 1.63 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 944.00 112.50 0.34 Totals: 24.69 12.76 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 27.15 (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 2/25/2022 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 3.8 235.00 - 265.00 246.42 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 4.9 97.00 - 132.50 101.33 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 6.0 219.00 - 234.00 221.17 KIDNEYS Export 5.0 37.00 - 55.00 41.60 LIPS, unscalded 4.0 140.00 - 166.00 152.25 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 6.0 41.00 - 46.00 44.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 0.5 47.00 47.00 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 15.0 40.00 - 58.00 45.13 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 0.3 540.00 540.00 SALIVARY GLANDS 2.0 36.00 36.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.5 548.00 548.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 1.0 545.00 - 561.00 551.40 TONGUES, exp.#1 black Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 mixed,Swiss cut,IW 0.3 550.00 550.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #2 mixed Swiss cut,IW 0.2 540.00 540.00 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 2.2 30.00 - 46.00 31.45 TRIPAS 1.0 92.25 92.25 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 11.2 105.00 - 120.00 105.27 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 8.0 82.00 - 84.00 83.00 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.3 379.00 379.00 TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached 5.5 410.00- 453.00 438.62 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