NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Mar 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 3/25/2022 was estimated at 12.98 per cwt live, down -0.37 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.70 12.00 -0.50 1.09 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 69.75 - 2.57 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 541.00 -20.00 1.73 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 234.25 6.25 1.01 Head meat 0.14 217.50 7.50 0.30 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 340.00 -134.00 0.68 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 105.25 -10.50 0.48 Lips, unscalded 0.13 122.50 -15.50 0.16 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 46.25 -11.50 0.42 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 118.75 4.00 1.26 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 496.00 132.00 0.69 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 384.50 -29.00 2.06 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.731300.00 225.00 0.47 Totals: 24.61 12.98 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 27.62 (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 3/25/2022 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 3.2 220.00 - 268.00 234.25 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 6.6 94.00 - 141.25 105.28 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 2.5 215.00 - 219.00 217.40 KIDNEYS Export 4.0 36.00 - 40.00 37.25 LIPS, unscalded 2.0 120.00 - 125.00 122.50 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 1.3 38.00 - 55.00 41.92 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 16.3 40.00 - 60.00 46.69 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 3.5 325.00 - 440.00 339.91 SALIVARY GLANDS 1.0 39.00 39.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.3 561.00 561.00 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 0.3 521.00 521.00 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 2.3 33.00 - 45.00 35.00 TRIPAS 1.3 103.00 - 109.75 105.88 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 2.1 116.00 - 126.00 118.86 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 4.0 82.00 - 85.00 83.25 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.3 496.00 496.00 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