NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Jan 11, 2019 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 1/11/2019 was estimated at 7.81 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) 4.82 10.50 1.00 0.95 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 24.25 - 0.89 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 337.50 6.00 1.08 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 141.25 -1.50 0.61 Head meat 0.14 137.00 0.50 0.19 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 290.75 -5.25 0.58 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 48.25 0.50 0.22 Lips, unscalded 0.13 99.50 -2.25 0.13 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 21.00 0.50 0.19 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 110.00 -1.50 1.17 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 238.75 - 0.33 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 227.00 5.00 1.22 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 525.00 - 0.19 Totals: 24.73 7.81 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 16.62 (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 1/11/2019 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 3.1 132.00 - 155.00 141.13 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 7.0 44.00 - 58.00 48.34 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 0.8 137.00 137.00 KIDNEYS Export 5.1 17.00 - 22.00 18.47 LIPS, unscalded 4.2 92.00 - 115.00 99.43 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 12.1 18.00 - 31.00 20.92 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 2.7 287.00 - 293.00 290.78 SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.2 328.00 328.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.9 320.00 - 350.00 340.00 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 0.2 335.00 335.00 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 2.3 24.00 - 38.00 25.83 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 3.0 110.00 110.00 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 3.0 126.00 - 135.00 129.00 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