NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, May 27, 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 5/27/2022 was estimated at 13.16 per cwt live, up 0.06 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.49 8.50 - 0.77 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 78.25 - 2.88 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 559.00 124.75 1.79 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 229.75 -13.75 0.99 Head meat 0.14 226.00 -0.75 0.32 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 317.25 -6.50 0.63 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 111.75 8.25 0.51 Lips, unscalded 0.13 134.00 7.00 0.17 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 48.25 3.25 0.43 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 132.25 -33.75 1.40 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 381.00 - 0.53 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 407.00 2.00 2.18 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.731375.00 125.00 0.50 Totals: 24.40 13.16 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 28.00 (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 5/27/2022 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 2.5 222.00 - 235.00 229.80 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 9.6 101.00 - 136.25 111.70 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 3.0 218.00 - 232.00 225.88 KIDNEYS Export LIPS, unscalded 2.7 128.00 - 152.00 133.93 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 4.4 42.00 - 52.50 50.75 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 16.6 40.00 - 60.00 47.43 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 5.9 290.00 - 359.00 317.24 SALIVARY GLANDS 6.2 38.00 - 39.00 38.16 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.4 588.00 588.00 TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.5 536.00 536.00 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 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 2.0 35.00 35.00 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 1.4 98.00 - 167.00 132.21 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 3.0 125.00 - 126.00 125.67 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached 5.0 471.00- 526.25 482.05 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