NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Nov 26, 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 11/26/2021 was estimated at 15.08 per cwt live, up 0.36 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.66 14.50 - 1.32 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 67.75 - 2.49 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 859.00 0.75 2.75 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 302.75 12.50 1.30 Head meat 0.14 215.00 -5.00 0.30 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 703.00 9.25 1.41 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 98.75 -4.25 0.45 Lips, unscalded 0.13 206.00 12.75 0.27 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 51.25 -2.25 0.46 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 154.50 -1.50 1.64 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 566.00 - 0.79 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 293.50 58.50 1.57 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 750.00 60.00 0.27 Totals: 24.57 15.08 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 32.09 (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 11/26/2021 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 2.8 279.00 - 389.00 302.75 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 3.4 96.00 - 115.00 98.82 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 1.5 215.00 215.00 KIDNEYS Export 3.5 30.00 - 44.00 33.14 LIPS, unscalded 1.8 187.00 - 236.00 206.11 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 0.5 71.00 71.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 0.4 52.00 - 59.00 55.50 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 5.0 48.00 - 50.00 49.00 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 0.3 703.00 703.00 SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.6 852.00 852.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.2 886.00 886.00 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 0.4 856.00 856.00 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 1.0 32.00 32.00 TRIPAS 0.4 162.00 - 166.00 164.00 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 1.2 151.00 - 159.00 154.50 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 3.0 123.00 - 124.00 123.67 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 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