NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Nov 20, 2020 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 11/20/2020 was estimated at 9.71 per cwt live, up 0.16 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.71 9.00 0.50 0.82 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 30.25 - 1.11 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 493.00 38.00 1.58 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 183.00 -6.00 0.79 Head meat 0.14 151.00 2.00 0.21 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 594.00 67.75 1.19 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 94.75 -2.25 0.44 Lips, unscalded 0.13 119.75 3.75 0.16 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 31.25 3.25 0.28 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 98.75 2.25 1.05 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 158.00 - 0.22 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 280.00 -38.00 1.50 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 812.50 12.50 0.30 Totals: 24.62 9.71 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 20.66 (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 11/20/2020 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 3.0 172.00 - 202.00 183.00 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 7.5 90.00 - 100.00 94.72 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 7.3 146.00 - 153.00 151.08 KIDNEYS Export 5.0 18.00 - 22.00 20.20 LIPS, unscalded 1.9 110.00 - 176.00 119.79 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 2.0 34.00 34.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 6.1 38.50 - 41.00 38.91 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 13.0 25.00 - 32.00 27.23 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 1.9 576.00 - 620.00 594.05 SALIVARY GLANDS 1.1 28.00 28.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.6 493.00 493.00 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 1.0 26.00 26.00 TRIPAS 0.3 113.00 113.00 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 5.0 93.00 - 104.00 98.78 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 3.0 94.00 94.00 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 2.0 132.00 132.00 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached 2.7 315.00 315.00 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