NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, May 07, 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 5/7/2021 was estimated at 13.93 per cwt live, up 0.39 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.56 22.50 - 2.05 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 51.00 - 1.88 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 636.50 - 2.04 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 230.75 -10.50 0.99 Head meat 0.14 185.00 10.25 0.26 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 643.25 - 1.29 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 115.00 1.00 0.53 Lips, unscalded 0.13 182.75 -4.00 0.24 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 50.00 8.50 0.45 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 131.00 18.50 1.39 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 290.50 93.00 0.41 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 372.00 - 1.99 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 950.00 - 0.35 Totals: 24.47 13.93 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 29.64 (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 5/7/2021 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 5.0 220.00 - 253.00 230.80 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp 0.8 88.11 88.11 FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp 1.9 107.76 - 113.11 110.08 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 4.8 103.00 - 128.00 114.90 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 1.0 185.00 185.00 KIDNEYS Export 4.0 38.00 - 40.00 39.00 LIPS, unscalded 1.5 182.00 - 184.00 182.67 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 1.3 46.00 46.00 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 20.0 38.00 - 68.00 50.15 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box SALIVARY GLANDS 1.0 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 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 31.00 31.00 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 1.8 128.00 - 133.00 131.06 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 4.0 110.00 - 112.00 111.00 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.5 288.00 - 294.00 290.40 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