NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Apr 16, 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 4/16/2021 was estimated at 13.17 per cwt live, up 0.49 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.63 23.50 - 2.14 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 50.25 - 1.85 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 596.00 70.25 1.91 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 200.50 9.75 0.86 Head meat 0.14 173.75 2.75 0.24 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 607.25 40.00 1.21 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 107.50 6.00 0.49 Lips, unscalded 0.13 188.25 24.00 0.24 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 42.00 0.25 0.38 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 103.50 12.50 1.10 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 197.50 17.50 0.28 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 379.00 -12.50 2.03 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.731050.00 -25.00 0.38 Totals: 24.54 13.17 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 28.02 (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 4/16/2021 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 4.3 185.00 - 230.00 200.50 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 5.0 96.00 - 126.00 107.40 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 4.8 172.00 - 175.00 173.67 KIDNEYS Export 7.5 36.00 - 47.00 42.07 LIPS, unscalded 4.4 170.00 - 205.00 188.18 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 0.5 54.00 54.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 4.0 40.00 - 47.00 43.00 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 13.0 38.00 - 49.50 41.15 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 1.2 559.00 - 644.00 607.25 SALIVARY GLANDS 4.0 32.00 32.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.3 596.00 596.00 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 3.2 32.00 - 48.00 33.00 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 15.0 91.00 - 115.00 103.60 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 7.0 110.00 - 115.00 113.43 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 2.0 137.00 137.00 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 1.6 183.00 - 221.00 197.56 TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached 3.0 207.00 207.00 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