NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Feb 15, 2019 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 2/15/2019 was estimated at 7.90 per cwt live, up 0.04 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.81 10.50 - 0.95 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 24.25 - 0.89 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 331.00 -5.75 1.06 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 151.75 0.75 0.65 Head meat 0.14 134.00 11.00 0.19 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 322.00 - 0.64 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 59.50 6.50 0.27 Lips, unscalded 0.13 103.50 0.50 0.13 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 20.00 -0.75 0.18 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 110.25 -2.75 1.17 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 185.00 - 0.26 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 234.50 8.50 1.26 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 525.00 - 0.19 Totals: 24.72 7.90 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 16.81 (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 2/15/2019 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 1.5 147.00 - 154.00 151.67 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 3.4 56.00 - 63.00 59.53 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 1.8 133.00 - 135.00 134.11 KIDNEYS Export 3.0 17.00 - 17.50 17.33 LIPS, unscalded 1.3 103.00 - 105.00 103.46 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 11.1 17.00 - 31.00 20.05 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box SALIVARY GLANDS 1.1 28.00 28.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.7 314.00 - 350.00 329.43 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 1.8 313.00 - 365.00 331.11 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 0.2 336.00 336.00 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 2.4 24.00 - 38.00 26.33 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 3.0 110.00 - 111.00 110.33 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 3.3 113.00 - 128.00 122.09 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