NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Apr 15, 2022 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 4/15/2022 was estimated at 12.87 per cwt live, up 0.02 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.62 11.50 - 1.05 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 72.25 - 2.66 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 490.75 20.75 1.57 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 247.50 4.25 1.06 Head meat 0.14 222.25 -3.50 0.31 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 403.25 61.00 0.81 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 103.25 -5.75 0.47 Lips, unscalded 0.13 142.75 14.75 0.19 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 45.00 -1.25 0.41 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 116.25 -13.25 1.23 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 281.00 -7.00 0.39 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 418.50 2.50 2.24 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.731150.00 -53.50 0.42 Totals: 24.53 12.87 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 27.38 (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 4/15/2022 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 1.8 232.00 - 270.00 247.50 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp 1.5 77.11 - 101.25 93.36 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 8.4 94.00 - 125.00 103.18 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 4.3 210.00 - 227.00 222.23 KIDNEYS Export 5.0 35.00 - 40.00 37.16 LIPS, unscalded 3.0 129.00 - 170.00 142.67 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 5.4 48.00 48.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 10.7 42.00 - 47.00 42.33 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 17.0 40.00 - 60.00 45.59 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 1.2 386.00 - 450.00 403.25 SALIVARY GLANDS 3.0 39.00 39.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.9 446.00 - 563.00 506.67 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.2 555.00 555.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 black Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 mixed,Swiss cut,IW 0.3 450.00 450.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #2 mixed Swiss cut,IW 0.3 441.00 441.00 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 1.0 35.00 35.00 TRIPAS 1.2 92.25 - 96.25 92.92 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 18.0 111.00 - 136.00 116.31 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 3.0 88.00 88.00 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.3 281.00 281.00 TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached WEASAND MEAT ------ Source: USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA Benjamin Feldman 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 BJF