NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Jan 15, 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 1/15/2021 was estimated at 10.70 per cwt live, up 0.07 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.82 13.00 - 1.18 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 39.25 2.00 1.44 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 506.25 16.25 1.62 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 177.50 6.25 0.76 Head meat 0.14 151.75 -6.25 0.21 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 570.00 -11.00 1.14 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 100.00 4.00 0.46 Lips, unscalded 0.13 142.25 13.50 0.18 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 28.75 -1.00 0.26 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 87.25 -8.75 0.92 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 151.50 - 0.21 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 358.50 8.00 1.92 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 925.00 -4.50 0.34 Totals: 24.73 10.70 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 22.77 (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 1/15/2021 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 3.3 162.00 - 216.00 177.52 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 4.0 95.00 - 113.00 100.00 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 1.6 151.00 - 153.00 151.69 KIDNEYS Export 3.0 21.00 - 22.00 21.67 LIPS, unscalded 5.0 113.00 - 166.00 142.20 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 5.3 23.26 - 35.00 29.24 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 2.2 26.00 - 33.26 29.74 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 20.5 27.26 - 34.00 28.68 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 0.6 546.00 - 587.00 569.99 SALIVARY GLANDS 0.7 34.00 34.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.7 510.99 510.99 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 0.2 490.00 490.00 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 1.0 27.00 27.00 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 20.1 74.00 - 112.00 87.29 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 8.0 70.00 - 72.50 71.19 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached 2.0 170.00 170.00 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