NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, May 22, 2020 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 5/22/2020 was estimated at 8.26 per cwt live, down -0.03 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.51 1.00 - 0.09 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 32.25 - 1.19 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 429.25 -10.75 1.37 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 170.00 -0.50 0.73 Head meat 0.14 175.00 17.00 0.25 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 362.00 72.00 0.72 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 136.50 10.25 0.63 Lips, unscalded 0.13 68.00 4.00 0.09 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 18.50 -1.75 0.17 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 82.00 -27.00 0.87 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 120.00 -7.00 0.17 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 290.00 16.50 1.55 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.731000.00 - 0.37 Totals: 24.42 8.26 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 17.57 (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 5/22/2020 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 1.0 170.00 170.00 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 2.8 127.00 - 160.00 136.43 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 4.6 175.00 175.00 KIDNEYS Export 9.4 17.00 - 23.50 20.93 LIPS, unscalded 1.0 68.00 68.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 11.1 17.00 - 23.00 18.54 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 0.8 362.00 362.00 SALIVARY GLANDS 1.1 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 1.5 440.00 440.00 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 1.4 415.00 - 420.00 417.50 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 1.0 24.00 24.00 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 3.0 80.00 - 84.00 82.00 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 2.0 133.00 133.00 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 1.0 120.00 120.00 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