NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Apr 01, 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 4/1/2022 was estimated at 12.97 per cwt live, down -0.01 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.67 11.50 -0.50 1.05 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 69.75 - 2.57 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 545.00 4.00 1.74 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 219.50 -14.75 0.94 Head meat 0.14 221.00 3.50 0.31 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 342.25 2.25 0.68 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 105.25 - 0.48 Lips, unscalded 0.13 120.50 -2.00 0.16 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 50.50 4.25 0.45 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 130.25 11.50 1.38 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 332.50 -163.50 0.47 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 420.00 35.50 2.25 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.731180.00 -120.00 0.43 Totals: 24.58 12.97 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 27.60 (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 4/1/2022 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 5.2 190.00 - 268.00 219.54 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp 0.6 126.00 - 135.00 130.67 FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 3.6 98.00 - 132.00 105.33 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 2.0 221.00 221.00 KIDNEYS Export 4.4 35.00 - 64.00 46.50 LIPS, unscalded 2.0 120.00 - 121.00 120.50 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 6.7 41.00 - 65.00 61.00 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 13.1 40.00 - 60.00 45.23 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 2.8 322.00 - 361.00 342.18 SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.3 545.00 545.00 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 1.0 35.00 35.00 TRIPAS 0.6 96.00 - 104.00 99.33 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 1.9 126.00 - 142.00 130.32 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 9.0 85.00 - 91.00 89.00 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.7 240.00 - 456.00 332.57 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