NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Nov 19, 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 11/19/2021 was estimated at 14.72 per cwt live, down -0.14 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.64 14.50 0.75 1.32 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 67.75 - 2.49 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 858.25 25.00 2.75 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 290.25 19.00 1.25 Head meat 0.14 220.00 -2.25 0.31 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 693.75 - 1.39 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 103.00 -14.75 0.47 Lips, unscalded 0.13 193.25 -13.75 0.25 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 53.50 4.50 0.48 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 156.00 2.75 1.65 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 566.00 44.25 0.79 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 235.00 -73.00 1.26 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 690.00 -60.00 0.25 Totals: 24.55 14.72 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 31.32 (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 11/19/2021 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 3.1 267.00 - 313.00 290.35 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 3.8 94.00 - 134.00 103.08 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 1.0 220.00 220.00 KIDNEYS Export 3.3 25.00 - 44.00 32.18 LIPS, unscalded 2.2 186.00 - 235.00 193.18 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 2.2 72.00 72.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 6.7 53.00 53.00 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 13.0 46.00 - 60.00 50.52 MELTS, 0.3 51.00 51.00 OXTAILS, Regular, small box SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.8 842.00 - 846.00 844.50 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.5 885.00 885.00 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 0.6 847.00 - 870.00 854.67 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 2.3 30.00 - 51.00 32.74 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 1.0 151.00 - 162.00 156.10 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 3.0 122.00 122.00 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.3 566.00 566.00 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