NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, May 21, 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 5/21/2021 was estimated at 13.95 per cwt live, up 0.20 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.51 20.50 - 1.86 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 53.25 1.00 1.96 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 680.00 - 2.18 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 238.50 1.00 1.03 Head meat 0.14 191.75 9.50 0.27 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 674.00 4.50 1.35 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 104.50 -3.75 0.48 Lips, unscalded 0.13 191.75 -11.00 0.25 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 45.00 3.00 0.41 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 129.75 14.25 1.38 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 290.50 - 0.41 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 364.00 -10.00 1.95 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 975.00 43.00 0.36 Totals: 24.42 13.95 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 29.68 (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 5/21/2021 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 2.1 236.00 - 241.00 238.62 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 3.5 98.00 - 119.00 104.46 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 6.0 187.00 - 197.26 191.71 KIDNEYS Export 2.0 38.00 38.00 LIPS, unscalded 0.9 186.00 - 199.00 191.78 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 0.5 66.00 66.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 14.0 39.00 - 56.00 44.21 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 2.1 661.99 - 676.26 674.10 SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.2 680.00 680.00 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 36.00 36.00 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 0.5 126.00 - 132.26 129.76 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 2.0 115.00 115.00 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 3.0 208.00 - 215.00 212.67 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 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