LM_XB462 Des Moines, IA Mon, Feb 18, 2019 USDA Market News NATIONAL WEEKLY BOXED BEEF CUTS FOR UNGRADED PRODUCT - Negotiated Sales FOB Plant basis negotiated sales for delivery within 0-21 days including sales since last report, Values reflect U.S. dollars per 100 pounds. CURRENT VOLUME - (one load equals 40,000 pounds) Loads: 52.52 Pounds: 2,100,867 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ungraded Cuts, Fat Limitations 1-6 (IM) = Individual Muscle IMPS/FL Sub-Primal # of Total Price Weighted Trades Pounds Range Average -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 109E 1 Rib, ribeye, lip-on, bn-in 6 901 554.44 572.44 563.83 112A 3 Rib, ribeye, bnls, light 28 68,004 470.00 630.00 494.88 112A 3 Rib, ribeye, bnls, heavy 78 94,503 520.00 656.50 578.19 113C 1 Chuck, semi-bnls, neck/off 114 1 Chuck, shoulder clod 33 127,747 200.00 216.63 204.97 114A 3 Chuck, shoulder clod, trmd 114D 3 Chuck, clod, top blade 0 0 114E 3 Chuck, clod, arm roast 0 0 114F 5 Chuck, clod tender (IM) 5 2,460 435.00 451.60 440.15 116A 3 Chuck, roll, lxl, neck/off 99 230,530 255.00 297.00 269.87 116B 1 Chuck, chuck tender (IM) 22 49,407 232.00 247.30 236.32 3 Chuck roll, retail ready 0 0 120 1 Brisket, deckle-off, bnls 51 134,898 252.00 278.00 258.61 120A 3 Brisket, point/off, bnls 0 0 123A 3 Short Plate, short rib 30 66,998 433.00 530.00 483.79 130 4 Chuck, short rib 14 32,460 290.00 315.74 293.63 160 1 Round, bone-in 0 0 161 1 Round, boneless 0 0 167A 4 Round, knuckle, peeled 37 122,134 238.60 260.82 248.09 168 1 Round, top inside round 28 65,762 211.25 227.65 214.40 168 3 Round, top inside round 64 449,898 210.00 232.30 221.93 169 5 Round, top inside, denuded 3 Round, top inside, side off 0 0 170 1 Round, bottom gooseneck 35 135,736 185.51 207.00 197.93 171B 3 Round, outside round 18 57,865 216.59 236.37 222.15 171C 3 Round, eye of round (IM) 174 3 Loin, short loin, 0x1 5 5,895 399.75 449.86 406.54 175 3 Loin, strip loin, 1x1 0 0 1 Loin, strip loin bnls. 1x1 7 8,259 337.00 346.00 340.14 180 3 Loin, strip, bnls, 0x1 43 50,566 307.00 380.10 333.37 184 1 Loin, top butt, bnls, heavy 37 51,871 255.00 356.08 280.58 184 3 Loin, top butt, boneless 8 6,381 322.50 360.51 331.73 185A 4 Loin, bottom sirloin, flap 42 53,808 479.30 540.10 488.40 185B 1 Loin, ball-tip, bnls, heavy 32 48,769 229.00 257.30 234.70 185C 1 Loin, sirloin, tri-tip (IM) 17 17,864 238.90 290.75 255.89 185D 4 Loin, tri-tip, pld (IM) 0 0 189A 4 Loin, tndrloin, trmd, heavy 46 68,878 832.00 1035.00 879.00 191A 4 Loin, butt tender, trimmed 0 0 193 4 Flank, flank steak (IM) 18 19,976 460.00 498.30 477.33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FAT LIMITATIONS (FL) DESCRIPTION Maximum Average Fat Thickness Maximum Fat at any point 1. 3/4" (19mm) 1.0" 2. 1/4" (6mm) 1/2" 3. 1/8" (3mm) 1/4" 4. Practically free (75% surface lean exposed) 1/8" 5. Peeled/Denuded 1/8" 6. Peeled/Denuded, surface membrane removed 1/8" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Items that have no entries indicate there were trades but not reportable because they did not meet the weekly 3/70/20 guideline. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News Division, Des Moines, IA 515-284-4460 email: desm.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov 24 Hour recorded market information 515-284-4830 www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/livestock-poultry-grain 1000C .