NW_LS446  **Correction on cheek meat and drop values**
Des Moines, IA     Fri, Jan 03, 2020     USDA Market News

WEEKLY USDA BY-PRODUCT DROP VALUE (HOG)
The offal value from a typical slaughter hog (1) for the
week ended 1/3/2020 was estimated at *3.62* per cwt live, up
*0.01* when compared to last week.
FOB CENTRAL U.S.
CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (HOG) -
                             Lbs     Price   Change   Value
                                             Prv/Wk
Cheek meat, trimmed           0.28  *81.25* *-5.75*   *0.23*
Chitterlings                  1.26   42.00     -       0.53
Ears, edible export           0.19  150.00     -       0.29
Tongues, grn, bnls, sml bx    0.18   64.00     -       0.12
Hearts, slashed, domestic     0.28   53.00     -       0.15
Kidneys, inedible             0.25   11.75     -       0.03
Livers, inedible              1.25   17.00     -       0.21
Melts, inedible               0.17    5.50     -       0.01
Salivary Glands               0.26   50.00     -       0.13
Snouts, mask on               0.28   57.00     -       0.16
Stomachs, scld, small box     0.43   80.00     -       0.34
Lungs, inedible               0.95    4.63     -       0.04
Choice white grease           0.50   25.00     0.50    0.13
Pork meat & bone meal         1.57  186.75   -13.25    0.15
Pork blood meal               0.58  747.50    57.50    0.22
Lard                          1.72   28.25     -       0.48
Blood plasma                  2.01   20.00     -       0.40
                Totals:      12.16                    *3.62*
           Dressed equivalent basis (74% dress):      *4.89*
(1) Typical slaughter hog weighs 280 pounds.

Source:  USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA
         Veronica M. Alvarado  515-284-4460  Desm.LPGMN@ams.usda.gov
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