NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, May 14, 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 5/14/2021 was estimated at 13.75 per cwt live, down -0.18 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.53 20.50 -2.00 1.86 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 52.25 1.25 1.92 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 680.00 43.50 2.18 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 237.50 6.75 1.02 Head meat 0.14 182.25 -2.75 0.26 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 669.50 26.25 1.34 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 108.25 -6.75 0.50 Lips, unscalded 0.13 202.75 20.00 0.26 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 42.00 -8.00 0.38 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 115.50 -15.50 1.22 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 10.71 374.00 2.00 2.00 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 932.00 -18.00 0.34 Totals: 24.44 13.75 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 29.26 (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 5/14/2021 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 2.0 225.00 - 250.00 237.50 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 4.5 101.00 - 126.00 108.13 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 3.6 175.00 - 201.00 182.22 KIDNEYS Export 2.0 37.00 - 38.00 37.50 LIPS, unscalded 1.8 185.00 - 216.00 202.71 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 8.1 41.00 41.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 3.8 46.00 46.00 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 12.0 38.00 - 43.00 41.42 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 0.7 662.00 - 675.00 669.43 SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 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 0.4 680.00 680.00 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 3.0 31.00 - 49.00 37.00 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 6.1 110.00 - 136.00 115.48 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 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