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