NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Mar 27, 2020 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 3/27/2020 was estimated at 7.42 per cwt live, down -0.09 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.70 2.00 -1.00 0.18 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 26.25 - 0.97 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 428.50 0.75 1.37 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 165.75 -12.25 0.71 Head meat 0.14 152.00 10.50 0.21 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 332.25 -10.75 0.66 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 70.75 2.75 0.33 Lips, unscalded 0.13 96.00 9.00 0.12 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 18.50 -2.25 0.17 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 80.25 -3.00 0.85 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 127.00 - 0.18 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 237.00 19.00 1.27 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 925.00 - 0.34 Totals: 24.61 7.42 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 15.79 (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 3/27/2020 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 1.9 159.00 - 173.00 165.63 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 4.9 68.00 - 75.00 70.71 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 3.5 147.00 - 154.00 152.00 KIDNEYS Export 3.0 18.00 18.00 LIPS, unscalded 1.2 96.00 96.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 11.0 17.00 - 31.00 18.55 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 1.6 320.00 - 357.00 332.13 SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.3 427.00 427.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.3 430.00 430.00 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 2.7 23.00 - 38.00 26.89 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 5.5 75.00 - 95.00 80.18 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 2.0 109.00 109.00 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached 2.2 283.00- 343.00 315.73 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