NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Aug 07, 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 8/7/2020 was estimated at 7.36 per cwt live, up 0.11 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.45 1.75 - 0.16 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 23.50 - 0.86 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 408.50 29.50 1.31 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 179.75 2.75 0.77 Head meat 0.14 182.00 9.00 0.25 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 393.75 -12.75 0.79 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 100.25 -11.25 0.46 Lips, unscalded 0.13 86.75 7.00 0.11 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 21.00 -3.75 0.19 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 95.75 1.00 1.01 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 115.00 - 0.16 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 195.50 12.50 1.05 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 500.00 - 0.18 Totals: 24.36 7.36 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 15.66 (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 8/7/2020 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 5.4 174.00 - 185.00 179.65 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 4.0 95.00 - 119.00 100.13 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 1.6 182.00 182.00 KIDNEYS Export 6.1 16.50 - 18.50 17.52 LIPS, unscalded 2.5 82.00 - 93.00 86.80 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 0.6 16.00 - 18.26 16.75 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 14.7 17.50 - 31.00 21.10 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 1.3 361.00 - 422.00 393.85 SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.5 381.00 - 446.00 420.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.5 380.00 - 422.00 396.80 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 1.0 25.50 25.50 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 3.1 85.00 - 115.00 95.77 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 3.0 125.00 - 126.00 125.67 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