USDA By-Product Drop Value Report-Cow
NW_LS444
Des Moines, IA     Fri, Aug 14, 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 8/14/2020 was estimated at 7.27 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)        4.46   1.75    -      0.16
Tallow, renderer blchable             3.68  23.50    -      0.86
Tongues, Swiss cut, IW                0.32 406.00   -2.50   1.30
Cheek meat, trmd                      0.43 178.50   -1.25   0.77
Head meat                             0.14 170.00  -12.00   0.24
Oxtail, reg, small box                0.20 359.00  -34.75   0.72
Hearts, reg, bone out                 0.46 105.50    5.25   0.49
Lips, unscalded                       0.13  84.00   -2.75   0.11
Livers, reg, gall off (3)             0.90  20.00   -1.00   0.18
Tripe, scalded edible, blchd          1.06  87.50   -8.25   0.93
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            10.71 208.00   12.50   1.11
Blood meal, 85% blk/ton               0.73 500.00    -      0.18
                Totals:              24.37                  7.27
        Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress):              15.47
(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 8/14/2020                          Dollars/hundredweight
Frozen  CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis       Lds        Price Range         Wtavg
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CHEEK MEAT,                Trimmed     2.0  174.00   -    183.00  178.50
FEET,     unbleached, skin-on, exp
FEET,       bleached, skin-on, exp
HEARTS,          Regular, bone-out     3.5  100.00   -    118.00  105.43
HEARTS,     Regular, bone-out, exp
HEARTS,        Canadian-style, exp
HEAD MEAT,                             2.5  164.00   -    174.00  170.00
KIDNEYS                    Export      2.0   17.00   -     18.00   17.50
LIPS,                    unscalded     1.0                 84.00   84.00
LIVERS,          Regular,bulk-pack
LIVERS,   Regular,bulk-pack export
LIVERS,             Regular, 2/box
LIVERS,     Regular, 2/box, export    11.0   17.00   -     31.00   19.91
MELTS,
OXTAILS,        Regular, small box     0.5                359.00  359.00
SALIVARY GLANDS                        1.0                 29.00   29.00
SWEETBREADS,                export
TONGUES,     #1 white Swiss cut,IW
TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW
TONGUES,     #1 black Swiss cut,IW     0.2                406.00  406.00
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                       1.8   24.00   -     38.00   26.33
TRIPAS
TRIPE,   bleached, scalded, edible     2.0   87.00   -     88.00   87.50
TRIPE,     blchd, scld/w honeycomb
TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp
TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible     2.0  108.00   -    147.00  127.50
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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