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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------ 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