USDA By-Product Drop Value Report-Cow
NW_LS444
Des Moines, IA     Fri, May 07, 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 5/7/2021 was estimated at 13.93 per cwt live, up
0.39 from last week.
CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW)
                                     Lbs   Price   Change  Value
                                                   Prv/Wk
Cow hide, branded per piece(2)        4.56  22.50    -      2.05
Tallow, renderer blchable             3.68  51.00    -      1.88
Tongues, Swiss cut, IW                0.32 636.50    -      2.04
Cheek meat, trmd                      0.43 230.75  -10.50   0.99
Head meat                             0.14 185.00   10.25   0.26
Oxtail, reg, small box                0.20 643.25    -      1.29
Hearts, reg, bone out                 0.46 115.00    1.00   0.53
Lips, unscalded                       0.13 182.75   -4.00   0.24
Livers, reg, gall off (3)             0.90  50.00    8.50   0.45
Tripe, scalded edible, blchd          1.06 131.00   18.50   1.39
Tripe, honeycomb bleached             0.14 290.50   93.00   0.41
Lungs, inedible                       0.86   5.63    -      0.05
Melts                                 0.15   6.75    -      0.01
Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton            10.71 372.00    -      1.99
Blood meal, 85% blk/ton               0.73 950.00    -      0.35
                Totals:              24.47                 13.93
        Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress):              29.64
(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 5/7/2021                           Dollars/hundredweight
Frozen  CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis       Lds        Price Range         Wtavg
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CHEEK MEAT,                Trimmed     5.0  220.00   -    253.00  230.80
FEET,     unbleached, skin-on, exp     0.8                 88.11   88.11
FEET,       bleached, skin-on, exp     1.9  107.76   -    113.11  110.08
HEARTS,          Regular, bone-out     4.8  103.00   -    128.00  114.90
HEARTS,     Regular, bone-out, exp
HEARTS,        Canadian-style, exp
HEAD MEAT,                             1.0                185.00  185.00
KIDNEYS                    Export      4.0   38.00   -     40.00   39.00
LIPS,                    unscalded     1.5  182.00   -    184.00  182.67
LIVERS,          Regular,bulk-pack
LIVERS,   Regular,bulk-pack export
LIVERS,             Regular, 2/box     1.3                 46.00   46.00
LIVERS,     Regular, 2/box, export    20.0   38.00   -     68.00   50.15
MELTS,
OXTAILS,        Regular, small box
SALIVARY GLANDS                        1.0                 28.00   28.00
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
TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW
TONGUE Trimmings                       1.0                 31.00   31.00
TRIPAS
TRIPE,   bleached, scalded, edible     1.8  128.00   -    133.00  131.06
TRIPE,     blchd, scld/w honeycomb
TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp     4.0  110.00   -    112.00  111.00
TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible
TRIPE,          honeycomb bleached     0.5  288.00   -    294.00  290.40
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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