USDA By-Product Drop Value Report-Cow
- Fri Aug 07, 8:12PM UTC
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 7.60 per cwt live, up
0.35 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                      0.43 180.75    3.75   0.78
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                 0.46 103.00   -8.50   0.47
Lips, unscalded                       0.13  93.00   13.25   0.12
Livers, reg, gall off (3)             0.90  26.75    2.00   0.24
Tripe, scalded edible, blchd          1.06 110.75   16.00   1.17
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                  7.60
        Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress):              16.17
(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
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CHEEK MEAT,                Trimmed     4.4  174.00   -    185.00  180.70
FEET,     unbleached, skin-on, exp
FEET,       bleached, skin-on, exp
HEARTS,          Regular, bone-out     1.5   95.00   -    119.00  103.00
HEARTS,     Regular, bone-out, exp
HEARTS,        Canadian-style, exp
HEAD MEAT,                             1.6                182.00  182.00
KIDNEYS                    Export      4.1   16.50   -     18.50   17.77
LIPS,                    unscalded     1.0                 93.00   93.00
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     4.7   26.00   -     31.00   28.13
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
TRIPAS
TRIPE,   bleached, scalded, edible     1.1   96.00   -    115.00  110.82
TRIPE,     blchd, scld/w honeycomb
TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp
TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible
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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