USDA By-Product Drop Value Report-Cow
NW_LS444
Des Moines, IA     Fri, Jan 15, 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 1/15/2021 was estimated at 10.70 per cwt live, up
0.07 from last week.
CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW)
                                     Lbs   Price   Change  Value
                                                   Prv/Wk
Cow hide, branded per piece(2)        4.82  13.00    -      1.18
Tallow, renderer blchable             3.68  39.25    2.00   1.44
Tongues, Swiss cut, IW                0.32 506.25   16.25   1.62
Cheek meat, trmd                      0.43 177.50    6.25   0.76
Head meat                             0.14 151.75   -6.25   0.21
Oxtail, reg, small box                0.20 570.00  -11.00   1.14
Hearts, reg, bone out                 0.46 100.00    4.00   0.46
Lips, unscalded                       0.13 142.25   13.50   0.18
Livers, reg, gall off (3)             0.90  28.75   -1.00   0.26
Tripe, scalded edible, blchd          1.06  87.25   -8.75   0.92
Tripe, honeycomb bleached             0.14 151.50    -      0.21
Lungs, inedible                       0.86   5.63    -      0.05
Melts                                 0.15   6.75    -      0.01
Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton            10.71 358.50    8.00   1.92
Blood meal, 85% blk/ton               0.73 925.00   -4.50   0.34
                Totals:              24.73                 10.70
        Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress):              22.77
(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 1/15/2021                          Dollars/hundredweight
Frozen  CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis       Lds        Price Range         Wtavg
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CHEEK MEAT,                Trimmed     3.3  162.00   -    216.00  177.52
FEET,     unbleached, skin-on, exp
FEET,       bleached, skin-on, exp
HEARTS,          Regular, bone-out     4.0   95.00   -    113.00  100.00
HEARTS,     Regular, bone-out, exp
HEARTS,        Canadian-style, exp
HEAD MEAT,                             1.6  151.00   -    153.00  151.69
KIDNEYS                    Export      3.0   21.00   -     22.00   21.67
LIPS,                    unscalded     5.0  113.00   -    166.00  142.20
LIVERS,          Regular,bulk-pack     5.3   23.26   -     35.00   29.24
LIVERS,   Regular,bulk-pack export
LIVERS,             Regular, 2/box     2.2   26.00   -     33.26   29.74
LIVERS,     Regular, 2/box, export    20.5   27.26   -     34.00   28.68
MELTS,
OXTAILS,        Regular, small box     0.6  546.00   -    587.00  569.99
SALIVARY GLANDS                        0.7                 34.00   34.00
SWEETBREADS,                export
TONGUES,     #1 white Swiss cut,IW
TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW
TONGUES,     #1 black Swiss cut,IW     0.7                510.99  510.99
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     0.2                490.00  490.00
TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW
TONGUE Trimmings                       1.0                 27.00   27.00
TRIPAS
TRIPE,   bleached, scalded, edible    20.1   74.00   -    112.00   87.29
TRIPE,     blchd, scld/w honeycomb
TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp     8.0   70.00   -     72.50   71.19
TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible
TRIPE,          honeycomb bleached
TRIPE,        honeycomb unbleached
TRIPE,           omasum unbleached     2.0                170.00  170.00
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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