USDA By-Product Drop Value Report-Cow
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 7.36 per cwt live, up
0.11 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                      0.43 179.75    2.75   0.77
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                 0.46 100.25  -11.25   0.46
Lips, unscalded                       0.13  86.75    7.00   0.11
Livers, reg, gall off (3)             0.90  21.00   -3.75   0.19
Tripe, scalded edible, blchd          1.06  95.75    1.00   1.01
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                  7.36
        Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress):              15.66
(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     5.4  174.00   -    185.00  179.65
FEET,     unbleached, skin-on, exp
FEET,       bleached, skin-on, exp
HEARTS,          Regular, bone-out     4.0   95.00   -    119.00  100.13
HEARTS,     Regular, bone-out, exp
HEARTS,        Canadian-style, exp
HEAD MEAT,                             1.6                182.00  182.00
KIDNEYS                    Export      6.1   16.50   -     18.50   17.52
LIPS,                    unscalded     2.5   82.00   -     93.00   86.80
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    14.7   17.50   -     31.00   21.10
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                       1.0                 25.50   25.50
TRIPAS
TRIPE,   bleached, scalded, edible     3.1   85.00   -    115.00   95.77
TRIPE,     blchd, scld/w honeycomb
TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp
TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible     3.0  125.00   -    126.00  125.67
TRIPE,          honeycomb bleached
TRIPE,        honeycomb unbleached
TRIPE,           omasum unbleached
WEASAND MEAT
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Source:  USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA
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