NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Oct 13, 2017 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 10/13/2017 was estimated at 9.58 per cwt live, down -0.05 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.58 28.00 - 2.55 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 28.25 - 1.04 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 334.25 27.00 1.07 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 172.25 -14.50 0.74 Head meat 0.14 138.00 - 0.19 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 310.75 12.50 0.62 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 79.75 1.50 0.37 Lips, unscalded 0.13 167.75 -2.25 0.22 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 22.50 0.50 0.20 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 82.00 - 0.87 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 245.00 5.00 0.34 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 203.50 -14.50 1.09 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 600.00 -71.50 0.22 Totals: 24.49 9.58 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 20.38 (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 10/13/2017 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 2.3 166.00 - 179.00 172.26 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp 2.0 55.00 55.00 FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 4.7 72.00 - 95.00 79.74 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, KIDNEYS Export 4.0 16.00 - 17.50 16.88 LIPS, unscalded 3.8 150.00 - 180.00 167.71 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 5.0 27.00 27.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 8.5 18.00 - 26.50 19.85 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 2.2 297.00 - 327.00 310.82 SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.8 332.00 - 335.00 334.25 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 1.3 27.50 - 29.00 27.85 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 6.0 80.00 - 85.00 82.00 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 3.3 122.00 - 126.00 123.58 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.3 245.00 245.00 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