NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Nov 27, 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 11/27/2020 was estimated at 9.62 per cwt live, down 0.09 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.73 9.00 - 0.82 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 30.25 - 1.11 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 465.75 -27.25 1.49 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 182.00 -1.00 0.78 Head meat 0.14 149.00 -2.00 0.21 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 600.00 6.00 1.20 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 96.75 2.00 0.45 Lips, unscalded 0.13 112.00 -7.75 0.15 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 26.75 -4.50 0.24 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 84.75 -14.00 0.90 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 165.00 7.00 0.23 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 314.00 34.00 1.68 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 810.00 -2.50 0.30 Totals: 24.64 9.62 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 20.47 (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 11/27/2020 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 3.1 165.00 - 203.00 181.90 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 6.7 92.72 - 102.00 96.76 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 3.7 149.00 149.00 KIDNEYS Export 2.0 18.50 - 19.00 18.75 LIPS, unscalded 1.0 112.00 112.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 0.6 20.00 20.00 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 11.5 25.00 - 32.00 27.13 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 0.3 600.00 600.00 SALIVARY GLANDS 0.8 34.00 34.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.5 466.00 - 521.00 488.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 1.1 450.00 - 495.00 482.73 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 0.9 400.00 - 475.00 432.89 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 0.5 26.00 26.00 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 10.4 83.00 - 98.00 84.87 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb 0.3 122.00 122.00 TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 18.0 83.00 - 110.00 89.28 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.4 158.00 - 172.00 165.00 TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached 1.0 170.00 170.00 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