USDA By-Product Drop Value Report-Cow
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
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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
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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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