USDA By-Product Drop Value Report-Cow
NW_LS444
Des Moines, IA     Fri, Feb 26, 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 2/26/2021 was estimated at 11.38 per cwt live, down
-0.11 from last week.
CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW)
                                     Lbs   Price   Change  Value
                                                   Prv/Wk
Cow hide, branded per piece(2)        4.78  14.50    1.00   1.32
Tallow, renderer blchable             3.68  43.25    1.50   1.59
Tongues, Swiss cut, IW                0.32 537.25  -29.50   1.72
Cheek meat, trmd                      0.43 194.00    0.25   0.83
Head meat                             0.14 156.00  -12.75   0.22
Oxtail, reg, small box                0.20 547.50   -5.25   1.10
Hearts, reg, bone out                 0.46 113.75   15.50   0.52
Lips, unscalded                       0.13 133.00    1.00   0.17
Livers, reg, gall off (3)             0.90  37.50    2.50   0.34
Tripe, scalded edible, blchd          1.06  83.50   -5.00   0.89
Tripe, honeycomb bleached             0.14 146.00    -      0.20
Lungs, inedible                       0.86   5.63    -      0.05
Melts                                 0.15   6.75    -      0.01
Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton            10.71 376.50  -33.50   2.02
Blood meal, 85% blk/ton               0.731086.50   31.50   0.40
                Totals:              24.69                 11.38
        Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress):              24.21
(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 2/26/2021                          Dollars/hundredweight
Frozen  CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis       Lds        Price Range         Wtavg
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CHEEK MEAT,                Trimmed     1.5  189.00   -    204.00  194.00
FEET,     unbleached, skin-on, exp
FEET,       bleached, skin-on, exp
HEARTS,          Regular, bone-out     5.5   94.00   -    142.00  113.82
HEARTS,     Regular, bone-out, exp
HEARTS,        Canadian-style, exp
HEAD MEAT,                             0.5                156.00  156.00
KIDNEYS                    Export      3.0   24.00   -     25.00   24.67
LIPS,                    unscalded     1.0                133.00  133.00
LIVERS,          Regular,bulk-pack     0.5                 38.00   38.00
LIVERS,   Regular,bulk-pack export
LIVERS,             Regular, 2/box     4.1   27.00   -     39.00   35.54
LIVERS,     Regular, 2/box, export    10.4   36.00   -     45.00   38.17
MELTS,
OXTAILS,        Regular, small box     1.6  532.00   -    597.00  547.56
SALIVARY GLANDS
SWEETBREADS,                export
TONGUES,     #1 white Swiss cut,IW     0.2                622.00  622.00
TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW
TONGUES,     #1 black Swiss cut,IW     0.4                495.00  495.00
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                 31.00   31.00
TRIPAS
TRIPE,   bleached, scalded, edible     2.5   81.00   -     89.00   83.40
TRIPE,     blchd, scld/w honeycomb
TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp     9.0                 80.00   80.00
TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible     1.3                172.00  172.00
TRIPE,          honeycomb bleached
TRIPE,        honeycomb unbleached
TRIPE,           omasum unbleached    10.6  291.00-       315.00  311.83
WEASAND MEAT
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Source:  USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA
         Veronica M. Alvarado  515-284-4460  [email protected]
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