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Des Moines, IA     Fri, May 16, 2008     USDA Market News

USDA BY-PRODUCT DROP VALUE (STEER)
The hide and offal value from a typical slaughter steer(1)
for today was estimated at 10.67 per cwt live, down
-0.01 when compared to Thursday's value.
FOB CENTRAL U.S.
TODAY'S CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (STEER)
                          Lbs     Price   Change    Value
                                          Prv/Dy
Steer hide, butt brand/Pc    5.02   66.50    -       5.22
Tallow, edible               1.20   39.75    -       0.48
Tallow, packer bleachable    4.50   38.50    0.25    1.73
Tongues,Swiss #1 0-3%, exp   0.24  173.00    -       0.42
Cheek meat, trmd             0.32   97.00    -       0.31
Head meat                    0.13   92.00    -       0.12
Oxtail, selected             0.24  175.00    -       0.42
Hearts, reg, bone out        0.38   54.00    2.00    0.21
Lips, unscalded              0.13  150.00   -7.00    0.20
Livers, slcted, export       0.96   45.00    -       0.43
Tripe, scalded edible        0.65   47.50   -0.50    0.31
Tripe, honeycomb bleached    0.15   97.00    -       0.15
Lungs, inedible              0.47    3.25    -       0.02
Melts                        0.14    3.00    -       0.00
Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton    3.70  273.50  -16.50    0.51
Blood meal, 85% blk/ton      0.60  450.00    -       0.14
                Totals:     18.83                   10.67
           Dressed equivalent basis (63% dress):    16.94
(1) Typical slaughter steer weighs 1,275 pounds.

The average value of hide and offal for the five days ending
Fri, May 16, 2008   was estimated at 10.65 per cwt.,
 up 0.01 from last week and  up 0.37 from last year.
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The hide and offal value from typical fed cattle
(steers and heifers 1,240) for today was
estimated at 10.77 per cwt live, down
-0.01 when compared to Thursday's value.




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