LM_XB452 Des Moines, IA Mon, Feb 06, 2012 USDA Market News NATIONAL WEEKLY BOXED BEEF CUTS FOR BRANDED PRODUCT - Negotiated Sales Branded product in this report is limited to the Upper Two-Thirds of the USDA Choice Grade FOB Plant basis negotiated sales for delivery within 0-21 days including sales since last report, Values reflect U.S. dollars per 100 pounds. CURRENT VOLUME - (one load equals 40,000 pounds) Loads: 129.55 Pounds: 5,181,930 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Branded Cuts, Fat Limitations 1-6 (IM) = Individual Muscle IMPS/FL Sub-Primal # of Total Price Weighted Trades Pounds Range Average -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 109E 1 Rib, ribeye, lip-on, bn-in 97 176,250 505.00 669.00 552.00 112A 3 Rib, ribeye, bnls, light 38 72,315 590.79 706.00 639.72 112A 3 Rib, ribeye, bnls,heavy 108 179,068 534.74 696.00 606.52 113C 1 Chuck, semi-bnls, neck/off 114 1 Chuck, shoulder clod 4 3,201 204.50 214.00 208.81 114A 3 Chuck, shoulder clod, trmd 58 169,097 204.00 228.00 212.41 114D 3 Chuck, clod, top blade 4 4,544 267.00 305.00 296.84 114E 3 Chuck, clod, arm roast 114F 5 Chuck, clod tender 25 16,534 340.00 410.00 380.84 115 1 Chuck, 2-piece, boneless 14 66,468 202.50 245.00 223.98 116A 3 Chuck, roll, lxl, neck/off 125 595,810 218.00 260.50 231.40 116B 1 Chuck, chuck tender 42 103,639 210.00 235.00 217.79 3 Chuck roll, retail ready 120 1 Brisket, deckle-off, bnls 77 258,540 206.50 241.00 212.61 120A 3 Brisket, point/off, bnls 123A 3 Short Plate, short rib 33 59,264 313.00 470.00 383.20 130 4 Chuck, short rib 9 11,823 221.00 254.00 238.93 160 1 Round, bone-in 161 1 Round, boneless 3 Round, bnls/peeled heel-out 15 35,238 223.00 249.00 234.90 167A 4 Round, knuckle, peeled 93 346,132 225.00 245.00 232.85 168 1 Round, top inside round 33 110,900 209.00 227.30 212.67 168 3 Round, top inside round 74 527,818 213.00 245.00 223.23 169 5 Round, top inside, denuded 32 47,771 254.00 279.00 260.77 3 Round, top inside, side off 170 1 Round, bottom gooseneck 171B 3 Round, outside round 89 274,782 208.00 245.00 221.81 171C 3 Round, eye of round 82 176,475 223.50 283.00 251.79 174 1 Loin, short loin, 2x3 8 11,509 438.00 517.00 477.12 174 3 Loin, short loin, 0x1 77 109,462 475.60 565.00 515.63 175 3 Loin, strip loin, 1x1 10 43,308 428.26 499.00 485.28 180 1 Loin, strip, bnls, heavy 1 Loin, strip loin bnls. 1x1 15 17,300 473.00 524.00 502.00 180 3 Loin, strip, bnls, 0x1 122 184,487 514.01 636.50 562.56 184 1 Loin, top butt, bnls, heavy 14 19,668 296.00 321.00 303.71 184 3 Loin, top butt, boneless 82 191,469 275.00 347.00 316.79 185A 4 Loin, bottom sirloin, flap 52 109,226 344.00 413.00 368.74 185B 1 Loin, ball-tip, bnls, heavy 32 116,176 239.00 275.00 253.33 185C 1 Loin, sirloin, tri-tip 29 47,771 284.00 314.14 296.80 185D 4 Loin, sirloin, tri-tip, pld 26 29,418 378.50 432.00 403.03 189A 4 Loin, tndrloin, trmd, heavy 84 176,619 864.00 999.00 928.81 191A 4 Loin, butt tender, trimmed 19 13,688 850.60 974.75 901.11 193 4 Flank, flank steak 47 41,713 400.40 443.00 419.58 124 4 Rib, Back Ribs, Fresh 124 4 Rib, Back Ribs, Frozen 0 0 121D 4 Plate, Inside Skirt 9 10,648 325.00 365.00 337.26 121C 4 Plate, Outside Skirt 18 22,945 448.00 507.50 466.57 121E 6 Plate, Outside Skirt, pld Cap and Wedge Meat 36 133,366 228.00 265.00 239.21 Pectoral Meat 15 32,561 256.00 300.50 277.69 Ground Chuck 68 229,415 197.30 225.09 206.97 Ground Round 21 79,444 221.00 241.00 232.76 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FAT LIMITATIONS (FL) DESCRIPTION Maximum Average Fat Thickness Maximum Fat at any point 1. 3/4" (19mm) 1.0" 2. 1/4" (6mm) 1/2" 3. 1/8" (3mm) 1/4" 4. Practically free (75% surface lean exposed) 1/8" 5. Peeled/Denuded 1/8" 6. Peeled/Denuded, surface membrane removed 1/8" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Items that have no entries indicate there were trades but not reportable because they did not meet the weekly 3/70/20 guideline. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA 515-284-4460 email: desm.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/lm_xb452.txt 1000C .