NW_LS444 ***RESENT FOR CORRECTION*** Des Moines, IA Fri, Feb 05, 2010 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 2/5/2010 was estimated at 7.85 per cwt live, down -0.05 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded (2)/Piece 4.79 32.00 - 2.91 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 25.75 - 0.95 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 146.50 5.75 0.47 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 80.00 -4.25 0.34 Head meat 0.14 76.50 3.50 0.11 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 197.75 12.25 0.40 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 36.75 -2.00 0.17 Lips, unscalded 0.13 44.50 0.25 0.06 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 18.50 0.50 0.17 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 33.00 -4.00 0.35 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 100.00 -0.50 0.14 Lungs, inedible 0.86 3.25 - 0.03 Melts 0.15 3.00 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 285.00 -7.00 1.53 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 580.00 -50.00 0.21 Totals: 24.70 7.85 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 16.70 (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 2/5/2010 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 4.4 77.50 - 107.00 79.99 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out ***10.2 31.50 - 40.00 36.80*** HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 4.5 73.50 - 80.00 76.59 KIDNEY'S Export ***8.0 22.50 - 30.00 26.19*** LIPS, unscalded 4.6 42.00 - 55.00 44.46 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 1.0 15.00 15.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box *** 1.0 23.50 23.50*** LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 15.1 16.50 - 22.00 18.31 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 3.5 193.00 - 240.00 197.70 SALIVARY GLANDS 0.3 17.00 17.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 1.3 137.00 - 165.00 155.37 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.6 134.00 - 142.00 138.30 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 0.8 133.50 - 150.00 137.98 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 1.0 24.00 24.00 TREPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 11.5 29.00 - 39.00 32.90 TRIPE, blchd, scld, edible 30# box TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 1.4 72.50 72.50 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.3 100.00 100.00 TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached WEASAND MEAT 1.0 63.00 63.00 ------ Source: USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA Phone: 515-284-4460 email: desm.lgmn@usda.gov 24 Hour recorded market information 515-284-4830 www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews 1530C njb/mds .