NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Nov 20, 2009 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 11/20/2009 was estimated at 7.40 per cwt live, up 0.04 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded (2)/Piece 4.67 26.00 - 2.36 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 26.25 1.25 0.97 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 138.50 -0.25 0.44 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 88.00 -3.00 0.38 Head meat 0.14 62.75 0.75 0.09 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 180.75 1.00 0.36 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 28.25 -1.50 0.13 Lips, unscalded 0.13 41.00 -9.25 0.05 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 14.75 -0.25 0.13 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 37.00 2.00 0.39 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 103.00 -10.50 0.14 Lungs, inedible 0.86 3.25 - 0.03 Melts 0.15 3.00 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 312.50 13.50 1.67 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 698.00 -67.00 0.25 Totals: 24.58 7.40 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 15.74 (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 11/20/2009 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 2.2 80.00 - 112.00 87.98 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp 1.0 22.00 22.00 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 3.0 25.00 - 34.00 28.33 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEART MEAT, Bone & Cap off HEAD MEAT, 2.6 57.00 - 102.00 62.77 KIDNEY'S Export 4.5 22.50 - 29.00 24.67 LIPS, unscalded 2.2 40.00 - 51.00 41.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 21.3 14.00 - 21.00 14.71 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 2.8 178.00 - 193.00 180.68 SALIVARY GLANDS 0.5 18.50 18.50 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.4 143.00 - 145.00 144.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.4 133.00 - 140.00 136.50 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 0.5 133.00 - 140.00 136.00 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 1.0 23.00 23.00 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 9.0 35.00 - 38.00 37.11 TRIPE, blchd, scld, edible 30# box 0.2 71.00 71.00 TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 3.8 71.00 - 124.00 79.13 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.3 103.00 103.00 TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached WEASAND MEAT ------ 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 .