NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Thu, Jul 02, 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 7/2/2009 was estimated at 6.94 per cwt live, down -0.12 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded (2)/Piece 4.46 17.00 - 1.55 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 26.75 0.75 0.98 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 132.75 17.25 0.42 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 103.00 -2.25 0.44 Head meat 0.14 106.00 15.75 0.15 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 150.00 2.50 0.30 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 29.50 -1.00 0.14 Lips, unscalded 0.13 43.00 -7.50 0.06 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 13.75 -1.25 0.12 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 24.00 -2.75 0.25 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 100.00 - 0.14 Lungs, inedible 0.86 3.25 - 0.03 Melts 0.15 3.00 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 391.50 -24.00 2.10 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 683.00 -18.50 0.25 Totals: 24.37 6.94 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 14.77 (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 7/2/2009 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 1.5 96.00 - 117.00 103.00 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 2.8 27.50 - 37.00 29.60 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEART MEAT, Bone & Cap off HEAD MEAT, 1.1 106.00 106.00 KIDNEY'S Export 6.3 22.00 - 25.00 22.92 LIPS, unscalded 1.0 43.00 43.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 13.2 12.50 - 20.00 13.74 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 1.0 150.00 150.00 SALIVARY GLANDS 0.3 21.00 21.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 1.0 112.00 - 140.00 134.32 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.3 111.00 - 135.00 127.00 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 23.00 23.00 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 3.0 24.00 24.00 TRIPE, blchd, scld, edible 30# box 0.4 82.00 82.00 TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 0.1 67.00 67.00 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached WEASAND MEAT 0.4 77.00 77.00 ------ 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 wly/mds .