NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, May 24, 2013 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 5/24/2013 was estimated at 13.56 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 4.53 64.00 - 5.82 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 39.75 - 1.46 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 311.00 3.50 1.00 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 144.50 -31.75 0.62 Head meat 0.14 171.00 - 0.24 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 246.00 11.00 0.49 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 67.00 -2.00 0.31 Lips, unscalded 0.13 66.25 -3.75 0.09 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 18.75 -0.75 0.17 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 71.00 -2.00 0.75 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 111.00 7.00 0.16 Lungs, inedible 0.86 4.00 - 0.03 Melts 0.15 5.00 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 379.00 -2.50 2.03 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.731037.50 62.50 0.38 Totals: 24.44 13.56 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 28.85 (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 5/24/2013 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 3.9 140.00 - 183.50 144.46 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 6.6 64.00 - 72.00 66.90 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, KIDNEY'S Export 5.8 27.00 - 35.00 29.00 LIPS, unscalded 2.2 65.00 - 73.50 66.23 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 19.7 17.00 - 25.00 18.75 " 1 load traded at 30.00 for Egypt MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 1.5 240.00 - 258.00 246.00 SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 1.3 300.00 - 325.00 318.80 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.8 300.00 - 310.00 303.75 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 1.0 300.00 - 313.00 306.50 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 0.5 43.00 43.00 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 5.0 67.00 - 73.50 70.90 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 2.3 114.00 - 145.00 127.48 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.2 111.00 111.00 TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached WEASAND MEAT ------ Source: USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA Mike Schrader/Nina Biensen 515-284-4460 Desm.LGMN@ams.usda.gov 24 Hour recorded market information 515-284-4830 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_LS444.txt www.ams.usda.gov/LPSMarketNewsPage 1530C mds/nb