NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Nov 06, 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 11/6/2009 was estimated at 6.99 per cwt live, up 0.16 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded (2)/Piece 4.63 25.00 1.50 2.27 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 20.25 - 0.75 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 143.75 6.25 0.46 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 85.25 -8.50 0.37 Head meat 0.14 68.00 -11.75 0.10 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 172.25 -6.75 0.34 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 28.50 -0.50 0.13 Lips, unscalded 0.13 50.75 0.25 0.07 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 14.75 -0.50 0.13 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 38.75 -0.50 0.41 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 120.50 -1.25 0.17 Lungs, inedible 0.86 3.25 - 0.03 Melts 0.15 3.00 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 282.50 16.50 1.51 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 654.50 - 0.24 Totals: 24.54 6.99 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 14.87 (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 11/6/2009 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 6.2 76.00 - 120.00 85.18 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 6.7 25.00 - 36.00 28.45 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp 4.0 28.00 - 32.00 29.75 HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEART MEAT, Bone & Cap off HEAD MEAT, 2.3 65.00 - 102.00 67.98 KIDNEY'S Export 9.0 23.00 23.00 LIPS, unscalded 0.3 50.00 - 51.00 50.67 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 1.0 19.00 19.00 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 13.0 14.00 - 17.00 14.54 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 5.4 160.00 - 190.00 172.28 SALIVARY GLANDS 0.3 16.00 16.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.4 150.00 150.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 1.1 140.00 - 148.00 143.55 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 0.6 140.00 140.00 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 1.2 23.00 - 26.00 23.50 TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 14.0 38.00 - 42.00 38.79 TRIPE, blchd, scld, edible 30# box 0.3 72.00 72.00 TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 4.0 37.00 37.00 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 1.8 103.00 - 129.00 120.44 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 .