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Des Moines, IA     Fri, Feb 05, 2010     USDA Market News

WEEKLY USDA BY-PRODUCT DROP VALUE (HOG)
The offal value from a typical slaughter hog (1) for the
week ended 2/5/2010 was estimated at 4.51 per cwt live, down
-0.07 when compared to last week.
FOB CENTRAL U.S.
CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (HOG) -
                             Lbs     Price   Change   Value
                                             Prv/Wk
Cheek meat, trimmed           0.28   80.25    -3.75    0.22
Chitterlings                  1.26   62.00     -       0.78
Ears, square-cut              0.19  128.00     -       0.24
Tongues, grn, bnls, sml bx    0.18  114.50     -       0.21
Hearts, slashed, domestic     0.28   42.75    -7.25    0.12
Kidneys, inedible             0.25    6.13     -       0.02
Livers, inedible              1.25   10.63     -       0.13
Melts, inedible               0.17    6.25     -       0.01
Salivary Glands               0.26   28.75     2.75    0.07
Snouts, partial lean          0.25   38.00     -       0.10
Stomachs, scld, small box     0.43  123.25     1.00    0.53
Lungs, inedible               0.95    2.63     -       0.03
Choice white grease           0.50   23.75    -1.75    0.12
Pork meat & bone meal         1.57  341.50    -9.50    0.27
Pork blood meal               1.95  841.25     1.25    0.82
Lard                          1.72   25.75    -0.75    0.44
Blood plasma                  2.01   20.00     -       0.40
                Totals:      13.50                     4.51
           Dressed equivalent basis (74% dress):       6.09
(1) Typical slaughter hog weighs 250 pounds.

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