NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Jun 14, 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 6/14/2013 was estimated at 13.78 per cwt live, up 0.18 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded (2)/Piece 4.47 63.00 - 5.73 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 43.75 4.00 1.61 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 320.25 -0.75 1.02 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 162.50 -8.25 0.70 Head meat 0.14 108.00 -29.75 0.15 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 244.50 6.00 0.49 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 68.00 -0.75 0.31 Lips, unscalded 0.13 57.50 -6.50 0.07 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 19.75 0.75 0.18 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 75.75 3.00 0.80 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 105.00 -6.00 0.15 Lungs, inedible 0.86 4.00 - 0.03 Melts 0.15 5.00 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 405.50 19.50 2.17 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.73 989.00 -16.00 0.36 Totals: 24.38 13.78 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 29.32 (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 6/14/2013 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 5.6 159.00 - 178.00 162.61 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 5.7 66.00 - 78.00 68.02 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 1.3 93.00 - 161.00 107.88 KIDNEY'S Export 4.3 28.00 - 28.50 28.03 LIPS, unscalded 2.5 57.00 - 58.00 57.59 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 0.2 41.00 41.00 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 11.9 18.00 - 23.50 19.32 " 2 loads traded at 30.00 to Egypt MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 2.9 240.00 - 247.00 244.59 SALIVARY GLANDS 0.2 43.00 43.00 SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 1.4 296.00 - 380.00 336.85 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 1.3 292.00 - 329.00 306.26 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 0.9 295.00 - 331.00 315.97 TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 5.1 74.00 - 82.00 75.73 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 1.3 115.00 115.00 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached 0.5 105.00 105.00 TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached 0.2 188.00 188.00 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