By-Products Drop Value Cow Variety Meats

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Des Moines, IA     Fri, Jan 18, 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 1/18/2013 was estimated at 12.87 per cwt live, up
0.04 from last week.
CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW)
                                     Lbs   Price   Change  Value
                                                   Prv/Wk
Cow hide, branded (2)/Piece           4.81  60.00    -      5.45
Tallow, renderer blchable             3.68  37.50    -      1.38
Tongues, Swiss cut, IW                0.32 270.25    8.75   0.86
Cheek meat, trmd                      0.43 178.75   -8.00   0.77
Head meat                             0.14 161.00    1.75   0.23
Oxtail, reg, small box                0.20 237.25   12.50   0.47
Hearts, reg, bone out                 0.46  56.75   -0.25   0.26
Lips, unscalded                       0.13  95.50    4.50   0.12
Livers, reg, gall off (3)             0.90  27.75   -2.25   0.25
Tripe, scalded edible, blchd          1.06  73.00   -1.50   0.77
Tripe, honeycomb bleached             0.14  88.00    0.50   0.12
Lungs, inedible                       0.86   3.88    -      0.03
Melts                                 0.15   4.13    -      0.01
Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton            10.71 322.50    5.00   1.73
Blood meal, 85% blk/ton               0.731140.00   65.00   0.42
                Totals:              24.72                 12.87
        Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress):              27.38
(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 1/18/2013                          Dollars/hundredweight
Frozen  CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis       Lds        Price Range         Wtavg
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CHEEK MEAT,                Trimmed     3.0  175.00   -    188.00  178.70
FEET,     unbleached, skin-on, exp
FEET,       bleached, skin-on, exp
HEARTS,          Regular, bone-out     3.6   56.00   -     66.00   56.83
HEARTS,     Regular, bone-out, exp
HEARTS,        Canadian-style, exp
HEAD MEAT,                             2.5  157.00   -    165.00  161.00
KIDNEY'S                    Export     7.0   29.00   -     32.00   30.57
LIPS,                    unscalded     0.9   90.00   -    110.00   95.56
LIVERS,          Regular,bulk-pack     0.2                 35.00   35.00
LIVERS,   Regular,bulk-pack export
LIVERS,             Regular, 2/box
LIVERS,     Regular, 2/box, export    10.8   26.00   -     32.00   27.51
MELTS,
OXTAILS,        Regular, small box     3.3  220.00   -    271.00  237.30
SALIVARY GLANDS                        3.0   43.00   -     50.00   47.67
SWEETBREADS,                export
TONGUES,     #1 white Swiss cut,IW     0.8  257.00   -    306.00  281.13
TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW
TONGUES,     #1 black Swiss cut,IW     1.0  250.00   -    292.00  264.60
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     0.4  256.00   -    280.00  263.00
TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW
TONGUE Trimmings
TRIPAS
TRIPE,   bleached, scalded, edible    11.3   69.00   -     86.00   73.02
TRIPE,     blchd, scld/w honeycomb
TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp
TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible     5.8   85.00   -    132.00   98.26
TRIPE,          honeycomb bleached     0.7   83.00   -     90.00   88.00
TRIPE,        honeycomb unbleached     1.0                181.00  181.00
TRIPE,           omasum unbleached     0.8                293.00  293.00
WEASAND MEAT
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