By-Products Drop Value Cow Variety Meats

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Des Moines, IA     Fri, Feb 01, 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 2/1/2013 was estimated at 12.99 per cwt live, up
0.10 from last week.
CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW)
                                     Lbs   Price   Change  Value
                                                   Prv/Wk
Cow hide, branded (2)/Piece           4.83  60.00    -      5.45
Tallow, renderer blchable             3.68  37.50    -      1.38
Tongues, Swiss cut, IW                0.32 295.25   -1.50   0.94
Cheek meat, trmd                      0.43 162.00    9.50   0.70
Head meat                             0.14 164.25   -2.00   0.23
Oxtail, reg, small box                0.20 236.25   -1.75   0.47
Hearts, reg, bone out                 0.46  59.50    3.00   0.27
Lips, unscalded                       0.13  69.50   -8.25   0.09
Livers, reg, gall off (3)             0.90  22.50   -3.50   0.20
Tripe, scalded edible, blchd          1.06  72.50    -      0.77
Tripe, honeycomb bleached             0.14  89.25   -8.75   0.12
Lungs, inedible                       0.86   3.88    -      0.03
Melts                                 0.15   4.13    -      0.01
Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton            10.71 356.50   21.00   1.91
Blood meal, 85% blk/ton               0.731161.00   61.00   0.42
                Totals:              24.74                 12.99
        Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress):              27.64
(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 2/1/2013                           Dollars/hundredweight
Frozen  CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis       Lds        Price Range         Wtavg
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CHEEK MEAT,                Trimmed     6.6  148.00   -    179.00  162.11
FEET,     unbleached, skin-on, exp
FEET,       bleached, skin-on, exp     2.0                 31.00   31.00
HEARTS,          Regular, bone-out     5.3   58.00   -     63.00   59.56
HEARTS,     Regular, bone-out, exp
HEARTS,        Canadian-style, exp     2.0   57.00   -     60.00   58.50
HEAD MEAT,                             1.9  160.00   -    167.00  164.24
KIDNEY'S                    Export     8.0   24.00   -     35.00   29.91
LIPS,                    unscalded     2.3   65.00   -    105.00   69.44
LIVERS,          Regular,bulk-pack
LIVERS,   Regular,bulk-pack export
LIVERS,             Regular, 2/box     0.5                 25.00   25.00
LIVERS,     Regular, 2/box, export     9.0   22.00   -     23.00   22.39
  " 3.5 lds traded at 42.00-44.00 to Egypt
MELTS,
OXTAILS,        Regular, small box     2.3  225.00   -    273.00  236.26
SALIVARY GLANDS
SWEETBREADS,                export
TONGUES,     #1 white Swiss cut,IW     0.2                310.00  310.00
TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW
TONGUES,     #1 black Swiss cut,IW     1.2  300.00   -    310.00  308.33
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  251.00   -    295.00  262.57
TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW
TONGUE Trimmings
TRIPAS                                 3.5   37.00   -     77.00   47.86
TRIPE,   bleached, scalded, edible
TRIPE,     blchd, scld/w honeycomb
TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp    11.0   78.00   -     82.25   79.51
TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible     6.4   92.00   -     98.00   94.54
TRIPE,          honeycomb bleached     2.5   84.00   -    110.00   89.20
TRIPE,        honeycomb unbleached
TRIPE,           omasum unbleached
WEASAND MEAT
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Source:  USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA
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