By-Products Drop Value Cow Variety Meats

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Des Moines, IA     Fri, Apr 13, 2012     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 4/13/2012 was estimated at 12.46 per cwt live, down
-0.08 from last week.
CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW)
                                     Lbs   Price   Change  Value
                                                   Prv/Wk
Cow hide, branded (2)/Piece           4.67  53.00    -      4.82
Tallow, renderer blchable             3.68  44.25   -3.00   1.63
Tongues, Swiss cut, IW                0.32 216.00   -1.50   0.69
Cheek meat, trmd                      0.43 162.75    0.75   0.70
Head meat                             0.14 158.50    3.50   0.22
Oxtail, reg, small box                0.20 231.75   -3.50   0.46
Hearts, reg, bone out                 0.46  64.00    3.75   0.29
Lips, unscalded                       0.13 109.75   -2.50   0.14
Livers, reg, gall off (3)             0.90  41.75    0.75   0.38
Tripe, scalded edible, blchd          1.06  46.00   -1.25   0.49
Tripe, honeycomb bleached             0.14  74.00  -23.50   0.10
Lungs, inedible                       0.86   3.88    -      0.03
Melts                                 0.15   4.13    -      0.01
Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton            10.71 411.00   14.00   2.20
Blood meal, 85% blk/ton               0.73 810.00   35.00   0.30
                Totals:              24.58                 12.46
        Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress):              26.51
(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 4/13/2012                          Dollars/hundredweight
Frozen  CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis       Lds        Price Range         Wtavg
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CHEEK MEAT,                Trimmed     4.2  157.00   -    176.50  162.78
FEET,     unbleached, skin-on, exp
FEET,       bleached, skin-on, exp
HEARTS,          Regular, bone-out     4.2   58.00   -     73.00   63.92
HEARTS,     Regular, bone-out, exp     3.0                 56.00   56.00
HEARTS,        Canadian-style, exp
HEAD MEAT,                             2.5  158.00   -    159.00  158.60
KIDNEY'S                    Export     3.0   40.00   -     45.50   42.50
LIPS,                    unscalded     3.3  108.00   -    115.00  109.85
LIVERS,          Regular,bulk-pack     0.5                 42.00   42.00
LIVERS,   Regular,bulk-pack export
LIVERS,             Regular, 2/box     1.0                 44.00   44.00
LIVERS,     Regular, 2/box, export    10.7   40.00   -     43.50   41.54
  " 1 load traded at 50.00 to Egypt
MELTS,
OXTAILS,        Regular, small box     3.4  220.00   -    262.00  231.82
SALIVARY GLANDS                        0.2                 33.00   33.00
SWEETBREADS,                export
TONGUES,     #1 white Swiss cut,IW     0.6  209.00   -    220.00  216.43
TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW
TONGUES,     #1 black Swiss cut,IW     0.6                220.00  220.00
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     0.7  206.00   -    220.00  211.69
TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW
TONGUE Trimmings                       1.1   27.00   -     30.00   27.27
TRIPAS
TRIPE,   bleached, scalded, edible     5.0   45.00   -     48.50   45.90
TRIPE,     blchd, scld/w honeycomb     1.2                 64.00   64.00
TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp
TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible     7.2  104.00   -    125.00  108.23
TRIPE,          honeycomb bleached     0.5                 74.00   74.00
TRIPE,        honeycomb unbleached
TRIPE,           omasum unbleached
WEASAND MEAT
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