By-Products Drop Value Cow Variety Meats

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Des Moines, IA     Fri, Apr 27, 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 4/27/2012 was estimated at 13.13 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           4.60  56.00    -      5.09
Tallow, renderer blchable             3.68  48.50    3.25   1.78
Tongues, Swiss cut, IW                0.32 206.50    2.50   0.66
Cheek meat, trmd                      0.43 160.75   -4.50   0.69
Head meat                             0.14 159.25   -2.75   0.22
Oxtail, reg, small box                0.20 242.75   -2.00   0.49
Hearts, reg, bone out                 0.46  54.50   -7.00   0.25
Lips, unscalded                       0.13 114.00    2.25   0.15
Livers, reg, gall off (3)             0.90  40.50    -      0.36
Tripe, scalded edible, blchd          1.06  51.50    3.00   0.55
Tripe, honeycomb bleached             0.14 114.75  -31.50   0.16
Lungs, inedible                       0.86   3.88    -      0.03
Melts                                 0.15   4.13    -      0.01
Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton            10.71 445.00    6.00   2.38
Blood meal, 85% blk/ton               0.73 858.00   48.00   0.31
                Totals:              24.51                 13.13
        Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress):              27.94
(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 4/27/2012                          Dollars/hundredweight
Frozen  CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis       Lds        Price Range         Wtavg
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CHEEK MEAT,                Trimmed     5.6  150.00   -    171.00  160.87
FEET,     unbleached, skin-on, exp
FEET,       bleached, skin-on, exp
HEARTS,          Regular, bone-out     4.9   50.00   -     70.50   54.62
HEARTS,     Regular, bone-out, exp
HEARTS,        Canadian-style, exp
HEAD MEAT,                             2.3  155.00   -    162.50  159.27
KIDNEY'S                    Export     4.5   38.00   -     43.00   40.33
LIPS,                    unscalded     0.3                114.00  114.00
LIVERS,          Regular,bulk-pack
LIVERS,   Regular,bulk-pack export     2.0                 41.00   41.00
LIVERS,             Regular, 2/box
LIVERS,     Regular, 2/box, export    12.0   38.00   -     42.00   40.42
  "  2 loads traded at 50.00 for Egypt
MELTS,
OXTAILS,        Regular, small box     2.1  228.00   -    265.00  242.82
SALIVARY GLANDS                        0.6                 33.00   33.00
SWEETBREADS,                export
TONGUES,     #1 white Swiss cut,IW     0.5                205.00  205.00
TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW
TONGUES,     #1 black Swiss cut,IW     0.6  206.00   -    211.00  207.82
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
TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW
TONGUE Trimmings                       1.0                 29.00   29.00
TRIPAS
TRIPE,   bleached, scalded, edible     6.5   50.00   -     53.00   51.46
TRIPE,     blchd, scld/w honeycomb
TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp
TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible     2.7  100.00   -    108.00  104.08
TRIPE,          honeycomb bleached     1.0   76.00   -    125.00  114.68
TRIPE,        honeycomb unbleached
TRIPE,           omasum unbleached     1.4                195.00  195.00
WEASAND MEAT
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Source:  USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA
         Mike Schrader/Nina Biensen  515-284-4460  Desm.LGMN@ams.usda.gov
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