Tallow, Proteins & Hides Report

NW_LS442
Des Moines, IA     Mon, Dec 31, 2012     USDA Market News
USDA TALLOW, PROTEIN, AND HIDE REPORT - FOB CENTRAL U.S.
Dollars/hundredweight (unless otherwise stated)  as of 3:00 PM.
TALLOW, GREASE, AND LARD        Lds           Price Range         Wtd Avg
INEDBL, TALW/GRSE FOB CENTRAL
   Choice white grse (truck)            2.0              39.75      39.75
       Yellow grease (truck)
EDBLE LARD, FOB PLANT (truck)
    Loose lard, PS and/or CP                             40.00      40.00 A
INEDBL, TALW/GRSE CAF CHICAGO
     Packer bleachable <.15%
   Renderer bleachable <.15%
         Choice white grease
INEDBL TALLOW/GRSE,  CAF GULF
    Packer bleachable tallow
  Renderer bleachable tallow
         Choice white grease
               Yellow Grease
EDBLE TALW & LARD-CAF CHICAGO
               Edible tallow
    Loose lard, PS and/or CP
EDBLE TALLOW,        CAF GULF
               Edible tallow
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PROTEIN FEED SUPPLEMENTS
 MEAT & BONEMEAL, 50% pro/ton
  Ruminant Central,  Domestic                 313.00 -  325.00     319.76 B
  Ruminant Panhandle,Domestic                 310.00 -  320.00     316.94 B
 PORK Meat/Bnmeal,50% pro/ton                           400.00     400.00 A
 DRT            (lo)/unit pro
 DRT     (lo)/unit pro, pnhdl
 DRT            (hi)/unit pro
 BLOOD MEAL,      85% pro/ton
                      Central                          1050.00    1050.00 B
                    Panhandle                          1050.00    1050.00 B
               CAF California
 PORK BLOOD MEAL, 85% pro/ton                1125.00 - 1150.00    1133.33 C

MAJOR PACKER HIDES, CURED & FLESHED ------------------------------------------
                               Lds               Price/Piece
HVY NATIVE STR    60-62#
                  60-64#
                  62-64#
                  64#Min
                  66-68#
                  80-82#                                100.00  E
NATIVE STEER      46-48#
COL BRAND STR     62-64#
                  64#Min                                 89.50  B
                  64-66#
                  66-68#
BUTT BRAND STR    60-62#
                  62-64#                                 91.50  E
                  64-66#                       90.00 -   92.00  E
                  66-68#
                  74#Min                                101.50  A
NATIVE HEIFER     46-48#
HVY NATIVE HFR    48-50#
                  48#Min
                  50-52#
                  52-55#
BRANDED HFRS      48-50#                                 80.00  E
                  48#Min
                  50-52#
BRAND HFR SW      48-50#
                  50-52#
BRND COW SW       50-52#
                  54-56#                                 56.00  E
BRANDED COW       50-52#
                  54-56#                                 60.00  E
NATIVE COW        50-52#
                  54-56#                                 73.00  E
DAIRY COW         52-54#                                 74.00  E
                  62-66#
DAIRY COW SW      50-52#
                  52-54#
NATV BULL Con    96-106#
                 100-10#
BRND BULL SWCon  95-105#
                 100-10#
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HVY TEX STEER     60#Min
                  62-66#                                 92.00  E
                  64#Min
                  66-68#
                  72#Min
                  74#Min
HVY TEX STR/HFR   48-50#
                  60-64#
BRANDED STEER     62-66#
                  64-66#
                  76-78#                                 98.25  E




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test.  Quotes are dropped after 5 days of no test or before
if they no longer reflect current market conditions.

Source:  USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA
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2. Measuring consumer satisfaction for beef producers
3. Natural gas production declines in the GOM strong on the mainland
4. U.S. electricity prices grows 1.1% in 2013
5. Consider oats as a double crop after wheat
6. Jolley: What is to become of beef?

1. Will Smith dethroned in latest Peterson Farm Bros. parody
2. 3,000 pounds of copper wire stolen from Oklahoma ranch
3. Crude oil expected to peak and cost of electricity to go down
4. Changes in U.S.-Mexican cattle and beef trade
5. Peterson Brothers: What summer vacation?
6. 2100: 11 billion mouths to feed

1. COOL isn’t working
2. Feedyard margins a train wreck, packers cozy
3. Canadian CJD cases are “classical" form
4. Jolley: What is to become of beef?
5. Will Smith dethroned in latest Peterson Farm Bros. parody
6. New ads emphasize agriculture’s role in economic recovery