USDA Wkly Ctrl US Meat By-Product(Hog)             09/03 14:14
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Des Moines, IA     Fri, Sep 03, 2010     USDA Market News

WEEKLY USDA BY-PRODUCT DROP VALUE (HOG)
The offal value from a typical slaughter hog (1) for the
week ended 9/3/2010 was estimated at 4.52 per cwt live, down
-0.01 when compared to last week.
FOB CENTRAL U.S.
CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (HOG) -
                             Lbs     Price   Change   Value
                                             Prv/Wk
Cheek meat, trimmed           0.28  100.00    -1.75    0.28
Chitterlings                  1.26   62.00     -       0.78
Ears, square-cut              0.19  140.00     -       0.27
Tongues, grn, bnls, sml bx    0.18  113.00     -       0.20
Hearts, slashed, domestic     0.28   26.00     1.00    0.07
Kidneys, inedible             0.25    6.13     -       0.02
Livers, inedible              1.25   10.63     -       0.13
Melts, inedible               0.17    6.25     -       0.01
Salivary Glands               0.26   33.00    -1.00    0.09
Snouts, partial lean          0.25   36.00    -2.00    0.09
Stomachs, scld, small box     0.43   99.50    -1.50    0.43
Lungs, inedible               0.95    2.63     -       0.03
Choice white grease           0.50   32.50     1.50    0.16
Pork meat & bone meal         1.57  277.00    -4.00    0.22
Pork blood meal               1.95  776.75     0.50    0.76
Lard                          1.72   33.75     -       0.58
Blood plasma                  2.01   20.00     -       0.40
                Totals:      13.50                     4.52
           Dressed equivalent basis (74% dress):       6.11
(1) Typical slaughter hog weighs 250 pounds.

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