NW_LS442 ***CORRECTION ON CHICAAGO PACKER TALLOW*** Des Moines, IA Fri, Feb 10, 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) 1.0 44.00 44.00 Yellow grease (truck) 6.0 36.00 36.00 EDBLE LARD, FOB PLANT (truck) Loose lard, PS and/or CP 46.50 46.50 B INEDBL, TALW/GRSE CAF CHICAGO Packer bleachable <.15% **7.0** 46.00 46.00** Renderer bleachable <.15% 46.00 46.00 A Choice white grease 43.50 43.50 E INEDBL TALLOW/GRSE, CAF GULF Packer bleachable tallow Renderer bleachable tallow Choice white grease Yellow Grease EDBLE TALW & LARD-CAF CHICAGO Edible tallow 1.0 53.00 53.00 Loose lard, PS and/or CP 2.0 51.00 51.00 EDBLE TALLOW, CAF GULF Edible tallow ----------------------------- PROTEIN FEED SUPPLEMENTS MEAT & BONEMEAL, 50% pro/ton Ruminant Central, Domestic 20.0 289.00 289.00 Ruminant Panhandle,Domestic 280.00 - 285.00 282.00 A PORK Meat/Bnmeal,50% pro/ton 310.00 - 330.00 321.67 A DRT (lo)/unit pro DRT (lo)/unit pro, pnhdl DRT (hi)/unit pro BLOOD MEAL, 85% pro/ton Central 700.00 700.00 A Panhandle CAF California PORK BLOOD MEAL, 85% pro/ton 700.00 - 710.00 705.00 B MAJOR PACKER HIDES, CURED & FLESHED ------------------------------------------ Lds Price/Piece HVY NATIVE STR 60-62# 78.00 A 60-64# 9.0 79.00 62-64# 64-66# 77.00 A 66-68# 80-82# NATIVE STEER 46-48# COL BRAND STR 60-62# 62-64# 64-66# 64-68# 12.0 77.00 BUTT BRAND STR 62-64# 78.00 A 64-66# 76.00 A 64-68# 24.0 79.00 72-74# 70-78# NATIVE HEIFER 46-48# HVY NATIVE HFR 47-49# 48-52# 50-52# 52-55# BRANDED HFRS 47-49# 48-50# 65.00 E 50-52# BRAND HFR SW 48-50# 50-52# BRND COW SW 48-50# 52.00 A 52-54# BRANDED COW 50-52# 54-56# 52.00 E NATIVE COW 50-52# 54-56# unq DAIRY COW 52-54# 68.00 A 54-56# DAIRY COW SW 50-52# 52-54# NATV BULL Con 96-106# 100-10# BRND BULL SWCon 95-105# 100-10# 60.00 E ----------------------------- HVY TEX STEER 60-64# 62-64# 78.00 B 64-66# 64-68# 30.0 79.00 66-70# 76-78# HVY TEX STR/HFR 48-50# 54#Min BRANDED STEER 60-62# 77.00 A 62-64# 9.0 77.00 64-68# ABCDE after quotes represents days since last actual market 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 Mike Schrader 515-284-4460 Desm.LGMN@ams.usda.gov 24 Hour recorded market information 515-284-4830 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_LS442.txt www.ams.usda.gov/lsmarketnews 1515C mds