Wayne Farms LLC

Wayne Farms LLC operates a poultry slaughter and processing establishment at 808 Ross Clark Circle NE in Dothan, Houston County, Alabama. The plant holds FSIS establishment numbers P7342 and V7342 with a grant of inspection date on file of February 8, 2021. FSIS lists its activities as poultry slaughter, poultry processing, and export certification, and classifies the plant in the large size category. Poultry is the only species reported slaughtered under inspection. The establishment record includes several doing-business-as names: Covington Farms; Sanderson Farms, Inc.; Sanderson Farms, LLC; Wayne Farms LLC; and Wayne-Sanderson Farms. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The company website describes Wayne-Sanderson Farms as a poultry company formed from two established poultry businesses, operating 23 processing and prepared-foods plants with more than 26,000 employees and roughly 2,000 contract family farmers across a footprint reaching from North Carolina to Texas. The site describes the company as the nation's third-largest poultry producer. Retail brands named include Sanderson Farms, Naked Truth, and Covington Farms. Foodservice brands named include Wayne-Sanderson Farms, Wayne Farms, Harrison, Kosmic Krunch, Naked Truth, Buffaloos, Fly'n Saucers, Crispy Fliers, Platinum Harvest, and Chef's Craft.

The website is corporate and covers the company as a whole rather than this Dothan plant specifically. It does not state hours, a retail counter, direct-to-consumer sales, or custom processing for individual livestock owners at this location. Details beyond the federal record and the company-level website material are not yet on file.

The Dothan plant reports no custom-exempt activity to FSIS, and neither the federal record nor the website indicates that it accepts animals from individual farmers for custom slaughter or private-label processing. At the company level, Wayne-Sanderson Farms describes a contract broiler, breeder, and pullet grower program with nearly 2,000 partner farms, roughly one third of them in Alabama, and support that includes a flock advisor, dedicated veterinarians, and a technical services department. The site says contract arrangements are flexible and vary by farm, and directs prospective growers to a contact form. No booking process, minimums, fees, or cut and wrap terms are stated for this establishment.

Wayne Farms LLC operates under a federal grant of inspection, so product from this plant can be sold anywhere in the United States, which matters if you sell online or across a state line. FSIS does not list a custom-exempt activity for this plant.

Nothing in the sources describes a retail counter, halves or quarters, bundles, online ordering, delivery, or shipping at the Dothan plant. Products from Wayne-Sanderson Farms brands, including Sanderson Farms, Naked Truth, and Covington Farms, are described as reaching consumers through retail and foodservice channels rather than through direct sales at the plant. Household buyers looking to purchase on site should confirm directly, since no such service is stated.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.