Butterball, LLC

Butterball, LLC, doing business as Carolina Turkey, operates establishment P7174 at 1294 N. College St. in Huntsville, Arkansas, in Madison County. The plant is listed with USDA FSIS for poultry slaughter and poultry processing and carries a large size classification. Poultry is the only species reported as slaughtered under inspection, and the grant of inspection date on file is February 26, 2021. The FSIS slaughter volume category on file is 4.0, placing the facility well above the smallest volume tier. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The company website, butterball.com, is a national brand site rather than a page for this specific Huntsville plant. It describes Butterball as a turkey company that has supplied retail and foodservice turkey products since 1954 and states that Butterball was the first and remains the only commercial turkey company to earn the American Humane Certified mark. Product lines described include fresh and frozen turkey items and a Farm to Family by Butterball line sourced from contracted family farms and raised with no antibiotics ever.

Plant-level details for the Huntsville facility, including hours, retail sales, tours, and any arrangements for outside livestock or poultry owners, are not stated in the sources on file. Beyond the federal record and the corporate website, specifics for this location are not yet on file.

The federal record lists no custom-exempt activity at this establishment, and neither the FSIS record nor the Butterball website describes custom slaughter, toll processing, booking procedures, minimums, fees, or cut and wrap for individual producers at the Huntsville plant. Butterball's Farm to Family pages describe turkey sourced from contracted family farms, but no contracting or grower intake information specific to establishment P7174 is stated in the sources. Growers seeking a relationship with the company would need to contact it directly; the plant phone on file is (479) 957-6461.

Butterball, 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.

The sources do not describe a retail counter, on-site sales, bundles, delivery, or shipping at the Huntsville plant. The Butterball website states that its products are sold at major retailers nationwide and provides a product finder and a where-to-buy tool, and directs consumer questions to 1-800-BUTTERBALL (1-800-288-8372), a text line at 844-877-3456, live chat, and an email form. The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line, staffed each November and December, answers household cooking questions.

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.