Saba Livestock

Saba Livestock operates a small USDA-inspected slaughter and processing plant at 1230 Highway 99 W. in Orland, Glenn County, California, under establishment number M45422+V45422. The federal record lists meat slaughter, voluntary meat slaughter, meat processing, and meat identification activities, with a grant of inspection on file dated October 16, 2015. Cattle, sheep, and lamb are reported as the species slaughtered under inspection. The plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the packages are marked Not for Sale, and it reports halal slaughter to FSIS. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 2.0, above the smallest reported tier of under 1,000 head per year.

The Orland site is listed on the sabafarm.com website as the wholesale location of Saba Meat and Poultry, a family owned business that the site says began in 1998 and has grown to retail and wholesale locations including Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento, and Stockton. The website states that the Sacramento and Orland wholesale locations are USDA-approved facilities. The company describes zabiha halal, hand slaughtered practice, states it is certified halal by HFSAA, and says animals are processed at the point of sale so that most product is sold fresh rather than frozen. Customers are described as able to view the animals and the process and to specify cuts.

Two details differ between sources. FSIS lists the Orland address with ZIP code 95963, while the company website lists the same street address with ZIP code 96021. The website is organized around the multi-location Saba Meat and Poultry retail and wholesale business rather than the Orland plant specifically, so plant-level details such as hours, scheduling, kill days, and fees for farmers are not stated in the material on file.

The federal record shows Saba Livestock is approved for meat slaughter and processing and reports custom-exempt slaughter, meaning it processes animals owned by the customer with packages marked Not for Sale. Species reported slaughtered under inspection are cattle, sheep, and lamb. The plant also reports halal slaughter. Nothing in the sources on file states booking procedures, lead times, kill day schedules, minimums, hanging weight or per-head fees, cut and wrap charges, or whether livestock from outside producers is accepted, so a producer should call (530) 865-4440 to confirm before hauling.

Saba Livestock reports custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, which means it can process an animal a customer already owns (a whole, half, or share bought before slaughter) and return it in packages marked Not for Sale. Most small farms have one or two plants they book with, and the plant's calendar decides the delivery date.

The Orland site is listed on the company website as a wholesale location, with phone numbers (530) 865-4440 and (530) 517-2111 and email sabalivestock@gmail.com. Affiliated retail counters selling Saba beef, lamb and goat, poultry, and rabbit are listed in Oakland, San Francisco, and Stockton, with a second wholesale location in Sacramento. The company describes made-to-order processing, product that is generally not frozen, and cuts done to customer preference. Halves, quarters, bundle pricing, delivery, and shipping are not addressed in the sources on file.

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.