West Coast Meats Inc.

West Coast Meats Inc. operates under USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service establishment number M27300 at 130 N Santa Fe Grade Rd. in Newman, Merced County, California. The federal record lists two activities, meat slaughter and meat processing, with sheep and lamb as the species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the plant as very small and places its slaughter volume in category 1.0, meaning under 1,000 head per year. The grant of inspection date on file is July 15, 2021. The plant reports halal slaughter and reports no custom-exempt activity.

The website carried on file for this listing, westcoastprimemeats.com, describes West Coast Prime Meats, a Southern California foodservice distributor of beef, pork, lamb, veal, poultry and seafood that began in 2001 as CJ Meats and incorporated under its current name in January 2011. That site gives Orange County area phone numbers, (714) 255-8560 and (800) 640-7310, and describes portion steak cutting, an R and D kitchen, a refrigerated delivery fleet serving California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii, online ordering, and a will-call meat shop with a $100 minimum after home delivery ended on September 25, 2025. Those descriptions do not match the Newman, California address and (707) 888-4559 phone number in the federal record for M27300, and the site does not mention lamb slaughter, halal slaughter, or the Newman plant. Readers should treat the two as separate operations unless the plant confirms otherwise.

Beyond the federal record, verified details about the Newman establishment, including hours, ownership, pricing, retail sales, and whether it takes outside livestock, are not yet on file. A directory entry at creatures.com states that West Coast Meats Inc. offers slaughter and processing services serving ranchers and small farms, but that claim is not corroborated by the establishment itself.

For a producer considering hauling animals, the federal record shows the plant is approved for sheep and lamb slaughter and for meat processing, reports halal slaughter, and slaughters fewer than 1,000 head per year, which places it in the smallest FSIS volume category. No custom-exempt activity is reported, so any work done there would be under federal inspection rather than custom-exempt for the owner's own use. Booking practices, lead times, minimums, kill day schedules, cut and wrap options, and fees are not stated in the sources on file. Producers should contact the plant at the number in the federal record, (707) 888-4559, to confirm species accepted and whether it is taking work, as listed.

West Coast Meats Inc. 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.