Cargill Meat Solutions

Cargill Meat Solutions operates a cattle slaughter and meat processing establishment at 1505 East Burlington Avenue in Fort Morgan, Morgan County, Colorado. The plant holds federal establishment number M86R and reports both Meat Slaughter and Meat Processing activities to USDA FSIS, with cattle listed as the species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the establishment in its largest size class and places it in slaughter volume category 4.0, the high end of the agency's volume scale. The grant of inspection date on file is November 27, 2020. The establishment also appears in the federal record under the names Cargill Beef, Cargill Protein, and Excel.

No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS, meaning the federal record does not show the plant processing animals for return to individual owners. The website on file is the corporate Cargill site, which describes the company as a family company founded in 1865 that operates in about 70 countries with more than 155,000 employees and produces meat, egg, and alternative protein products along with ingredients, animal nutrition, and agricultural commodities. The corporate site does not describe the Fort Morgan plant specifically, and it does not list retail sales, custom processing, cut and wrap terms, or hours for this location.

Secondary directory and news listings identify the Fort Morgan site as a beef operation and, according to a Cargill careers page, the largest employer in Morgan County. A regional news report from August 2026 states that workers at the Fort Morgan plant voted to approve a new contract ending an 89 day labor lockout. Beyond these items and the federal record, plant level details for this establishment are not yet on file.

The federal record lists this establishment as a large cattle slaughter and processing plant with no custom-exempt activity reported, so there is no indication in the sources that it takes in individual animals for a farmer's own freezer beef. Booking procedures, minimum head counts, scheduling lead times, kill fees, hanging weight charges, and cut and wrap options are not stated in any source on file. A producer interested in delivering cattle would need to contact the plant directly at (970) 867-8223 to learn how, or whether, it sources animals.

Cargill Meat Solutions 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.

None of the sources on file describe a retail counter, freezer bundles, halves or quarters, online ordering, delivery, or shipping from the Fort Morgan location. The Cargill corporate site describes the company as supplying manufacturers, foodservice customers, retailers, and consumers, but it does not state that this plant sells directly to households. Household buyers should treat direct purchase as unconfirmed.

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.