Ram Country Meats

Ram Country Meats is a very small USDA-inspected establishment at 350 West Pitkin Street in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, operating under establishment numbers M46578, P46578 and V46578. The grant of inspection on file with FSIS is dated October 6, 2021. Listed FSIS activities are meat slaughter, meat processing, poultry slaughter, poultry processing, and voluntary processing of meat. Species reported slaughtered under inspection are cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb. The plant falls in FSIS slaughter volume category 1.0, meaning under 1,000 head per year.

The establishment reports both custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the packages are marked Not for Sale, and retail-exempt sales. Search results describe Ram Country Meats as a student-run and operated educational facility within the College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University, providing students with hands-on experience, and reference a curbside pickup location on the southeast side of the Animal Sciences building at the same Pitkin Street address. A Where Food Comes From Market is named on the university site associated with the lab.

The website on file is a Facebook page, and no website text was available for this record. Details beyond the federal record and these brief search references, including cut and wrap options, booking lead times, fees, product lists, and hours, are not yet on file.

The establishment reports custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, meaning it processes animals owned by the customer with packages marked Not for Sale, alongside federally inspected slaughter of cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb. Slaughter volume is in the smallest FSIS category, under 1,000 head per year, so capacity is limited. Booking procedures, scheduling windows, minimums, hanging weight pricing, and cut and wrap charges are not stated in the available sources. Producers would need to contact the plant at (970) 491-7093 to confirm whether animals are being accepted, as listed.

Ram Country Meats 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.

Search results indicate Ram Country Meats operates a curbside pickup location on the southeast side of the Animal Sciences building at 350 West Pitkin Street, and reference a Where Food Comes From Market connected to the lab. The establishment also reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS. Specific products, bundles, halves or quarters, online ordering, shipping, and delivery are not described 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.