Scanga Meat Company

Scanga Meat Company operates at 9250 County Road 156 in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, under USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service establishment numbers M6460, P6460, and V6460. The federal record lists the plant for Meat Processing, Meat Slaughter, Voluntary Processing of Meat, and Voluntary Slaughter of Meat, with a grant of inspection date on file of October 26, 2021. FSIS classifies the establishment as small and places its slaughter volume in category 1.0, meaning under 1,000 head per year.

Species slaughtered under inspection, as reported to FSIS, are cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb. The plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the resulting packages are marked Not for Sale, and it reports retail-exempt sales, which is the category covering over-the-counter sales of meat at the establishment.

The website recorded on file for this listing points to a local newspaper, themountainmail.com, rather than to a site operated by the plant, so it contains no information about the establishment's operations. A secondary business directory listing describes Scanga Meat Company as a small, family-run meat market open since 1952, and a local marketplace listing categorizes it as a grocery store and meat business at the same County Road 156 address. Details beyond the federal record, including current hours, cut and wrap options, booking practices, and pricing, are not yet on file. Note also that the federal record lists the phone number with a 303 area code while directory listings show the same number with a 719 area code.

The federal record shows Scanga Meat Company slaughtering cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb under inspection, and also reporting custom-exempt slaughter, in which the animals remain the customer's property and the finished packages are marked Not for Sale. That combination means a producer could in principle bring animals either for custom work for personal use or for inspected slaughter of meat intended for sale, subject to the plant's own scheduling. FSIS places annual slaughter volume under 1,000 head, so capacity is limited. Booking lead times, kill day schedules, minimums, hanging weight pricing, cut and wrap fees, and carcass aging practices are not stated in the sources on file.

Scanga Meat Company 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 establishment reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS, and a secondary directory listing describes it as a small, family-run meat market and grocery store at the County Road 156 address in Salida. The sources on file do not state what products are sold, whether halves, quarters, or bundles are available, or whether the business offers delivery, shipping, or online ordering. Buyers should contact the establishment directly to confirm what is available.

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.