Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, doing business as Pilgrims Corporation, operates establishment P2632 at 19740 US Hwy 90 in Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida. The federal record lists the plant's FSIS activities as poultry slaughter and poultry processing, with poultry the only species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the establishment in its large size category and places it in slaughter volume category 5.0, the highest band in the directory scale where category 1 covers plants under 1,000 head per year. The grant of inspection date on file is May 4, 2022. No custom-exempt activity is reported.

Pilgrim's describes itself as a global provider of poultry, pork, and prepared foods that has supplied products for more than seven decades, with over 61,000 team members and 39 fresh processing facilities plus 30 prepared foods facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Europe. The company says it partners with more than 6,800 family farms for poultry, hog, and lamb supplies and sells fresh and value-added or prepared poultry products under several brands in more than 100 countries. Corporate headquarters are listed at 1770 Promontory Circle, Greeley, Colorado, with a corporate phone of (970) 506-8000 and contact address wecare@pilgrims.com.

The corporate website is company-wide and does not describe the Live Oak plant specifically. Details such as site hours, retail sales, custom or private-label slaughter arrangements, grower contracting terms for this location, and any religious or third-party certifications are not on file beyond what the federal record states. The listed plant phone is (386) 362-2544.

The federal record reports no custom-exempt activity at this establishment, so animals are not listed as being processed and returned to an individual owner here. Pilgrim's states company-wide that it partners with more than 6,800 family farms for poultry, hog, and lamb supplies, and secondary listings describe the company as working with more than 2,300 family farmers in the Southeast, but no grower contracting terms, booking process, minimums, or fees for the Live Oak plant are stated in the sources. Growers should contact the plant at (386) 362-2544 or the company at wecare@pilgrims.com to confirm current arrangements, as listed.

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation 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.

The sources do not describe a retail counter, halves or quarters, bundles, online ordering, delivery, or shipping at the Live Oak plant. Pilgrim's sells fresh and value-added or prepared poultry under branded lines through retailers, restaurants, and foodservice providers, so household buyers would generally encounter these products at retail rather than at the plant itself.

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.