Swift Pork Company

Swift Pork Company operates a USDA-inspected establishment at 8295 Arenzville RD in Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois, under establishment number M85B. The federal record lists the company doing business under several names, including JBS USA Food Company, Swift & Company, Swift Foods Company, and Swift Premium. The plant reports both Meat Slaughter and Meat Processing activities to FSIS, and hogs are the only species reported as slaughtered under inspection.

FSIS classifies the establishment in its Large size class, and the slaughter volume category on file is 4.0, the higher end of the agency's volume scale. The grant of inspection date on file is January 27, 2022. No custom-exempt activity is reported, so the federal record gives no indication that the plant handles individually owned animals returned to their owner.

No website is on file for this establishment, and no company-published description was available. Details beyond the federal record, including retail sales, booking practices, fees, and cut and wrap options, are not yet on file. Farmers and household buyers should contact the plant directly at (217) 323-6200 to confirm what it does and whether it works with outside customers.

The federal record shows federally inspected hog slaughter and meat processing at a Large-class plant with a slaughter volume category of 4.0, which indicates high annual head counts. No custom-exempt activity is reported, and the sources on file say nothing about booking windows, minimum lot sizes, scheduling, kill fees, or cut and wrap services. Producers considering hauling hogs here should call (217) 323-6200 to learn how the plant contracts for animals, as listed.

Swift Pork Company 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.

Nothing in the sources describes a retail counter, halves or quarters, bundles, online ordering, delivery, or shipping at this location. The record shows a large federally inspected hog slaughter and processing operation rather than a documented direct-to-consumer outlet. Households should contact the plant by phone to ask whether any direct sales exist.

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.