Rockdale Locker, LLC

Rockdale Locker, LLC operates at 605 Birch Drive in Maquoketa, Iowa, in Jackson County, under USDA FSIS establishment number M3091. The federal record lists the plant for both Meat Slaughter and Meat Processing, with a grant of inspection date on file of June 18, 2025. FSIS classifies the establishment as Very Small and places it in slaughter volume category 1.0, meaning fewer than 1,000 head per year.

Species slaughtered under federal 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. A Choose Iowa listing describes Rockdale Locker as a butchery in Maquoketa that opened in January 2022, and other directory listings describe it as offering meat processing services to the community.

The website on file is a Facebook page, and no website text was available for this profile. Hours, pricing, booking lead times, cut and wrap options, retail counter offerings, and product lists are not yet on file beyond what the federal record and directory listings state.

The federal record lists Rockdale Locker for slaughter of cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb under federal inspection, along with meat processing, so animals intended for resale can in principle be harvested under inspection here, as listed. The plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter, where the animal remains the customer's property and the packaged meat is stamped Not for Sale. FSIS places the plant in the smallest slaughter volume category, under 1,000 head per year, so scheduling capacity is limited. Booking procedures, lead times, minimums, kill day schedules, hanging and cut and wrap fees, and disposal or hide policies are not stated in the sources on file. Farmers should contact the plant at (563) 357-1611 to confirm current availability and terms.

Rockdale Locker, LLC 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.

Directory listings describe Rockdale Locker as a meat processor and meat market in Maquoketa, and Choose Iowa describes it as a butchery that opened in January 2022. Whether a retail counter is staffed, and whether halves, quarters, bundles, delivery, shipping, or online ordering are offered, is not stated in the sources on file. Households buying a whole, half, or quarter animal from a local farmer can have that animal processed here under the custom-exempt option, in which case the packages are marked Not for Sale and are for the owners' use only. Call (563) 357-1611 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.