Heritage Meats, Inc.

Heritage Meats, Inc. operates at 406 E Broadway in Leoti, Kansas, in Wichita County. The plant holds federal establishment numbers M3265 and V3265, with a grant of inspection date on file of 2025-07-28. FSIS lists its activities as meat identification, meat processing, meat slaughter, and voluntary meat slaughter and processing. It is classed as Very Small, and its reported slaughter volume category is 1.0, meaning under 1,000 head per year. Species reported slaughtered under inspection are cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and bison. The establishment also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and packaged marked Not for Sale, and reports retail-exempt sales.

The business describes itself as a family owned and operated, USDA inspected butcher shop. Its stated specialty is "From the Pasture to the Plate," processing customer-owned livestock to the owner's cut specifications. The website lists hours of Monday through Friday, 7 to 5:30 Central Time, and gives a phone number of 620-871-0241 and an email of heritagemeatsleoti@gmail.com. The site invites questions about cuts, products, food safety, and cooking methods.

Alongside custom work, Heritage Meats runs a retail counter with published price lists for beef and pork. The beef list was noted as updated 4/16/2026 and the pork list as updated 10/5/2023, with custom processing prices noted as updated 3/12/2026. Prices and availability change, so buyers should confirm current figures directly with the plant.

Heritage Meats reports meat slaughter to FSIS for cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and bison, and also reports custom-exempt slaughter for animals owned by the customer, packaged marked Not for Sale. The website states animals are processed to the owner's specifications. Published custom beef charges are a $100 per head slaughter charge, processing at $1.03 per pound hanging weight, a $20 per head disposal fee, tenderizing at $16 per beef, patties at $0.72 per pound, jerky at $5.66 per package, summer sausage or snack stick making at $3.09 per pound, and curing and smoking at $1.13 per pound. Published custom pork charges are a $65 per head slaughter charge, processing at $1.03 per pound hanging weight, a $10 disposal fee, curing and smoking at $1.13 per pound, bulk sausage at $0.72 per pound, sausage links at $0.77 per pound, breakfast links at $1.55 per pound, patties at $1.03 per pound, brats at $1.55 per pound, jalapeno and cheese at $0.77 per pound, and cheese at $0.67 per pound. The site notes an extra charge for larger quantities of boneless or cubed product, and offers an online form to submit cutting instructions. Prices were noted as updated 3/12/2026. Booking procedures, lead times, and scheduling windows are not stated in the sources.

Heritage Meats, Inc. 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 website directs customers to stop by the store for retail beef and pork, and publishes item-by-item price lists for both. Buyers wanting more than ten pounds of any single item are asked to call, and the site says items not listed may be available on request. Beef halves and quarters and pork wholes and halves are offered, and for buyers without access to livestock the shop states it can source beef and pork and cut and package it to specification, including access to "Natural Beef." Delivery, shipping, and online ordering are not mentioned in the sources.

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.