Walnut Valley Packing LLC

Walnut Valley Packing LLC operates at 1000 South Main Street in El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas, under USDA FSIS establishment numbers M32007 and P32007. The federal record lists meat slaughter, meat processing, and poultry processing activities, with a grant of inspection date on file of July 13, 2021. FSIS classifies the plant as very small, and its reported slaughter volume falls in the lowest category, under 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, meaning it processes animals owned by the customer with packages marked Not for Sale, and it reports retail-exempt sales. A listed phone number is (316) 321-3595.

No website is on file for this establishment. Secondary business directory listings and a Yelp description refer to it as a family owned local butcher shop. Beyond the federal record and that single descriptive line, details such as hours, pricing, booking practices, cut and wrap options, and product lists are not yet on file.

The federal record shows cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb slaughtered under inspection, plus custom-exempt slaughter for animals the customer owns, with the resulting packages marked Not for Sale. That combination means a producer can in principle have animals harvested either under inspection, for meat that may be sold, or on a custom basis for the owner's own use, as listed. FSIS places the plant in the smallest slaughter volume category, under 1,000 head per year, so capacity is limited. Booking procedures, lead times, minimums, kill fees, hanging weight charges, and cut and wrap details are not stated in any source on file. Producers should contact the plant at (316) 321-3595 to confirm species accepted and scheduling.

Walnut Valley Packing 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.

The plant reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS, which indicates some direct-to-customer sales activity, and secondary directory listings describe it as a family owned local butcher shop. No source on file names specific cuts, bundles, halves or quarters, delivery, shipping, or online ordering, so a household buyer should call before visiting. Poultry processing is listed among its federal activities in addition to red meat.

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.