Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation operates establishment P17340 at 2653 State Route 1241 in Hickory, Graves County, Kentucky. The federal record lists the plant for poultry slaughter and poultry processing under USDA FSIS inspection, with a grant of inspection date on file of May 13, 2022. FSIS classifies the site as a large establishment and assigns it slaughter volume category 5.0, the highest band in the FSIS scale, which begins at under 1,000 head per year for category 1. Poultry is the only species reported slaughtered under inspection, and no custom-exempt activity is reported.

The establishment is listed in the federal record under the doing-business-as names Country Pride, Just Bare, and Pilgrims. The corporate website describes Pilgrim's as a global provider of poultry, pork, and prepared foods with more than 61,000 team members, 39 fresh processing facilities and 30 prepared foods facilities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Europe, and brands sold in more than 100 countries. The company states it partners with more than 6,800 family farms for poultry, hog, and lamb supplies. Corporate headquarters is given as 1770 Promontory Circle, Greeley, Colorado. A secondary search listing describes Pilgrim's as part of the JBS USA family.

The corporate website does not publish plant-level information for the Hickory location. Details about retail sales, custom or private-label slaughter for individual farmers, hours, cut and wrap options, or on-site product pickup are not stated in the sources and are not yet on file beyond the federal record.

The federal record reports poultry slaughter and processing at this establishment and no custom-exempt activity, so the plant is not listed as offering custom slaughter for individual owners. The corporate website states that Pilgrim's partners with more than 6,800 family farms for poultry, hog, and lamb supplies, but it does not describe grower contracting, booking, minimums, or fees for the Hickory plant. Farmers seeking arrangements should contact the plant directly at (270) 251-7761. Nothing in the sources indicates whether the plant is accepting work.

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.

No retail counter, halves and quarters, bundles, delivery, shipping, or online ordering is described for the Hickory plant in the sources. The company sells fresh and prepared poultry under the Country Pride, Just Bare, and Pilgrims brands through retailers, restaurants, and foodservice providers, per the federal record and the corporate website. Household buyers looking for product from this plant would find it through those retail and foodservice channels rather than through an on-site store, as listed.

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.