Swift Pork Company

Swift Pork Company operates establishment M995 at 1200 Story Avenue in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. The federal record lists the plant for both meat slaughter and meat processing, with hogs as the only species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the establishment as large and places it in slaughter volume category 4.0, the highest tier reported in the directory. The grant of inspection date on file is October 8, 2021. The establishment is also listed under a number of related names, including Armour Food Company, JBS Swift & Co, JBS USA Food Company, Swift & Company, Swift Foods Company and Swift Premium.

The brand website at swiftmeats.com is a consumer marketing site for Swift branded meats and carries a JBS copyright notice. It presents recipes and a store locator rather than plant level information, and it uses the line Quality Since 1855 with reference to founder Gustavus Swift. The store locator directs shoppers to retail chains that carry Swift products, among them Costco, Kroger, Food Lion, HEB, Stop & Shop, Weis Markets, Raley's, Stater Bros, WinCo, Shaw's and Star Market, BJ's, Hannaford, Bashas', Brookshire Brothers, Lowe's Market, FoodMaxx, Rouses and Cardenas. The site does not state whether products sold under the brand come from this particular Louisville plant.

No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS for this establishment, and the sources on file describe no on site retail counter, no direct sales to households and no producer drop off program. A secondary directory listing describes the company as providing slaughter and processing services in Louisville serving producers in the region, but that claim is not confirmed by the federal record or the company website. A news snippet from August 2026 reports that the Butchertown slaughterhouse has drawn hundreds of odor complaints without penalties. Details beyond the federal record and the brand website are not yet on file.

The federal record lists Swift Pork Company as a large volume hog slaughter and processing establishment, with hogs the only species slaughtered under inspection and no custom-exempt activity reported. That means no custom kill or cut and wrap for an individual owner's own use is on file here. A secondary directory listing states the company provides slaughter and processing services to producers in the area, but booking procedures, scheduling windows, minimum head counts, live weight requirements and fees are not stated in any source on file. Producers would need to contact the plant at (502) 582-0011 to learn whether it takes outside livestock and on what terms, 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.

Swift branded pork and beef are sold through grocery retailers rather than from the plant. The brand store locator lists chains including Costco, Kroger, Food Lion, HEB, Stop & Shop, Weis Markets, Raley's, Stater Bros, WinCo, Shaw's and Star Market, BJ's, Hannaford, Bashas', Brookshire Brothers, Lowe's Market, FoodMaxx, Rouses and Cardenas. No retail store at the Louisville plant, no halves or quarters, no bundles, no shipping and no online ordering are described in the sources on file.

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.