Wagner Meats, LLC.

Wagner Meats, LLC operates at 604 N. Main Street in Mount Airy, Maryland, in Carroll County, under USDA FSIS establishment numbers M10804 and P10804. The federal record lists meat slaughter, meat processing, and poultry processing activities, with cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb reported as species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the plant as small, with a grant of inspection date on file of October 26, 2021, and a slaughter volume category of 2. The plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the packages are marked Not for Sale, and it reports retail-exempt sales.

The business operates publicly as Wagner's Meats & Mt. Airy Meat Locker Co. Its website describes a full-service butcher shop serving wholesale and retail customers since 1953, with on-site facilities to process beef, pork, lamb, and goat livestock. The site states the Wagner family opened and owns the Mt. Airy butcher shop since 1953 and that the current owners have been running the store since 2017, and that the retail store was added more than 30 years ago. Note that goat is named on the website but is not among the species listed as slaughtered under inspection in the federal record, and the federal record lists poultry processing while the website describes poultry as a retail item alongside seafood.

The site lists cutting instruction pages and printable forms for beef, pork, and lamb, along with cuts diagrams. It states plainly that the plant cannot and will not accept any hogs over 350 pounds live weight. The location is described as minutes off the Mt. Airy exit of I-70, near Frederick, Damascus, Germantown, and Urbana.

The federal record shows slaughter of cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb under inspection, and the plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter, meaning animals owned by the customer can be processed with packages marked Not for Sale. The website adds that the Main Street building houses facilities to process beef, pork, lamb, and goat livestock, though goat is not listed among species slaughtered under inspection in the federal record. One stated limit applies to hog deliveries: the site says it cannot and will not accept any hogs over 350 pounds live weight. Printable cutting instruction sheets and cuts diagrams are posted for beef, pork, and lamb. Booking lead times, kill day schedules, hanging weight pricing, and cut and wrap fees are not stated in the sources on file. Contact the plant at (301) 829-0500 to confirm scheduling and whether work is being accepted.

Wagner Meats, 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 website describes an on-site retail and specialty grocery store selling fresh beef, pork, and lamb along with poultry, seafood, specialty sausages, beef jerky, rubs, sauces, and condiments. Freezer buyers are offered sides, quarters, bundles, variety packs, freezer packs, and cook-out packs, plus ready-to-cook prepared meats and BBQ roasting pigs. The plant reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS. Online ordering, delivery, and shipping are not mentioned in the sources on file, and no prices are 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.