Working H Meats, LLC

Working H Meats, LLC operates at 5481 Friendsville Road in Friendsville, Garrett County, Maryland, under FSIS establishment numbers M19290, P19290, and V19290. The federal record lists meat slaughter, meat processing, poultry slaughter, poultry processing, and voluntary poultry processing and meat slaughter activities. The grant of inspection on file dates to July 20, 2021. FSIS classifies the plant as very small, with a slaughter volume category of 1.0, meaning under 1,000 head per year.

Species slaughtered under inspection, as reported to FSIS, are cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and poultry. The establishment 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. A secondary county farm directory listing describes the business as Working H Meats & Market, a full service USDA certified slaughtering, butchering, and meat operation.

The website on file is a Facebook page, and no website text was available for this record. One search snippet attributed to that page references ordering a turkey ahead of Thanksgiving and a pickup location, and other listings reference Morgantown alongside Friendsville, but details on pricing, booking, cut and wrap, retail hours, and shipping are not yet on file. Buyers should confirm current services directly with the plant.

The federal record shows slaughter under inspection for cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and poultry, plus custom-exempt slaughter for animals owned by the customer, with packages marked Not for Sale. That combination means a farmer may be able to have animals processed either for sale under inspection or for personal use as custom work, as listed. Booking procedures, lead times, minimums, kill day schedules, hanging fees, and cut and wrap options are not stated in the sources on file and should be confirmed by phone at (304) 789-2225.

Working H 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 establishment reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS, and a Garrett County farm directory describes it as Working H Meats & Market, a full service slaughtering, butchering, and meat operation, which suggests over-the-counter meat sales. A seasonal post attributed to the establishment's Facebook page references ordering turkeys in advance with pickup. Retail hours, bundle or half and quarter pricing, online ordering, and shipping or delivery are not stated 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.