DeVries Meats

DeVries Meats, doing business as Utica Packing, operates at 17685 80th Avenue in Coopersville, Michigan, in Ottawa County. The plant holds federal establishment number M10226 and is listed with USDA FSIS for meat slaughter and meat processing. Its grant of inspection on file is dated January 27, 2022. FSIS classes the establishment as small, and its reported slaughter volume category is 3.0, above the smallest tier of under 1,000 head per year.

The only species the plant reports slaughtering under federal inspection is hogs. The establishment also reports custom-exempt slaughter, meaning it processes animals owned by the customer and returns the meat in packages marked Not for Sale. Secondary listings describe the operation as a USDA certified processing facility that cuts, wraps and freezes, and a distributor page describes locally processed pork products out of Coopersville, Michigan.

The website on file is a Facebook page, and no website text was available for this record. Details beyond the federal record and these brief secondary listings, including hours, pricing, booking practices and retail arrangements, are not yet on file.

The plant reports both federally inspected hog slaughter and custom-exempt slaughter of customer-owned animals, so a producer hauling hogs could in principle use either route, with custom work returned in packages marked Not for Sale. Hogs are the only species reported as slaughtered under inspection, and no other species is listed. Scheduling, lead times, minimums, kill fees and cut and wrap charges are not stated in the sources on file. Farmers should contact the plant at (616) 837-6061 to confirm what work is being taken, as listed.

DeVries Meats 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.

Secondary listings describe DeVries Meats as a USDA certified processing facility that cuts, wraps and freezes, and a distributor page describes locally processed pork products from Coopersville. Whether a retail counter, halves and quarters, bundles, delivery, shipping or online ordering are offered is 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.