Scotts Hook & Cleaver Inc.

Scotts Hook & Cleaver Inc., doing business as Pease Packing Corporation, operates at 8713 South 38th Street in Scotts, Michigan, in Kalamazoo County. The plant holds federal establishment numbers M10038, P10038, and V10038, with a grant of inspection dated August 11, 2021. FSIS lists it as a small establishment carrying out meat slaughter, meat processing, poultry slaughter, and poultry processing, along with voluntary meat slaughter and processing, voluntary poultry slaughter, and voluntary rabbit slaughter.

Species reported to FSIS as slaughtered under inspection are cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, bison, and poultry. The establishment also reports custom-exempt slaughter, meaning it processes animals owned by the customer with packages marked Not for Sale, and it reports retail-exempt sales. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 3.0, above the smallest tier of under 1,000 head per year.

No website is on file for this establishment. A secondary directory listing describes the business as offering livestock and poultry processing services in Scotts, Michigan, serving the southwest Michigan area. A bankruptcy-tracking site indexes a Chapter 11 filing under the name Scotts Hook & Cleaver, Inc. in the Western District of Michigan bankruptcy court in 2020; the current federal grant of inspection is dated 2021. Details beyond the federal record, including hours, pricing, cut and wrap options, and retail offerings, are not yet on file.

The establishment reports both federally inspected slaughter and custom-exempt slaughter, so a producer could in principle bring animals for either inspected product intended for sale or custom work returned marked Not for Sale. Species reported to FSIS are cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, bison, and poultry, with voluntary rabbit slaughter also listed. Booking procedures, lead times, minimums, kill day schedules, hanging and cut and wrap fees, and disposal arrangements are not stated in any source on file. Producers should contact the plant at (269) 626-8891 to confirm what work is being accepted, as listed.

Scotts Hook & Cleaver Inc. 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, which indicates some direct sales activity, but no source on file describes a retail counter, its inventory, halves or quarters, bundles, delivery, shipping, or online ordering. Households interested in buying should call (269) 626-8891 to ask what is available.

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.