Odenthal Meats Inc.

Odenthal Meats Inc. is a small USDA-inspected establishment at 18189 320th St in New Prague, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, operating under establishment numbers M2782 and V2782. The federal record lists it for food inspection, meat processing, meat slaughter, and voluntary processing and slaughter of meat, with a grant of inspection date on file of April 22, 2025.

Species slaughtered under inspection, as reported to FSIS, are cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, bison, and elk or deer. The plant reports both custom-exempt slaughter, meaning it processes animals owned by the customer and returns packages marked Not for Sale, and retail-exempt sales. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 2.0, above the smallest reported tier of under 1,000 head per year. The listed phone number is (507) 364-8040.

The website on file for this record resolves to Heavy Table, a Twin Cities food magazine, rather than a site operated by the business, so no company-published description of hours, pricing, booking, or cut and wrap options is available here. A Heavy Table article listing from February 2015 states the shop earned a Minnesota Equal To license, granted to operations meeting federal inspection standards. Details beyond the federal record are not yet on file.

The federal record lists Odenthal Meats for meat slaughter and meat processing under inspection, covering cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, bison, and elk or deer, and it also reports custom-exempt slaughter in which animals owned by the customer are processed and returned in packages marked Not for Sale. Voluntary slaughter and voluntary processing activities are also listed, which apply to species not covered by mandatory inspection. Booking procedures, scheduling lead times, kill fees, cut and wrap charges, hanging weight policies, and minimums are not stated in the available sources. Contact the plant at (507) 364-8040 to confirm what work it is taking, as listed.

Odenthal Meats 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 plant reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS, which indicates meat is sold directly to household customers, and a third-party listing describes it as a butcher shop. Nothing in the available sources states counter hours, whether halves and quarters or bundles are sold, or whether delivery, shipping, or online ordering is offered. Buyers should call (507) 364-8040 to confirm 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.