Premium Minnesota Pork, LLC

Premium Minnesota Pork, LLC operates at 1174 Co Hwy 4 in Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota, under USDA FSIS establishment number M21069L. The federal record lists both meat slaughter and meat processing activities, with hogs as the only species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the plant as small and places it in slaughter volume category 4.0, well above the smallest tier of under 1,000 head per year. The grant of inspection on file is dated May 6, 2022. The plant reports retail-exempt sales and reports no custom-exempt activity.

The Luverne site is presented on the Premium Iowa Pork website as one of two facilities, alongside Hospers, Iowa. The company describes itself as family-owned, producing antibiotic-free pork, and states it has supplied private-label and antibiotic-free pork to grocery stores since 2005. The homepage also carries the line "family-owned and antibiotic-free pork since 1916." The company says its herds are raised with Duroc genetics on a 100 percent vegetarian diet without antibiotics, added hormones, or growth promotants, and that its team numbers more than 400 across its operations.

The business model described on the website is wholesale and private label supply to grocery stores and distributors rather than direct sales to individual customers. No retail counter, farm-gate custom slaughter service, hours, or consumer ordering process is described in the material on file. Contact numbers listed differ by source: FSIS lists (712) 752-8666 for the establishment, while the website lists 507-449-7660 for the Luverne location and 855-752-8687 for the company generally.

The federal record shows hog slaughter and meat processing at this establishment, with hogs the only species slaughtered under inspection, and reports no custom-exempt activity. The website describes a vertically oriented, family-owned operation sourcing antibiotic-free hogs from Midwest family farms and supplying grocery stores and private-label customers. Nothing in the sources describes custom processing for outside producers, booking procedures, lot minimums, kill fees, or cut and wrap options. Farmers considering hauling animals here should contact the plant directly, since terms for outside hogs are not stated on file. The plant reports its telephone to FSIS as (712) 752-8666, and the website lists 507-449-7660 for the Luverne facility.

Premium Minnesota Pork, LLC operates under a federal grant of inspection, so product from this plant can be sold anywhere in the United States, which matters if you sell online or across a state line. FSIS does not list a custom-exempt activity for this plant.

The establishment reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS, but the sources do not describe a retail counter at the Luverne facility, store hours, halves or quarters, bundles, online ordering, delivery, or shipping. The website presents the company as a supplier of antibiotic-free and private-label pork to grocery stores nationwide, meaning household buyers would most likely encounter its pork on grocery shelves rather than at the plant. Household purchasing details beyond the federal record are not yet 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.