Pitcock Meat Processing Inc.

Pitcock Meat Processing Inc. is a very small USDA-inspected establishment at 425 Liberty Hill Rd. in Pope, Mississippi, in Panola County. It operates under establishment numbers M47720 and P47720, with a grant of inspection dated November 22, 2023. FSIS lists the plant's activities as meat slaughter, meat processing, and poultry processing.

Under federal inspection the plant reports slaughtering cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 1, meaning under 1,000 head per year. 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.

The website on file is a Facebook page, and no website text was available for this record. Directory listings and a review site reference the business at the same road in Pope, with one listing giving the address as 483 Liberty Hill Rd. rather than 425. Details beyond the federal record, including hours, pricing, booking practices, and product lists, are not yet on file.

The federal record lists cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb as species slaughtered under inspection, so producers hauling those animals fall within what the plant reports to FSIS. Both inspected slaughter and custom-exempt slaughter are reported, meaning animals can be processed for the owner's own use with packages marked Not for Sale, or slaughtered under inspection for meat intended for sale. The plant is classed as very small with a slaughter volume under 1,000 head per year, so capacity is limited. Scheduling, lead times, minimums, kill fees, cut and wrap charges, and hanging weight terms are not stated in any source on file. Farmers should call (662) 563-9627 to confirm species, dates, and whether work is being accepted.

Pitcock Meat Processing 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, bundles, halves or quarters, delivery, shipping, or online ordering. No product list, cut list, or hours are documented. Households interested in buying should contact the plant directly at (662) 563-9627 or through the Facebook page 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.