Sanderson Farms, Inc.

Sanderson Farms, Inc. operates establishment P18557 at 4039 River Ridge Road in Summit, Pike County, Mississippi. The federal record lists the plant for poultry slaughter and poultry processing, with poultry as the only species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the establishment as large and records a grant of inspection date of August 1, 2019. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 5.0, the upper end of the agency's volume scale. No custom-exempt activity is reported for this establishment.

The FSIS record lists several doing-business-as names tied to the same establishment number, including Covington Farms, Sanderson Farms, LLC, Wayne Farms LLC, and Wayne-Sanderson Farms. The company website presents Wayne-Sanderson Farms as a company formed from two poultry companies with roots in farm supply and feed manufacturing, describing itself as the nation's third-largest poultry producer with more than 26,000 team members, over 2,000 family farmers, 23 processing and prepared-foods plants, and nine fresh and prepared poultry brands across a footprint from North Carolina to Texas.

This is a company-scale commercial poultry operation rather than a local custom or retail cut shop. The website markets to retail and foodservice buyers and does not describe an on-site retail counter, custom slaughter for individual livestock owners, or direct sales to households at this address. Details beyond the federal record and the corporate website are not on file. The listed phone number is (601) 684-9375.

The federal record reports no custom-exempt activity at this establishment, so there is no indication that the plant takes in animals for individual owners for custom slaughter or cut and wrap. The company website describes contract poultry growing instead: nearly 2,000 family farms raising broilers, breeders, and pullets, with support that the company describes as including a flock advisor, dedicated veterinarians, a technical services department, and training. The site states that one third of its farmers are in Alabama, followed by Texas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Georgia, and Arkansas, that 48 percent have farmed with the company for 10 or more years, and that 24 percent are second generation or older. Booking procedures, minimums, and fees for any work at this specific plant are not stated in the sources.

Sanderson Farms, Inc. 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 sources do not describe a retail store, halves or quarters, bundles, online ordering, delivery, or shipping from the Summit plant. Company products are sold under retail and foodservice brands listed on the Wayne-Sanderson Farms website, including Sanderson Farms, described there as 100 percent natural, fresh, and never frozen, and Covington Farms, described as pre-cooked and breaded chicken items. Households looking for products should expect to find them through grocery and foodservice channels rather than at this address, as listed.

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.