Wright City Meat

Wright City Meat operates at 363 East Service Road North in Wright City, Missouri, in Warren County. The plant holds federal establishment numbers M8699, P8699 and V8699, with a grant of inspection on file dated July 29, 2021. FSIS lists its activities as food inspection, meat processing, meat slaughter, poultry processing, voluntary processing of meat and voluntary slaughter of meat, and classes the establishment as very small.

The plant reports slaughtering cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb under inspection. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 1.0, meaning under 1,000 head per year. It also reports custom exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and packages are marked Not for Sale, along with retail exempt sales and kosher slaughter.

A Facebook page is the website on file, and a September 2023 post there describes the business as a local meat company under new ownership. Directory listings also record the same address under the names Wright City Meat & Sausage Co and Wright City Meat Co. No website text was available, so hours, pricing, booking practices, cut and wrap details and product lists are not yet on file beyond the federal record.

The federal record lists cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb as species slaughtered under inspection, and the plant reports custom exempt slaughter, so animals owned by a farmer can be processed with packages marked Not for Sale. Meat sold into commerce would run under the federal grant of inspection instead. FSIS places annual slaughter under 1,000 head, which indicates a small operation, so haulers should expect limited capacity. Booking procedures, lead times, minimums, kill fees, cut and wrap charges and hanging or dry aging options are not stated in the sources on file. Contact the plant directly at (314) 745-3331 to confirm what it is taking as listed.

Wright City Meat 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, and directory listings categorize the address under butcher shop and meat market headings, which suggests over the counter buying. The sources on file do not state retail hours, whether halves and quarters or bundle boxes are sold, or whether the business offers delivery, shipping or online ordering. Households should call (314) 745-3331 or check the Facebook page on file 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.