Ace & Ida Incorporated

Ace & Ida Incorporated, doing business as Ord Locker, is a USDA-inspected meat plant at 81380 Hwy 11 in Ord, Nebraska, in Valley County. It operates under establishment number M2656 and is listed with the Food Safety and Inspection Service for both Meat Slaughter and Meat Processing. FSIS classifies the plant in its small size category, and its reported slaughter volume falls in category 1.0, meaning under 1,000 head per year. The species slaughtered under inspection, as reported to FSIS, are cattle and hogs.

The federal record shows that the establishment reports custom-exempt slaughter, meaning it processes animals owned by the customer with packages marked Not for Sale, and that it reports retail-exempt sales. The grant of inspection date on file is 2026-04-24. The listed telephone number is (308) 728-5816.

The website address carried in the federal listing points to the national Ace Hardware corporate site, which is a hardware retailer and contains no information about this meat plant. Because of that, no company-authored description of the plant's hours, pricing, cut and wrap options, bundles, or booking process could be verified. Secondary listings describe the company as established in 2015 and as providing livestock slaughter and processing in the Loup Valley area, but details beyond the federal record are not yet on file. Buyers and producers should call the plant directly to confirm current services and scheduling.

The plant is listed with FSIS for cattle and hog slaughter as well as meat processing, and it reports custom-exempt slaughter of customer-owned animals with packages marked Not for Sale. Its reported slaughter volume is under 1,000 head per year, which places it among the smaller federally inspected plants. Booking lead times, drop-off procedures, kill fees, cut and wrap charges, hanging weight terms, and minimums are not stated in any source on file. Producers should call (308) 728-5816 to ask whether slots are available and what the plant charges.

Ace & Ida Incorporated 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 generally indicates some direct sales activity, but no source on file describes a retail counter, product list, halves and quarters, bundles, delivery, shipping, or online ordering for this plant. The website carried in the federal listing belongs to the national Ace Hardware chain and does not describe the meat business. Households should contact the plant by phone to confirm what is available for purchase.

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.