Swift Beef Company

Swift Beef Company operates a USDA-inspected cattle slaughter and beef processing plant at 555 S. Stuhr Rd. in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, under establishment number M969G. The federal record lists the establishment as also doing business as JBS USA Food Company and Swift Beef Company, with FSIS activities of meat slaughter and meat processing and a grant of inspection date on file of January 21, 2022. FSIS classifies the plant in its large size category, and its slaughter volume category of 4.0 places it well above the smallest tier of federally inspected slaughter plants.

Cattle are the only species reported as slaughtered under inspection at this location. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS, which means the plant is not listed as doing custom slaughter or custom processing where the meat returns to the animal's owner marked not for sale. A Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy public notice describes the site as a beef processing plant where cattle are slaughtered and beef products are fabricated and rendered. News reports from Grand Island describe a Hall County District Court order for Swift Beef Co. to pay a $1.25 million civil penalty over wastewater pollution incidents at the Grand Island plant.

No website is on file for this establishment, and no retail counter, product list, hours, ownership history, or customer-facing services are documented in the material available. Details beyond the federal record and these secondary references are not yet on file. Farmers and household buyers should contact the plant directly at (308) 392-9732 to confirm what, if anything, it handles for outside customers.

The federal record lists this establishment as a large plant conducting cattle slaughter and meat processing under federal inspection, with no custom-exempt activity reported. That means there is no record of custom kill or cut and wrap service where the carcass returns to the animal's owner. Booking procedures, lot size requirements, scheduling, and fees are not stated in any source on file. A producer considering hauling cattle here would need to call (308) 392-9732 to learn whether the plant purchases or accepts livestock from outside suppliers and on what terms, as listed.

Swift Beef Company 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.