Twin Loups Quality Meats

Twin Loups Quality Meats, doing business as Havlik's Locker Plant, operates at 805 Howard Ave. in St Paul, Nebraska, in Howard County. The plant holds federal establishment numbers M5729, P5729 and V5729, with a grant of inspection date on file of October 7, 2021. FSIS lists it under meat slaughter, meat processing, poultry processing, and voluntary slaughter and processing for both meat and poultry.

The establishment is classified by FSIS as Very Small. It reports slaughtering cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb under inspection, with a slaughter volume category of 1.0, meaning under 1,000 head per year. The plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and packages are marked Not for Sale, and it reports retail-exempt sales.

A business directory listing for the plant gives a year started of 1993 and describes services including butchering, custom services, processing, and Polish products, with beef, pork, and sausage among the products named. That listing also describes the industry type as retail, wholesale, and bulk. Beyond the federal record and that directory listing, details such as hours, booking practices, and ownership are not yet on file.

The plant reports both federally inspected slaughter and custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, so animals can be brought in either for inspected harvest or for custom work where the packages are marked Not for Sale. Species reported slaughtered under inspection are cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb. Slaughter volume is in the under 1,000 head per year category, so scheduling capacity is limited. Booking procedures, lead times, minimums, and cut and wrap fees are not stated in the sources on file. Farmers should call (308) 754-4031 to confirm current availability.

Twin Loups Quality Meats 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, and a directory listing describes it in the meat market and butcher categories with beef, pork, and sausage products and a retail, wholesale, and bulk industry type. The sources do not state retail counter hours, halves and quarters pricing, bundles, online ordering, delivery, or shipping.

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.