Park Ranch Meats LLC.

Park Ranch Meats LLC operates a USDA-inspected slaughter and processing plant at 1300 Buckeye Road in Minden, Douglas County, Nevada, under establishment numbers M2071 and P2071. FSIS lists the plant for meat slaughter, meat processing, and poultry processing, classes it as very small, and shows a grant of inspection dated December 22, 2023. Cattle are the species reported slaughtered under inspection, and the federal slaughter volume category is under 1,000 head per year. The establishment also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the packages are marked Not for Sale, and reports retail-exempt sales.

The company website describes Park Ranch as a family ranching operation established in 1861 in Minden, with roots traced to the Park family's commercial cattle operation in Topaz, California. David Park took over the ranch in 1990 and, according to the site, built a 9,600-square-foot USDA and custom-exempt meat processing facility in Minden to address a lack of local livestock processing. The site describes a vertically integrated system: raising its own livestock, producing feed, harvesting and processing on-site, custom processing for local ranchers, and selling directly to consumers. Staff named on the site include David Park as owner, Sarah Shannon as executive manager, and Don Harper in cattle operations.

Retail is handled at a separate storefront address, 1569 US Highway 395 N in Minden. The website lists a harvest phone line of (775) 782-7272 and a retail line of (775) 781-9719, while the FSIS record lists (775) 782-7275. Beef is described on the site as grass fed and finished with no hormones added. FSIS lists poultry processing activity, but the website describes only beef and pork products.

The plant reports custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, meaning it processes animals owned by the customer with packages marked Not for Sale, and its website lists custom processing for local ranchers as part of its operation. The site states the 9,600-square-foot facility is both USDA and custom-exempt and that customers and ranchers can trace their animal from start to finish. FSIS records cattle as the species slaughtered under inspection, at a volume category of under 1,000 head per year. A separate harvest phone line, (775) 782-7272, is listed on the website. Booking procedures, scheduling lead times, kill fees, hanging weight charges, and cut and wrap pricing are not stated in the sources on file.

Park Ranch Meats LLC. 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.

Park Ranch Meats operates a storefront at 1569 US Highway 395 N in Minden, listed as open Tuesday through Saturday, 11am to 6pm, carrying beef, pork, tallow-based goods, honey, spices, and ranch merchandise. Weekend box specials are described as available Fridays and Saturdays while supplies last, at $100 as listed, with reservations by text to (775) 781-9719. Quarter and half beef shares are offered as bulk orders, cut and vacuum wrapped to preference, with final weight and pricing confirmed at order. As listed, bulk orders are handled through a waitlist with no payment at signup, and the site states the online shop is returning soon. Shipped boxes listed include a Rancher Box at $275 and a Cookie Box at $225, with a Cow Poke Box and Daily Grind Box shown as currently unavailable.

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.