Prestage Foods, Inc.

Prestage Foods, Inc. operates a poultry plant at 4470 Highway 20 East in St. Pauls, Robeson County, North Carolina, under USDA FSIS establishment number P22000. The federal record lists poultry slaughter and poultry processing activities, poultry as the species slaughtered under inspection, a size class of small, a slaughter volume category of 4.0, and a grant of inspection date on file of October 7, 2021. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The company website identifies the St. Pauls site as its turkey processing facility and describes Prestage Foods as a family-owned and operated business founded in 1983 by Bill and Marsha Prestage, with three generations working throughout the company. Per the company timeline, Prestage purchased the existing St. Pauls processing facility in 2000, reopened it after renovations in 2002 to process and market North Carolina grown turkeys, and expanded it in 2008 with additional cooler, freezer, shipping, and office space. The broader company also markets pork, processed at Prestage Foods of Iowa in Eagle Grove, Iowa, and operates a second turkey processing facility in Camden, South Carolina.

This is a vertically integrated commercial operation selling turkey and pork products through sales channels rather than a local custom or retail-counter processor. The website lists a turkey customer service line at 1-800-679-7198, turkey and pork sales inquiry contacts, and truck driver directions for the St. Pauls unloading area from I-95 by way of Highway 20 East and Sutton Road. Details such as hours, retail sales, custom slaughter terms, and religious or third-party certifications are not stated in the sources on file.

The federal record lists poultry slaughter and poultry processing at this establishment and reports no custom-exempt activity, so there is no indication in the sources that the plant takes in animals for custom or private-label processing for individual farmers. The company describes a vertically integrated model in which contract production by local farmers supplies its own turkey and swine operations, and its timeline states the St. Pauls plant processes North Carolina grown turkeys. Booking procedures, minimums, fees, and cut and wrap options are not stated. Truck driver directions for live haul and deliveries at St. Pauls direct drivers from I-95 onto Highway 20 East and then Sutton Road, second entrance.

Prestage Foods, Inc. 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.

The sources do not mention a retail store, on-site counter, halves or quarters, bundles, online ordering, or shipping to households. The website presents turkey and pork product lines, recipes, and cooking tips, along with a turkey customer service phone line at 1-800-679-7198 and an email contact form. Households looking for Prestage turkey or pork would most likely find it through retail grocery channels rather than at the plant, though the sources do not state where products are sold.

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.