1481 Meats Inc.

1481 Meats Inc., doing business as 1481 Meats, is a very small USDA-inspected meat plant at 692 81st Street N in Upham, McHenry County, North Dakota. It holds establishment numbers M3331 and V3331, with a grant of inspection date on file of December 17, 2025. FSIS lists its activities as meat slaughter, meat processing, voluntary slaughter and voluntary processing of meat, and export certification.

The plant reports slaughtering cattle and hogs under federal inspection, and its FSIS slaughter volume category is 1, meaning under 1,000 head per year. It also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the packages are marked Not for Sale, and it reports retail-exempt sales. A North Dakota Department of Agriculture news item from July 2024 described the business as a new state processing plant and said the name 1481 Meats comes from its location at the junction of Highway 14 and 81st Street N.

No website is on file for this establishment. A social media page and a local business listing exist, and one secondary listing mentions retail cases stocked with maple pork breakfast sausage, pepper sticks, country sausage, and jerky. Beyond these items and the federal record, details on scheduling, pricing, cut and wrap options, and hours are not yet on file.

The establishment reports slaughtering cattle and hogs under federal inspection and is classified by FSIS as very small, with a slaughter volume category of 1, under 1,000 head per year. It also reports custom-exempt slaughter, so animals owned by a producer can be processed with packages marked Not for Sale. Booking procedures, lead times, minimums, hanging weight fees, and cut and wrap terms are not stated in the sources on file. Producers should call (701) 768-2525 to confirm current scheduling and species accepted.

1481 Meats Inc. 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.

Secondary listings indicate retail cases stocked with items such as maple pork breakfast sausage, pepper sticks, country sausage, and jerky, and the establishment reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS. Whether halves and quarters, bundles, delivery, shipping, or online ordering are offered is not stated in the sources on file.

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.