Curly's Custom Meats

Curly's Custom Meats operates at 610 West Pike St in Jackson Center, Shelby County, Ohio, under FSIS establishment numbers M27486A, P27486A and V27486A. The federal record lists food inspection, meat slaughter and processing, poultry processing, and voluntary slaughter and processing of meat, poultry and rabbit, with a grant of inspection date on file of March 22, 2024. Species slaughtered under inspection as reported to FSIS are cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and goats. The plant is classed as small, with a slaughter volume category of 2.0, and reports both custom-exempt slaughter, where packages are marked Not for Sale, and retail-exempt sales.

The website describes the business as a butcher shop and meat market that has served Jackson Center and surrounding counties since 1961, family-owned and operated. It offers custom processing of hogs, beef, goat and lamb, plus processing of deboned deer, and states that customers receive meat solely from the animal they bring in. Packages are vacuum-sealed, described as lasting up to two years frozen. The site also lists a smokehouse and beef jerky in original, teriyaki, sweet jalapeno and black peppered flavors, described on the site as award-winning.

Retail offerings named on the site include beef steaks and roasts, ground beef and patties, brisket, pork chops, ribs, bacon, hams, a long list of bratwurst flavors, sausage, bologna, wieners, summer sausage, snack sticks, marinated and stuffed chicken breasts, wings and chicken halves, along with grocery and deli sections. Priced sampler packages are listed: Beef Sampler at $425, Steak Sampler at $339, Camper Sampler at $159, Pork Sampler at $149 and Sausage Sampler at $79. The site notes pricing is subject to change without notice.

The site describes Curly's as both a custom processing and USDA processing facility for hogs, beef, goats and lambs, and states that the animal a customer brings in is processed into the meat that customer receives. Hog and beef orders can be placed through online order forms, with a printable option to bring to the store. Goat and lamb orders are placed by phone. The hog order form states a processing fee of $1.10 per pound, a kill charge with disposal fee of $20 per half, a kill charge of $60 per hog if no processing is done, a storage charge of $0.50 per box per day after three days, standard packaging of four per pack, a small package charge of $24 per hog, and a standard cut thickness of five eighths inch unless otherwise noted, with pricing subject to change. Producers who want product labeled with the USDA legend for resale must call the office before delivering the animal and pay an additional charge; custom processing labeled Not for Sale carries no additional charge. Custom processing pick-up hours are listed as Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm. The site also says deboned deer is processed. Scheduling lead times and booking windows are not stated in the sources.

Curly's Custom 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.

Curly's operates a retail meat market at 610 W Pike St with retail hours listed as Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm and Saturday, 9:00am to Noon. The site says meat is cut and ground fresh in-house, new items are stocked daily, and packages are vacuum-sealed to last up to two years frozen. Sampler packages are offered at listed prices: Beef Sampler $425, Steak Sampler $339, Camper Sampler $159, Pork Sampler $149 and Sausage Sampler $79, with the site directing buyers to contact Curly's or stop by the store to purchase. Halves and quarters of finished beef for retail sale, delivery and shipping are not described in the sources.

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.