Lehigh Valley Meats LLC

Lehigh Valley Meats LLC operates at 6092 Sullivan Trail in Nazareth, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, under FSIS establishment numbers M45160 and V45160. The federal record lists meat slaughter and meat processing, along with voluntary slaughter and voluntary processing of meat, which covers species such as deer and elk that fall outside mandatory inspection. The grant of inspection on file dates from August 2, 2021, and FSIS classifies the plant as Very Small.

Species reported to FSIS for slaughter under inspection are cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and elk or deer. The plant reports both custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the packages marked Not for Sale, and retail-exempt sales. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 2.0, above the smallest tier of under 1,000 head per year.

No website is on file with this registry. Secondary listings and search results associated with lvmeats.com describe the operation as a family-owned, USDA-inspected facility offering beef cattle, hog and lamb processing for the Lehigh Valley region. Hours, pricing, booking windows, cut and wrap terms, and retail details are not stated in the material on file, so anything beyond the federal record and those brief descriptions is not yet documented here.

The federal record lists slaughter under inspection for cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and elk or deer, plus custom-exempt slaughter in which the customer's own animals are returned in packages marked Not for Sale. Secondary listings describe custom beef, hog and lamb processing at the Nazareth facility. Because animals slaughtered under inspection can enter commerce, a farmer selling individual cuts would use the inspected side rather than the custom-exempt side. Booking procedures, lead times, minimums, kill days, hanging fees, and cut and wrap charges are not stated in the sources on file. Contact the plant at (610) 759-4540 to confirm what it is scheduling.

Lehigh Valley 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.

The plant reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS, which generally indicates some direct sales at the establishment, and custom-exempt work means a household buying a live animal or a share from a farmer could have it processed here. The sources on file do not state retail counter hours, whether halves and quarters or bundles are sold directly, or whether delivery or online ordering is offered.

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.