Naugle's Custom Butchering and Deer Processing

Naugle's Custom Butchering and Deer Processing Inc operates at 537 Trojan Road in Hunlock Creek, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The plant holds USDA FSIS establishment number M3138 with a grant of inspection dated 2025-11-21, and is listed for both meat slaughter and meat processing. FSIS classifies it as a very small establishment, with reported slaughter of cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb at under 1,000 head per year. The federal record also shows custom-exempt slaughter, meaning animals owned by the customer are returned in packages marked Not for Sale, along with retail-exempt sales.

The company website states it opened in 1986, processing deer, beef, and pigs. Listed services include skinning, cutting, vacuum packing, freezing, curing, and smoking. The site notes that pick up of beef and pigs can be arranged, and that bulk deboned venison meat is accepted for specialty items. Named service categories are venison processing, beef processing, pork processing, holiday kielbasa, skull whitening and dipping, and freezer beef and pork.

During deer season the shop describes a numbered ticketing system: customers complete an order form and receive half of a numbered ticket, with the other half attached to the animal, which is skinned immediately and placed in a cooler. The number is verified against the order form before custom cutting, after which meat is vacuum packed, boxed with the ticket number, and moved into a walk-in freezer. The website states the animal is kept under refrigeration at all times and frozen after processing. After hours drop-off is described as available.

The federal record lists Naugle's for meat slaughter and meat processing under establishment M3138, with cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb reported as species slaughtered under inspection, and it also reports custom-exempt slaughter for animals owned by the customer. FSIS places annual slaughter volume under 1,000 head. The website says pick up of beef and pigs can be arranged and publishes cut sheets for beef and pork. Booking procedures, lead times, minimums, hanging weight fees, and cut and wrap pricing are not stated in the sources on file. Farmers should call (570) 477-2051 to confirm scheduling and species availability as listed.

Naugle's Custom Butchering and Deer Processing 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 website lists freezer beef and pork among its services and publishes beef and pork cut sheets that buyers can review before ordering, and it names holiday kielbasa as a specialty. The federal record shows retail-exempt sales. The sources do not state retail counter hours separate from the business hours below, nor do they describe halves and quarters pricing, bundles, delivery, shipping, or online ordering. Orders and questions are directed to (570) 477-2051.

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.