Nicholas Meat LLC

Nicholas Meat LLC operates a cattle slaughter and beef fabrication plant at 508 E Valley Road in Loganton, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. The establishment holds FSIS establishment numbers M4465 and V4465, and the federal record lists its activities as meat slaughter, meat processing, and export certification. Cattle are the only species reported slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classes the plant as small, with a grant of inspection date on file of September 16, 2021, and places it in slaughter volume category 4.0 on a scale where category 1 is under 1,000 head per year. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The company describes itself as a family company in central Pennsylvania's Sugar Valley with more than 30 years of experience in the beef industry, originally known as Nicholas Meat Packing Company. Its website states that a fire destroyed the facility in 2005 and that the company rebuilt on the original location. The site says the plant today employs more than 400 people and that construction is ongoing, including work referred to as the Sustainable Resource Facility (SRF), on which the company publishes monthly updates and a quarterly newsletter.

The website states the plant specializes in beef cuts and processes both cows and bulls, and that its customers in turn supply beef to people in the United States and abroad. Consistent with that, the federal record shows export certification activity. The contact form lists inquiry categories including sales, cattle procurement, and shipping and receiving. No retail counter, custom processing for individual farm customers, halves or quarters, or shipping to households is described in the sources on file.

The federal record lists cattle slaughter and meat processing at this establishment and reports no custom-exempt activity, meaning slaughter here is under federal inspection rather than custom-exempt work returning meat to the animal's owner. The website does not describe booking individual animals, minimums, kill fees, or cut and wrap options for farm customers. The contact form does include a "Cattle Procurement" inquiry category, which is the channel shown for producers who want to discuss selling cattle to the plant. Terms, schedules, and whether work is being accepted are not stated in the sources on file.

Nicholas Meat LLC 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.