Red Barn Butcher Shop

Red Barn Butcher Shop is a very small USDA-inspected establishment at 2037 Mercer Road in Fredonia, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, operating under establishment number M3444. The federal record lists both meat slaughter and meat processing activities, with a grant of inspection date on file of August 5, 2025. Species slaughtered under inspection, as reported to FSIS, are cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb.

The plant reports a slaughter volume category of 1, meaning under 1,000 head per year, which places it among the smaller inspected slaughter operations in the state. In addition to federally inspected work, the establishment reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the resulting packages are marked Not for Sale, and retail-exempt sales.

No website is on file for this establishment. Directory listings on Yelp, Yellow Pages, Superpages, MapQuest, and Yahoo Local confirm the address and the phone number, (724) 475-1188, and a Yelp snippet shows Monday and Tuesday hours of 7:00 am to 6:00 pm. Details beyond the federal record and these listings, including pricing, booking lead times, cut and wrap options, and retail inventory, are not yet on file. Buyers and producers should call to confirm current services.

The establishment is listed with FSIS for both slaughter and processing, and reports slaughter of cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb. It also reports custom-exempt slaughter, so a producer can have an animal they own processed with packages marked Not for Sale for their own use. With a reported slaughter volume under 1,000 head per year, capacity is limited, and the sources on file do not state booking windows, deposits, kill day schedules, hanging times, cut and wrap fees, or minimums. Producers should call (724) 475-1188 to ask about scheduling and requirements.

Red Barn Butcher Shop 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 indicates meat sold directly to household customers at the establishment, and secondary directory listings categorize it as a butcher shop and meats business. Specific counter offerings, bundles, halves and quarters, delivery, shipping, and online ordering are not stated in any source 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.