Rock Run Butchering Company, LLC

Rock Run Butchering Company, LLC operates at 4722 Enola Road in Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, under USDA FSIS establishment numbers M4788, P4788 and V4788. The federal record shows a grant of inspection dated August 3, 2021, and lists meat slaughter, meat processing and poultry processing, along with voluntary meat and poultry slaughter and processing. FSIS classifies the plant as very small, with a slaughter volume category of 1, meaning under 1,000 head per year.

Species slaughtered under inspection, as reported to FSIS, are cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb. The plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and packaged with Not for Sale marking, and reports retail-exempt sales. Halal slaughter is reported in the federal record.

The establishment's website was on file but returned no readable text at the time of review. Secondary listings describe it as a local butcher shop specializing in Black and Red Angus cattle raised on a family-owned farm, offering processing, custom butchering, and freezer stocking, and a social media snippet refers to Wagyu on Tuesdays. Hours, pricing, booking procedures and other operating details beyond the federal record are not yet on file.

The plant is federally inspected for slaughter of cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb, and also reports custom-exempt slaughter, so animals brought by their owner can be returned packaged and marked Not for Sale. FSIS classifies the operation as very small with fewer than 1,000 head slaughtered per year, so capacity is limited. Halal slaughter is reported in the federal record. Booking procedures, lead times, minimums, cut and wrap options and fees are not stated in the sources on file, so farmers should contact the plant at (717) 776-7823 to confirm availability and requirements.

Rock Run Butchering Company, 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.

Retail-exempt sales are reported to FSIS, and secondary listings describe a local butcher shop selling beef from Black and Red Angus cattle raised on a family-owned farm, with references to stocking a freezer and to Wagyu on Tuesdays. Whether halves and quarters, bundles, delivery, shipping or online ordering are available is not stated in the sources 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.