Steely Meats

Steely Meats operates at 54 Mt. Pleasant Rd, P.O. Box 36, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, in Franklin County, under USDA FSIS establishment numbers M9423 and P9423. The federal record lists the plant for both meat slaughter and meat processing, with a grant of inspection on file dated August 9, 2021. FSIS classifies the establishment as Very Small.

Hogs are the species reported as slaughtered under federal inspection. The plant falls in FSIS slaughter volume category 1.0, meaning fewer than 1,000 head per year. Steely Meats also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the packages are marked Not for Sale, and it reports retail-exempt sales, which allows direct sales to household buyers at the establishment.

No website is on file for this establishment. Secondary listings describe the business as selling local meat and refer to it as a butcher shop, but hours, pricing, cut and wrap terms, booking practices, and product lists are not documented. Details beyond the federal record are not yet on file.

The federal record shows Steely Meats as a Very Small establishment doing both slaughter and processing, with hogs reported as the species slaughtered under inspection and a volume category of under 1,000 head per year. The plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter, so a farmer can have animals they own processed with packages marked Not for Sale. Booking lead times, scheduling, kill day, hanging fees, cut and wrap charges, and whether other species are accepted are not stated in any source on file. Farmers should contact the plant directly to confirm what it handles and whether it is taking work.

Steely Meats 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.

Steely Meats reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS, which covers direct sales of meat to household buyers at the establishment. Secondary listings describe the business as selling local meat. Specific products, cuts, bundles, halves or quarters, delivery, shipping, and online ordering are not documented 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.