Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation

Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation operates a beef plant at 1530 US Hwy 60 in Friona, Parmer County, Texas. The establishment holds USDA FSIS establishment number M86E and is listed with FSIS activities of meat slaughter and meat processing. FSIS classifies the plant in its large size category, and the slaughter volume category on file is 4.0, the upper end of the FSIS scale. Cattle are the only species reported as slaughtered under inspection. The grant of inspection date on file is January 14, 2021. The company is also listed under the alternate names Cargill Beef, Cargill Protein, Excel Corporation, MBPXL, and XL.

The website on file is the corporate Cargill site, which describes Cargill as a family company founded in 1865 with more than 155,000 employees in 70 countries, operating across food, agriculture, financial and industrial markets, including meat and poultry products sold through retail and foodservice channels. The corporate site does not describe the Friona plant specifically. A Cargill careers page for Friona states the facility was established in 1968 and that it is a beef processing facility located in a major United States agricultural production area.

No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS for this establishment, which means it is not listed as processing animals for return to individual owners under a custom exemption. Details such as retail sales, hours, cut and wrap options, and producer intake terms are not stated in the sources on file. Buyers and producers should contact the plant directly at (806) 295-3201 to confirm current operations.

The federal record lists this establishment as a large cattle slaughter and beef processing plant, with no custom-exempt activity reported, so animals brought here would not be handled as custom processing for return to the owner based on the record on file. The sources do not state booking procedures, minimums, pricing, kill days, or whether the plant purchases cattle directly from producers. Producers should call (806) 295-3201 to confirm how, and whether, the plant is taking cattle as listed.

Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation 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.

Nothing in the sources on file describes a retail counter, halves or quarters, bundles, online ordering, or shipping from the Friona plant. The Cargill corporate site states the company sells protein products through retail and foodservice channels under multiple brands, but it does not tie any direct-to-consumer sales to this location.

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.