Huse's Processing Inc.

Huse's Processing Inc., doing business as Huse's Country Meats, Inc., operates a small USDA-inspected plant at 3697 State Hwy 171 in Malone, Texas, in Hill County. FSIS records list the establishment under numbers M13445, P13445, and V13445, with a grant of inspection date on file of July 12, 2021. Listed FSIS activities include meat slaughter, meat processing, poultry processing, voluntary slaughter and voluntary processing for both meat and poultry, and export certification.

The species reported slaughtered under inspection are cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and bison. FSIS places the plant in slaughter volume category 1.0, meaning under 1,000 head per year, and classifies it as small. The establishment reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the packages are marked Not for Sale, and it also reports retail-exempt sales. Both halal and kosher slaughter are reported to FSIS.

A website address, husescountrymeats.com, is on file, but no usable site text was available at the time this record was compiled, and the page returned under that domain in search results describes an unrelated hauling business. Details beyond the federal record, including hours, pricing, booking practices, cut and wrap options, and product lists, are not yet on file. The listed phone number is (254) 533-2497.

The federal record lists inspected slaughter of cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and bison, along with meat processing, so a producer hauling any of those species would be dealing with a plant already reporting that activity to FSIS. Huse's also reports custom-exempt slaughter, which covers animals a customer owns and takes back in packages marked Not for Sale, and halal and kosher slaughter are both reported. FSIS lists the plant as small with a slaughter volume category of 1.0, under 1,000 head per year, so scheduling capacity is limited relative to larger plants. Booking windows, lead times, minimums, kill fees, and cut and wrap charges are not stated in any source on file, so callers should confirm those directly at (254) 533-2497.

Huse's Processing Inc. 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 establishment reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS, which allows direct sales of its own products to household customers, and the business operates under the name Huse's Country Meats, Inc. No source on file describes a retail counter layout, halves or quarters, bundles, delivery, shipping, or online ordering, and no product or price list is available. Households should call to confirm what is available for purchase and whether the plant sells to walk-in customers as listed.

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.