Lone Star Beef Processors

Lone Star Beef Processors operates a cattle slaughter and meat processing plant at 2150 East 37th Street in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas. The establishment holds federal establishment number M2255 and reports Meat Slaughter and Meat Processing activities to USDA FSIS, with cattle listed as the species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the plant in its large size class, and its slaughter volume category is 4.0, the highest bracket in the registry scale. The grant of inspection date on file is April 13, 2022.

According to the company website, the plant was started by John Cross and Burley Smith in 1997 and initially slaughtered about 600 head daily. The site states that additions and renovations completed in 2007 raised capacity to over 1,400 head per day, and that a freezer with blast-freezing capability opened the same year. The website describes a HACCP program dating to 1993 with two pathogen prevention steps, a hot water pasteurization bath and an organic acid spray wash, and states that x-ray and fat detection equipment was introduced in 2008.

The website describes a Quality Control Department staffed by a QC manager, HACCP coordinator, lab manager, lab technician, QC tech supervisor and 14 QC technicians, with daily microbial testing on finished product, equipment and the environment. Site navigation lists Cattle Procurement, Sales and Transportation, Food Safety, Animal Welfare, Products and Employment Opportunities sections. The published material is oriented toward business customers and cattle suppliers. No retail counter, custom-exempt processing, individual cut and wrap service, hours, or pricing is stated in the sources on file.

The plant reports cattle slaughter to FSIS and is in the largest FSIS size class, with a slaughter volume category of 4.0. Its website states capacity of over 1,400 head per day and lists a Cattle Procurement function, which indicates the plant buys cattle rather than serving as a custom processor. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS, and the sources on file state nothing about booking dates, minimums, kill fees, or cut and wrap for individual producers. Producers interested in selling cattle would need to contact the plant directly at (325) 658-5555.

Lone Star Beef Processors 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, freezer bundles, online ordering, delivery, or shipping to households. The website material addresses commercial customers and cattle suppliers, and the FSIS record lists only Meat Slaughter and Meat Processing activities. Household buyers should not assume direct sales are available without contacting the plant.

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.