The Royal Butcher

The Royal Butcher operates at 882 VT Route 12A in Braintree, Vermont, in Orange County. The plant holds federal establishment numbers M32158, P32158 and V32158, with a grant of inspection date on file of July 22, 2021. FSIS lists its activities as Meat Processing, Meat Slaughter, Voluntary Processing - Meat and Voluntary Slaughter - Meat, and classifies the establishment as Very Small.

The establishment reports slaughtering cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb under federal inspection. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 1.0, meaning under 1,000 head per year. The plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter, which means it processes animals owned by the customer with the resulting packages marked Not for Sale.

Search results indicate the business describes itself as operating since 2005 and as a USDA inspected plant dedicated to meeting the processing needs of family farms, with a listed email of royalbutchervt@gmail.com. No website text was available for this record, so specific hours, fees, booking practices, cut and wrap options, and retail offerings are not yet on file beyond the federal record and those brief mentions.

The plant reports both federally inspected slaughter and custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, so animals can be handled either for sale into commerce or for the owner's own use with packages marked Not for Sale. Species reported slaughtered under inspection are cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb. FSIS categorizes the plant at under 1,000 head per year, and search results describe the business as focused on the processing needs of family farms since 2005. Booking windows, scheduling lead times, hanging fees, kill fees, and cut and wrap charges are not stated in the sources on file. Farmers should contact the plant at (802) 728-9901 or royalbutchervt@gmail.com to confirm availability, as listed.

The Royal Butcher 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.