Vermont Livestock Slaughter & Processing Co. LLC

Vermont Livestock Slaughter & Processing Co. LLC operates at 76 Depot Road in Ferrisburg, Addison County, Vermont, under FSIS establishment number M9558. The federal record lists both meat slaughter and meat processing activities, with cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb reported as species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the plant as very small, with a slaughter volume category of 1.0, meaning under 1,000 head per year. The grant of inspection date on file is October 1, 2021.

The plant's website describes a family-owned business with a USDA-inspected facility equipped to butcher and process beef, lamb, goat, and pork to customer specifications. Goat appears on the website list but is not among the species reported to FSIS in the federal record on file. The site states the business serves both private individuals with a few head each year and commercial producers needing multiple animals processed on a regular basis, and notes its location just off Route 7 in Ferrisburgh.

In addition to inspected work, the establishment reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the packages marked Not for Sale, and it reports retail-exempt sales. Private labeling is listed on the website as an available service for producers bringing federally inspected meat to market for resale. Hours, pricing, and retail counter details are not stated in the sources on file.

The website states the facility is equipped to butcher and process beef, lamb, goat, and pork according to customer specifications, and that it serves both private individuals with a few head each year and commercial producers requiring multiple animals processed on a regular basis. Cut sheets for beef, pork, and sheep or goat are posted on the website in both printable and digital forms. Producers who intend to sell their meat can use the federally inspected option, and the website says private labeling is available so producers can bring federally inspected meat to market under their own label. The plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, where the animal remains the owner's and packages are marked Not for Sale. FSIS lists the plant as very small with under 1,000 head slaughtered per year. Booking procedures, scheduling lead times, minimums, kill fees, and per-pound cut and wrap rates are not stated in the sources on file; the website has a Rates page but no rate figures were captured.

Vermont Livestock Slaughter & Processing Co. LLC 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 federal record shows the establishment reports retail-exempt sales, which allows direct sales of meat to household buyers. The sources on file do not describe a retail counter, halves or quarters for sale, bundles, delivery, shipping, or online ordering. Households that own an animal, or a share of one, can have it processed under the custom-exempt option, in which the packaged meat is marked Not for Sale and returned to the owner.

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.