Crabill's Retail & Wholesale Meats, LLC

Crabill's Retail & Wholesale Meats, LLC operates at 3149 Riverview Dr in Toms Brook, Virginia, in Shenandoah County. The plant holds USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service establishment numbers M34381 and P34381, with a grant of inspection dated July 20, 2021. FSIS lists its activities as meat processing and meat slaughter and classifies it as a very small establishment.

The federal record reports cattle and hogs slaughtered under inspection, with a slaughter volume category of 1, meaning fewer than 1,000 head per year. The plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the packages are marked Not for Sale, and it reports retail-exempt sales.

A Shenandoah County visitor listing describes Crabill's as a butcher shop and retail store, noting an assortment of grocery items, frozen goods, fresh produce, and freshly baked breads at the retail store in Toms Brook. The business maintains a Facebook page under the name Crabills Butcher shop And Retail Store. No website text was available for this record, so details beyond the federal record and those listings, including hours, pricing, booking practices, and cut and wrap options, are not yet on file.

FSIS lists the establishment as a slaughter and processing plant handling cattle and hogs, in the smallest reported volume category of under 1,000 head per year. It reports custom-exempt slaughter, so animals owned by a farmer or a freezer-beef customer can be processed with packages marked Not for Sale, and it also operates under federal inspection for meat that will be sold. Booking procedures, scheduling lead times, minimums, kill fees, cut and wrap charges, and hanging or aging practices are not stated in the sources on file. Producers should contact the plant at (540) 436-3248 to confirm what species and dates are being accepted, as listed.

Crabill's Retail & Wholesale Meats, 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 establishment reports retail-exempt sales, and a Shenandoah County tourism listing describes a retail store in Toms Brook carrying grocery items, frozen goods, fresh produce, and freshly baked breads alongside the butcher shop. Because the plant slaughters cattle and hogs under federal inspection, beef and pork are the species handled. The sources on file do not state retail hours, specific cuts or bundles, whether halves and quarters are sold, or whether delivery, shipping, or online ordering is offered.

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.