Mountain View Meats and Custom Slaughter LLC

Mountain View Meats and Custom Slaughter LLC, doing business as Mountain View Meats, operates at 160 Flickertail Ln in Star Tannery, Frederick County, Virginia. The plant holds federal establishment number M3496 and is listed with USDA FSIS for both meat slaughter and meat processing. FSIS classes it as a very small establishment, with a reported slaughter volume category of 1, meaning under 1,000 head per year. Species slaughtered under inspection, as reported to FSIS, are cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb. The grant of inspection date on file is June 1, 2026.

The establishment also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the packages are marked Not for Sale. Its website describes the business as a local butcher offering custom butchering for farmers, homesteaders, and local meat eaters, and states that the meats come from animals raised in the Appalachian foothills. Search listings attributed to the business describe it as a full service meat processing facility offering custom cuts for beef, pork, lamb, and goats, along with smoked and cured hams and bacon. Goat is not among the species reported to FSIS for slaughter under inspection.

The website directs prospective customers to call (540) 664-9359 to reserve a processing date and to request a quote. Processing fee sheets for beef, pork, and lamb and for deer are referenced on the site as PDF documents, but no dollar figures appear in the text on file. Hours, founding date, and ownership details beyond the LLC name are not yet on file.

The plant is listed with FSIS for both slaughter and processing and reports slaughter of cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb under inspection, so a producer can have animals harvested for sale under inspection or handled as custom-exempt work, in which case the packages are marked Not for Sale. FSIS lists the operation as very small with a slaughter volume under 1,000 head per year. The website asks producers to call (540) 664-9359 to reserve a processing date. Fee sheets for beef, pork, and lamb and for deer are referenced on the site, and the contact page states that quotes are given by phone. Booking lead times, drop-off procedures, minimums, hanging weight terms, and cut and wrap specifics are not stated in the sources on file.

Mountain View Meats and Custom Slaughter 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 sources on file describe custom butchering for farmers, homesteaders, and local meat lovers, and secondary listings mention smoked and cured hams and bacon. The website text on file does not describe a retail counter, halves or quarters for sale, bundles, online ordering, delivery, or shipping. Households interested in buying meat directly, or in splitting an animal with a producer, would need to call (540) 664-9359, since the sources do not state what is sold to the public.

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.