Olsen Farms Meats

Olsen Farms Meats, doing business as Smokey Ridge Meats, is a very small USDA-inspected establishment at 2450 Heine Road in Chewelah, Stevens County, Washington. It holds establishment numbers M34056, P34056, and V34056, with a grant of inspection dated July 26, 2021. FSIS lists its activities as meat processing, meat slaughter, poultry processing, voluntary processing of meat, and voluntary slaughter of meat.

The plant reports slaughtering cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and goats under inspection. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 1.0, meaning under 1,000 head per year. It 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.

Secondary listings describe Olsen Farms as a small family farm in northeastern Washington raising and selling beef, pork, and lamb, with ordering for home delivery or market pickup. The establishment website on file returned only a page title when fetched, so details beyond the federal record and these brief listings are not yet on file.

The establishment reports both federally inspected slaughter and custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals remain the property of the customer and the resulting packages are marked Not for Sale. Species reported slaughtered under inspection are cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and goats. The reported slaughter volume category is under 1,000 head per year, so capacity is limited. Booking procedures, scheduling lead times, minimums, kill fees, and cut and wrap charges are not stated in the sources on file. Farmers should contact the plant at (509) 935-6213 to confirm what work is being accepted, as listed.

Olsen Farms Meats 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 plant reports retail-exempt sales, and secondary listings describe Olsen Farms as a family farm selling naturally and sustainably raised beef, pork, and lamb, with ordering for home delivery or market pickup. Specific bundles, halves and quarters, shipping areas, market locations, and prices are not stated in the sources on file.

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.