The Durand Smokehouse LLC

The Durand Smokehouse LLC operates at W5823 State Hwy 85 in Durand, Pepin County, Wisconsin. The plant holds establishment numbers M47484, P47484 and V47484, with a grant of inspection date on file of July 23, 2021, and is listed by FSIS as Very Small. Reported FSIS activities are meat processing, meat slaughter and voluntary processing of meat. The plant reports slaughtering cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb under inspection, and its FSIS slaughter volume category is 1, meaning under 1,000 head per year. It also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and returned in packages marked Not for Sale, and retail-exempt sales.

The business website describes the operation as a small-town, full-service butcher shop on the banks of the Chippewa River, selling fresh cut meats, locally processed beef and pork, and sausages the site describes as award winning. The site states that the current owners purchased the business in 2011 after 34 years in the custom meat business. A second location is listed at 124 River St. in Woodville, Wisconsin, with its own phone number, and many products on the site are flagged as available at one location or the other.

Product listings on the website cover beef, pork, venison, lamb, goat, bison, poultry, sausages, snack sticks, lunch meats, summer sausage, heat and eat items, grab and go meals, seafood, dog items and grocery and pantry goods. The site names locally raised bison from Rattlesnake Ridge Bison and Painted Outlaw grass fed and finished beef, the latter listed as available at the Woodville location only.

The plant reports both federally inspected slaughter and custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, covering cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb, at a volume under 1,000 head per year. The website states that orders can be sent by email and the meat dropped off later, or placed in person at the shop, and the contact form includes an attachment field for a completed cut sheet. Booking windows, scheduling lead times, kill day fees, hanging weight charges and cut and wrap pricing are not stated in the sources on file.

The Durand Smokehouse 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 website lists an extensive retail selection at the Durand shop, with fresh cut beef, pork, poultry, lamb, goat, bison, sausages, smoked items, heat and eat entrees, seafood and grocery and pantry goods, and notes that certain items are stocked only at the Durand or the Woodville location. Beef and pork bundles and ground beef bundles are listed. The plant reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS. Halves and quarters, delivery, shipping and online checkout are not described 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.