Most butcher shops vacuum-pack their various cuts. In the fall place your order 6-8 weeks in advance. These local butcher shops get quite busy with all types of custom processing.
- Shuff’s Meat Market – Shuff’s does not have a website. Address: 12247 Baugher Road, Thurmont, MD 21788. Phone: 301-271-2231. Does custom-processed lamb, goat, pigs, cattle.
- Blue Ridge Meats of Front Royal– Middletown, VA 22645 (south of Winchester, VA) phone: 540-636-6050
- Fauquier Country Butcher Shop– Bealeton, VA (Fauquier County, VA) phone: 540-439-7227
- Galvinell Meat Company– Conowingo, MD 21918 (Cecil & Harford Counties, MD) custom processing. phone: 410-378-3032
- Godfrey Brothers Meats– York, PA 17403 (southern York County, PA, north of Loganville, PA) Does custom processing, USDA inspected, has retail store. phone: 717-428-1602.
- Hemp’s Meats– 3740 Jefferson Pike, Jefferson, MD 21755 (southwest Frederick County, MD) phone: 301-473-5700. Cost to custom process a lamb, $85.00 flat price, vacuum packed, USDA inspected. Hemp’s is very busy in the Fall – schedule dates 6-8 weeks in advance. Hemp’s website has a map and directions.
- Hoffman’s Meats– Hagerstown, MD 21740 (Washington County, MD) phone: 301-739-2332. Does custom processing.
- J.W. Treuth & Sons– — 328 Oella Ave., Baltimore, MD 21228, between Catonsville and Ellicott City. Wholesale and retail, only process cattle, kosher processed. Can supply lamb and goat carcasses and special cuts for restaurants. phone: 410-465-4650
- Nell’s Quality Meats– Littlestown, PA 17340 (southern Adams County, PA) phone: 717-359-7591. Does custom processing.
- Old Line Meats– — was George Ruppersberger & Sons — (Baltimore, MD) Ruppersberger and Roseda Beef merged. Wholesale processing plant for beef, lamb, veal. Can provide Halal processing, provides boxed meat to butcher shops and restaurants – also does custom processing. Address: 1600 Monroe St., just off I-295 and I-95. phone: 410-962-5530
- Roseda Beef– — (Baltimore, MD) wholesale and retail beef. phone: 410-962-5530
- Simply Natural Halal Meats– Sharpsburg, MD 21782 (southern Washington County). Owner: Mohammed Beyad. Phone: 1-202-656-6328. Cell phone: 1-703-201-3616. New business. USDA inspected. Sells certified Halal meat. Does custom processing of lambs, goats, cattle for the Halal market. (Simply Natural Halal Meats has closed – no longer in business)
- Wagner’s Meats– (also called Mt. Airy Locker), 604 North Main Street, Mt. Airy, MD 21771 (Carroll and Frederick Counties, MD) phone: 301-829-0500. Does custom processing of lamb, goat, pigs, cattle. Meat is vacuum packed. Excellent retail butcher shop.
- Wayne Nell & Sons Meats– – East Berlin, PA 17316 (Adams County, PA) phone: 717-259-9588. Does custom processing.
- Sheep and Goat Marketing Directory– – click on Marketing Directory; click on Livestock Processors.