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Mobile butcher · Marion, South Carolina

Your animalnever leavesthe farm.

On-farm slaughter and custom processing for beef, pork, lamb, goats and poultry, with dry aging right on site. One butcher handles your animal from start to finish.

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Black Angus cattle grazing in a green pasture
The only mobile processor in our stateWe come to your farm in South Carolina.
On-site dry agingThe only mobile processor in the country that offers it.
Custom exemptProcessed for you and your family.
One butcherStart to finish. No production line.
Why choose a mobile butcher?

Control, care and complete transparency.

Unlike traditional slaughter facilities, mobile processing means your animal never has to be hauled anywhere.

  • No trailer ride

    No stressful loading chutes, no long trailer rides and no unfamiliar processing plants.

  • Calm animal, better meat

    Your animal stays in its calm, familiar environment until the moment of processing. Less stress is better for animal welfare, and it makes for higher-quality meat.

  • Your cuts, your way

    Thicker steaks, leaner trim, specialty cuts, soup and marrow bones, organ meats, rendered tallow or the hide. Nothing goes to waste unless you choose it to.

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Accountability you can see

You know exactly who processed your animal — and that matters.

One skilled professional is responsible for your animal from start to finish. There is no production line, no conveyor belt, and no passing your meat from one employee to another.

  • Complete traceability
  • Respectful, humane handling
  • Consistent, high-quality workmanship
  • Integrity through the entire process

When your meat is returned to you, you can be confident it is your animal, processed with care and handled correctly from beginning to end.

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What we process

Whatever you raised.

BeefPorkLambGoatsEmusTurkeysChickens Deer too: drop-off processing with fresh sausage, jerky, snack sticks and more.

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Pricing

Straightforward, by the animal and the pound.

Processing is charged on carcass weight. Mileage is added for the trip to your farm.

On-farm slaughter

Beef

Slaughter fee
$120 / animal
Processing
$1.35 / lb
Sausage
$1.50 / lb
Mileage
$0.75 / mile
Disposal (optional)
$50 / animal

Ribeyes, strips, roasts, ground beef, bones, organs and tallow, cut the way you want.

Build a beef cut sheet →
On-farm slaughter

Pork

Slaughter fee
$100 / animal
Processing
$1.35 / lb
Sausage
$1.50 / lb
Mileage
$0.75 / mile
Disposal (optional)
$50 / animal

Chops, ribs, Boston butt, hams, belly skin on or off, and every extra from jowls to hocks.

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Drop-off processing

Deer

Basic cut
$100 / animal
Skinning
$20
Cape / mount prep
$30
Horn / head cut
$5
Fresh sausage
from $2.50 / lb

Summer sausage, snack sticks, jerky, bologna and bacon from $5.25 a pound. Bring your SC tag number.

Build a deer cut sheet →

Lamb, goats, emus and poultry: call 910-552-3600 for pricing.

Cut sheet

Plan your cuts before we arrive.

Pick your animal, choose your cuts and thickness, and send it straight to us. It works just like our paper order form, and it estimates your bill as you go.

Your info
Custom exempt processing

Your meat, for your table.

As a Custom Exempt Processor, all meat we process is Not for Resale, unless ownership of the animal has been transferred before slaughter through the purchase of a whole, half, quarter or bundle.

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Good to know
  • Pick up when we call.Product is held for one week after we notify you. After that it becomes property of Son of a Beef.
  • Cooked deer productsSausages, snack sticks, jerky, bologna and bacon are made by Peach Orchard Processing. We can’t guarantee cooked product won’t be mixed.
  • Bring your SC tag numberWe need it for every deer dropped off.
  • MileageOn-farm visits include mileage at $0.75 a mile.
Our promise

It’s personal.It’s transparent.It’s accountable.

At Son of a Beef, we believe processing should be personal, not industrial. Most importantly, it puts the power back where it belongs: in the hands of the farmer, rancher and family who raised the animal, just as God intended.

Book your processing day

Call Trae.

910-552-3600
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Wild game: Claussen Processing, 843-407-1800