Carthage, Missouri · Custom-exempt processing
Custom processing done right, by people you know.
A family-run shop in Carthage handling deer, beef and pork for southwest Missouri — your animal, cut to your sheet, and back to you.
Deer season runs September 15 through January 15, 2027. We're taking drop-offs.
Walk-ins
No appointment needed
3 – 5 days
Typical deer turnaround
Since 2022
Full-time, 20 years before that
Your deer
Back to you, never mixed
4C Cattle Company and Processing, LLC · MDC Commercial Game Processing Permit #63722
What we do
Deer, beef and pork — the animal you bring us.
We're a custom-exempt shop. You bring the animal you own, we cut it the way your sheet says, and it goes home to you.
Deer seasonDeer processing
Skinning, cutting, wrapping and freezing, with summer sausage, jerky and fajita meat made in house from your deer.
Walk-ins welcome all season. Base processing from $130, priced off the field-dressed weight.
Beef processing
Your beef, cut to your sheet — whole, half or quarter.
Hung and aged to your preference, then vacuum sealed and labeled.
Pork processing
Whole and half hogs, cut the way you ask.
Hams and bacon cured and smoked on site, sausage ground to your seasoning.
Your animal. Your cut sheet. Your meat back.
We never pool or mix. What you drop off is what you pick up.
How it works
Four steps, tailgate to freezer.
Field dress and cool it
Get the deer field dressed and cooled down as soon as you can. Warm meat is the one thing that ruins a deer before it ever reaches us.
Telecheck it
Missouri law says the deer is reported before processing starts. Leave the confirmation number on the carcass and bring your notched permit.
Fill out a cut sheet
Steaks, roasts, ground, sausage, jerky — tell us what you want. Print ours ahead of time or fill it in at the counter.
We call in 3 – 5 days
Most deer are ready in three to five days, vacuum sealed, labeled and frozen. Your deer, not somebody else's.
Carthage, Missouri
Come see us.
Walk-ins are welcome, no appointment needed. Call ahead if you like and we'll be ready for you.
Address
10701 County Road 160
Carthage, MO 64836
Hours
Call for current hours — (417) 674-2100
Deer season hours: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
Deer season
Got one down?
Call (417) 674-2100 and we'll be ready for you. We're at 10701 County Road 160, Carthage, MO 64836.