Butterball
food Garner, NC · Private
Butterball remains the dominant U.S. turkey producer with ~1 billion pounds distributed annually across 9 manufacturing facilities concentrated in the Southeast and Midwest. The company operates under stable ownership with dual-partner backing (Seaboard Corporation and Maxwell Farms) and maintains operational focus without recent major announcements.
Butterball LLC is the largest US producer of turkey products, distributing approximately 1 billion pounds of turkey annually under the Butterball brand. The company operates as an independent LLC owned 52.5% by Seaboard Corporation and ~47.5% by Maxwell Farms (an affiliate of Goldsboro Milling Company), with its own CEO and management team headquartered in Garner, North Carolina.
Employees
6,000
Mfg Plants
8
All Facilities
9
Activity
3/10
Type
Private
Plant Locations (9 mapped)
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Manufacturing Plants (8)
Butterball Feed Mill - Alix
Alix, AR
Feed mill supporting Butterball's Arkansas turkey growing operations
Butterball Huntsville Processing Plant
Huntsville, AR
Produces cooked deli breasts, prepackaged fresh tray pack turkey, ready-to-eat frozen breasts, ready-to-cook frozen boneless turkey roasts, and frozen whole turkey; received expansion investment in 2021
Butterball Ozark Processing Plant
Ozark, AR
Processes value-added raw roasts, fresh tray pack, and frozen ground turkey; received expansion investment in 2021
Butterball Feed Mill - Yellville
Yellville, AR
Large-scale slipform concrete feed mill opened ~2019; produces up to 12,000 tons per week of turkey feed supporting AR operations; nearly $50M investment
Butterball Carthage Processing Plant
Carthage, MO
Produces prepackaged fresh, frozen, and cooked whole turkeys, retail breasts and roasts, and prepackaged bone-in tray pack turkey products
Butterball Goldsboro Operations (Feed Mills & Hatcheries)
Goldsboro, NC
Complex of feed mills, hatcheries, breeder farms, growout farms, and path lab supporting NC turkey operations
Butterball Mount Olive Processing Plant
Mount Olive, NC
Largest turkey processing facility in the world (~675,000 sq ft); processes ~17 million turkeys per year; produces pre-packaged fresh and frozen whole turkeys
Butterball Raeford Further Processing Plant
Raeford, NC
Acquired from House of Raeford in 2015; ~200,000 sq ft further processing facility; produces value-added turkey products
Other Facilities (1)
Butterball LLC Headquarters
Garner, NC · hq
Corporate headquarters just outside Raleigh, NC; houses executive leadership and corporate functions