Ciafre's Deer Processing
★ 4.8 on Google (45 reviews) · 1215 Pittsburgh Rd., Valencia, PA 16059
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
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Best Deer Processors in Valencia, PA
The 11 best-rated deer processors in and around Valencia, Butler County: 1 in Valencia itself and the rest within about 20 miles. Shops in town come first, then each group is ranked by Google rating weighted by review count, state program participation and distance.
How we rank: a Google rating with fewer reviews counts for less than one with many; shops on the 2026 state program lists, HSH partners and CWD cooperators get a small boost; farther shops get a small penalty per mile. Shops in town are listed ahead of nearby ones. Nobody pays for placement. Details
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Welters Meat Shop
★ 5.0 on Google (64 reviews) · 170 Welter Rd., Butler, PA 16002
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
DeliMeat packer
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Schnur's Country Market
★ 4.9 on Google (115 reviews) · 252 Bonniebrook Rd, Butler, PA 16002
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Boneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerJerkyBologna / Lebanon bologna
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McKruit's Custom Meat Cutting
★ 4.7 on Google (41 reviews) · 1011 Bear Creek Road, Cabot, PA 16023
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Custom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerJerkyFresh sausageSmoked products
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Pronio's Food Service
★ 4.9 on Google (137 reviews) · 1055 Unity Trestle Rd, Plum, PA 15239
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Custom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerVacuum sealingFresh sausageBeef / pork custom butchering
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Strip District Meats, Inc.
★ 4.7 on Google (568 reviews) · 2123 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor✓After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Custom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerVacuum sealingFresh sausageHot dogs / franks
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Geibel's Butcher Shop
★ 4.9 on Google (11 reviews) · 144 Geibel Rd, Fenelton, PA 16034
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Paul Pollick's Whitetail Deer Lures
★ 4.6 on Google (14 reviews) · 4940 Garvers Ferry Rd, New Kensington, PA 15068
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Bear processingElk processingBeef / pork custom butcheringRetail meat counterCWD testing / DMA deer accepted
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Huff's Custom Meats
No Google reviews yet · 650 Dick Rd., Butler, PA 16001
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Bob's Deer Processing
No Google reviews yet · 215 Ragan Rd, Prospect, PA 16052
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Wright's Deer Processing
★ 3.6 on Google (19 reviews) · 136 Wiley Rd, Saxonburg, PA 16056
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Getting a deer processed near Valencia
Valencia has 1 listed deer processor of its own, and this page adds 10 nearby options within roughly 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Saxonburg (4 mi), Butler (10 mi), Cabot (11 mi) and New Kensington (14 mi). The top-ranked shop is Ciafre's Deer Processing, rated 4.8 across 45 reviews. Strip District Meats, Inc. has the most reviews (568, averaging 4.7).
Ciafre's Deer Processing, Welters Meat Shop, McKruit's Custom Meat Cutting and 2 more take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. Ciafre's Deer Processing is on the Game Commission's CWD cooperating processor list, approved for proper disposal of high-risk parts. After-hours drop-off is available at Strip District Meats, Inc..
The services listed most often here are fresh sausage (4 shops), smoked products (3 shops), jerky (2 shops) and venison hot dogs (2 shops). Beyond deer, you can bring bear (Paul Pollick's Whitetail Deer Lures) and elk (Strip District Meats, Inc. and Paul Pollick's Whitetail Deer Lures). Pricing isn't posted for these shops. Ask for the base rate, then skinning, caping and specialty product charges.
Valencia is in Butler County, in the PGC Northwest Region. Region at a glance: Allegheny National Forest country, from Erie and Warren south through Venango, Mercer and Clarion. Other Butler County towns with listed processors: Butler, Cabot, Fenelton, Parker, Petrolia and 2 more. Rifle season fills coolers fast on opening weekend, so call before you head out.
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Drop-off checklist
- Tag it right away. Tag the deer immediately after harvest and before you move it. The tag goes on the ear and stays there until the deer is processed.
- Field dress and cool fast. Remove entrails, drain the cavity and get the deer cold. In warm weather, pack the cavity with bagged ice.
- High-risk parts go in the trash. New for 2026-27: you can move a deer anywhere, but once it leaves the kill site the head, backbone and spleen must go out with commercial trash. A processor handles that for you.
- Report within 10 days. Online, by phone at 1-800-838-4431, or with the digest report card.
Donate venison
Hunters Sharing the Harvest
Drop a legally harvested deer at a participating processor and the venison goes to Pennsylvania food banks. Program sponsors usually cover the processing; confirm with the shop.
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