Prime Cuts Deer Processing
No Google reviews yet · 151 Emert Rd, Stahlstown, PA 15687
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Best Deer Processors in Stahlstown, PA
The 5 best-rated deer processors in and around Stahlstown, Westmoreland County: 1 in Stahlstown 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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Espey's Meat Market
★ 4.9 on Google (146 reviews) · 319 Espey Meat Market Lane, Scottdale, PA 15683
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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May's Custom Meat Processing
★ 4.4 on Google (15 reviews) · 376 T858, Mill Run, PA 15464
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Snack sticksJerkyFresh sausageSmoked productsBeef / pork custom butchering
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Rhoades Pro Cuts
★ 4.2 on Google (9 reviews) · 105 Slaughter House Rd, New Derry, PA 15671
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Custom Deer Processing
No Google reviews yet · 131 Flowers Rd, New Alexandria, PA 15670
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Getting a deer processed near Stahlstown
There is 1 processor in Stahlstown itself, plus 4 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Mill Run (15 mi), New Derry (17 mi), New Alexandria (18 mi) and Scottdale (19 mi). The top-ranked shop is Espey's Meat Market, rated 4.9 across 146 reviews.
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use Espey's Meat Market. Prime Cuts Deer Processing is on the Game Commission's CWD cooperating processor list, approved for proper disposal of high-risk parts. None of these processors list a 24/7 drop-off. If you hunt until dark, call ahead about late intake or keep the deer iced.
If you want more than steaks and burger, the shops here list snack sticks, jerky, fresh sausage and smoked products. Bear and elk aren't mentioned in these listings; call ahead to confirm a shop will take one. None of these processors list prices online; most quote a flat base rate plus extras for sausage, sticks and caping.
Stahlstown sits in Westmoreland County, part of the PGC's Southwest Region. Region at a glance: Laurel Highlands farm and ridge country surrounding Pittsburgh, west to the Ohio and West Virginia lines. Other Westmoreland County towns with listed processors: Belle Vernon, Export, Greensburg, Jeannette, New Alexandria and 4 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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