Butterball LLC

Butterball LLC, a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in Garner, North Carolina, supplies chilled bulk turkey and processed turkey products to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor under full-and-open competition, with no SBA set-aside designations across its recent federal prime footprint.

Butterball competes exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards) in commodity procurement for domestic food assistance programs. The company operates under NAICS 311615 (Poultry Processing) and PSC 8905 (Meat, Poultry, and Fish), delivering chilled bulk turkey, boneless skinless turkey thighs, frozen turkey breasts, and deli turkey products to support USDA nutrition assistance initiatives including The Emergency Food Assistance Program. Recent representative contracts include a $5.8 million firm-fixed-price award from USDA Agricultural Marketing Service for 2,000 tons of frozen turkey breasts (34–42 pounds each) with delivery through March 31, 2025; a $1.0 million award from USDA Food and Nutrition Service for 3.9 million pounds of chilled bulk turkey and turkey thighs delivered August 2022; and a $596 thousand award from USDA Food and Nutrition Service for chilled bulk turkey with completion by August 15, 2026. Butterball's commodity supply work spans multiple delivery locations including Huntsville, Arkansas; Willmar, Minnesota; Harrison, Ohio; Sanford, North Carolina; and Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to USDA. The top five customer entities account for 81% of award count by volume. USDA Food and Nutrition Service leads by dollar value, with 84 awards totaling $104.4 million in combined potential value, while USDA Agricultural Marketing Service accounts for 93 awards (combined across multiple sub-offices). The Livestock Poultry and Seed Program within AMS represents 28 awards worth $47.1 million. The Defense Commissary Agency represents the third-largest customer by award count (26 awards) but carries lower total value. Activity has remained modest and relatively flat — ranging from two to seven awards per year over the past five years, with 2024 marking the peak at seven awards.

Butterball operates on three Defense Commissary Agency parent IDIQs (DECA0101G2541 with 3 task orders, DECA0100G2199 with 2 task orders, and DECA0102G2741 with 2 task orders) for military commissary supply chains. The recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal: one award valued at $596 thousand reaches completion within that window. Across the 300-award portfolio spanning back to 1991, Butterball has delivered over 200 million pounds of turkey products to federal agencies, with combined obligated dollars ($242.6 million) exceeding combined potential value by 20 percent — indicating steady fulfillment against contract ceilings. The company maintains no subcontract relationships in the federal space; all 300 awards are prime.