Best Deer Processors in Lewistown, PA
The 12 best-rated deer processors in and around Lewistown, Mifflin County: 1 in Lewistown 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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Sullivan's Butcher Shop
Peachey Foods & Locker LLC
Waynesburg Meat Shop, LLC
Jerry Petersheim Butchering
Cold Springs Processing
Kreider Processing
Clevenger's Deer Processing
Shawver's Butcher Shop
Hampton's Butchershop
Kauffman's Custom Butchering
The Butcher Block Custom Meat Company
What to know about Lewistown deer processors
Lewistown has 1 listed deer processor of its own, and this page adds 11 nearby options within roughly 20 miles. The nearby shops are in McVeytown (3 mi), Belleville (6 mi), Huntingdon (15 mi) and Port Royal (15 mi). The top-ranked shop is Ranck's Butchershop LLC, rated 4.9 across 15 reviews. Peachey Foods & Locker LLC has the most reviews (69, averaging 4.8).
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use Sullivan's Butcher Shop and Cold Springs Processing. Ranck's Butchershop LLC, Kreider Processing, Clevenger's Deer Processing and 2 more are 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.
The services listed most often here are snack sticks (2 shops), bologna (2 shops), boneless cuts (2 shops) and fresh sausage. Beyond deer, you can bring bear (Peachey Foods & Locker LLC). Pricing isn't posted for these shops. Ask for the base rate, then skinning, caping and specialty product charges.
Lewistown is in Mifflin County, in the PGC Southcentral Region. Region at a glance: Ridge-and-valley country from Harrisburg out to Bedford and Fulton, plus Michaux and Tuscarora forest land. Other Mifflin County towns with listed processors: Belleville, Mc Clure, McClure and McVeytown. Rifle season fills coolers fast on opening weekend, so call before you head out.
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.
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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