Federal contractor · CHICAGO, IL

CHERRY MEAT PACKERS, INC

CHERRY MEAT PACKERS, INC received $69M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 13 awards (−9.9% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $631.4M. Its largest customer was Agricultural Marketing Service ($69M).

Obligations · FY2026
$69M
New awards
13
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 56.8MFY2017
  2. 51MFY2018
  3. 57.3MFY2019
  4. 57.8MFY2020
  5. 57.8MFY2021
  6. 66.4MFY2022
  7. 63.8MFY2023
  8. 74.9MFY2024
  9. 76.6MFY2025
  10. 69MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Agricultural Marketing Service$69M100%
    13 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$69M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Cook County, IL$69M100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010965/4100032956/BEEF SPP PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0 MMA CTN-40 LB,BEEF COARSE GROUND FRZ CTN-60 LB,BEEF FINE GROUND FRZ CTN-40 LB,BEEF FINE GROUND FRZ PKG-40/1 LB,BEEF PATTY LEAN FRZ CTN-40 LB$16.8M
    Agricultural Marketing Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 15, 2025 – Dec 15, 2025· 123J1425C1957
  2. COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011355/4100034552/BEEF 100% PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0MMA CTN-40 LB,BEEF FINE GROUND FRZ CTN-40 LB,BEEF FINE GROUND FRZ PKG-40/1 LB,BEEF 100% PTY 90/10 FRZ 2.0MMA CTN-40 LB$16.4M
    Agricultural Marketing Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 1, 2026 – Jul 22, 2026· 123J1426C1492
  3. COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011322/4100034467/BEEF 100% PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0MMA CTN-40 LB,BEEF COARSE GROUND FRZ CTN-60 LB,BEEF FINE GROUND FRZ CTN-40 LB,BEEF FINE GROUND FRZ PKG-40/1 LB,BEEF PATTY LEAN FRZ CTN-40 LB$13M
    Agricultural Marketing Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 15, 2026 – Jul 21, 2026· 123J1426C1407
  4. COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011102/4100033559/BEEF 100% PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0MMA CTN-40 LB,BEEF FINE GROUND FRZ CTN-40 LB,BEEF FINE GROUND FRZ PKG-40/1 LB$12.8M
    Agricultural Marketing Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 9, 2026 – Feb 5, 2026· 123J1426C0483
  5. COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011516/4100035031/BEEF SPP PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0 MMA CTN-40 LB,BEEF 100% PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0MMA CTN-40 LB,BEEF FINE GROUND FRZ CTN-40 LB,BEEF FINE GROUND FRZ PKG-40/1 LB$10M
    Agricultural Marketing Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 21, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 123J1426C1971
  6. COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010930/4100032799/BEEF SPP PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0 MMA CTN-40 LB,BEEF 100% PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0MMA CTN-40 LB,BEEF COARSE GROUND FRZ CTN-60 LB,BEEF FINE GROUND FRZ CTN-40 LB,BEEF FINE GROUND FRZ PKG-40/1 LB,BEEF 100% PTY$9.3M
    Agricultural Marketing Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 20, 2025 – Oct 16, 2025· 123J1425C1799
  7. COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011477/4100034886/BEEF SPP PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0 MMA CTN-40 LB,BEEF FINE GROUND FRZ CTN-40 LB,BEEF FINE GROUND FRZ PKG-40/1 LB$4.2M
    Agricultural Marketing Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 26, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· 123J1426C1826
  8. COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011384/4100034540/BEEF COARSE GROUND FRZ CTN-60 LB$3.6M
    Agricultural Marketing Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 1, 2026 – Jul 1, 2026· 123J1426C1480

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CENTRAL VALLEY MEAT CO., INC.$215.1M+104% in FY2026
    HANFORD, CA · 98% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Marketing Service · Animal slaughtering and processing
  2. JENNIE-O TURKEY STORE INC$204M+16% in FY2026
    WILLMAR, MN · 93% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Marketing Service · Animal slaughtering and processing
  3. CAVINESS BEEF PACKERS, LIMITED$240.7M+4.2% in FY2026
    AMARILLO, TX · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Marketing Service · Animal slaughtering and processing

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.