Cherry Meat Packers, Inc: federal set-aside contracts
UEI VKTSH6PAV4N4 · Chicago, IL · USAspending profile ↗ · SAM.gov entity ↗
🏅 #64 of the top 100 small-business set-aside winners (FY2026)
Cherry Meat Packers, Inc, based in Chicago, IL, received $68,978,700 in federal small-business set-aside contract obligations in FY2026 (Oct 2025 to Sep 2026) and $341,212,020 across FY2022–FY2026, according to USAspending.gov. Most of it came through Small Business set-asides. Its biggest set-aside customer since FY2024 is Department of Agriculture ($218,411,587). Its top industry code is NAICS 311611 (Animal (Except Poultry) Slaughtering).
Set-aside obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Small Business | Total |
|---|
| FY2026 | $68,978,700 | $68,978,700 |
| FY2025 | $76,557,318 | $76,557,318 |
| FY2024 | $72,875,570 | $72,875,570 |
| FY2023 | $63,787,755 | $63,787,755 |
| FY2022 | $59,012,677 | $59,012,677 |
Top agencies
| Agency | Set-aside $ (FY2024–today) |
|---|
| Department of Agriculture | $218,411,587 |
Top industries (NAICS)
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
Among this company's largest set-aside awards from the last two years, these list a current end date in the next 12 months. End dates move when options are exercised; see the recompete tracker for scored opportunities.
| Ends | Award | Agency | NAICS | Award amount |
|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 123J1426C1826 ↗ Commodities for Usg Food Donations: 2000011477/4100034886/Beef SPP PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0 Mma… | Agricultural Marketing Service | 311611 | $4,181,881 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 123J1426C1868 ↗ Commodities for Usg Food Donations: 2000011476/4100034928/Beef Coarse Ground FRZ CTN-60 LB | Agricultural Marketing Service | 311611 | $1,276,716 |
| Dec 31, 2026 | 123J1426C1971 ↗ Commodities for Usg Food Donations: 2000011516/4100035031/Beef SPP PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0 Mma… | Agricultural Marketing Service | 311611 | $10,049,743 |
Recent set-aside awards
| Signed | Award | Agency | NAICS | Award amount | Ends |
|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 123J1426C1971 ↗ Commodities for Usg Food Donations: 2000011516/4100035031/Beef SPP PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0 Mma… | Agricultural Marketing Service | 311611 | $10,049,743 | Dec 31, 2026 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 123J1426C1868 ↗ Commodities for Usg Food Donations: 2000011476/4100034928/Beef Coarse Ground FRZ CTN-60 LB | Agricultural Marketing Service | 311611 | $1,276,716 | Oct 31, 2026 |
| Aug 26, 2026 | 123J1426C1826 ↗ Commodities for Usg Food Donations: 2000011477/4100034886/Beef SPP PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0 Mma… | Agricultural Marketing Service | 311611 | $4,181,881 | Oct 31, 2026 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | 123J1426C1492 ↗ Commodities for Usg Food Donations: 2000011355/4100034552/Beef 100% PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0MMA… | Agricultural Marketing Service | 311611 | $16,429,940 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | 123J1426C1480 ↗ Commodities for Usg Food Donations: 2000011384/4100034540/Beef Coarse Ground FRZ CTN-60 LB | Agricultural Marketing Service | 311611 | $3,568,740 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 123J1426C1407 ↗ Commodities for Usg Food Donations: 2000011322/4100034467/Beef 100% PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0MMA… | Agricultural Marketing Service | 311611 | $13,035,580 | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Apr 28, 2026 | 123J1426C1015 ↗ Commodities for Usg Food Donations: 2000011238/4100034083/Beef Fine Ground FRZ PKG-40/1 LB | Agricultural Marketing Service | 311611 | $2,186,800 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Mar 11, 2026 | 123J1426C0818 ↗ Commodities for Usg Food Donations: 2000011207/4100033886/Beef Fine Ground FRZ CTN-40… | Agricultural Marketing Service | 311611 | $1,048,000 | May 31, 2026 |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 123J1426C0710 ↗ Commodities for Usg Food Donations: 2000011176/4100033778/Beef Fine Ground FRZ CTN-40… | Agricultural Marketing Service | 311611 | $1,732,000 | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Jan 9, 2026 | 123J1426C0483 ↗ Commodities for Usg Food Donations: 2000011102/4100033559/Beef 100% PTY 85/15 FRZ 2.0MMA… | Agricultural Marketing Service | 311611 | $12,834,940 | Mar 31, 2026 |
About this data
Source: USAspending.gov (prime contract award types A–D with a small-business set-aside: total/partial small business, 8(a), WOSB/EDWOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone), fetched Oct 18, 2026 and refreshed weekly. Fiscal-year totals are net obligations by action date, so they include modifications to older awards. Agencies and NAICS cover FY2024 to today. Award amounts are obligations to date. DoD data can lag up to 90 days. Records are grouped by the company's UEI; affiliates and joint ventures are listed separately. This page shows only public federal award data. Award records dated before April 4, 2022 may include company names and addresses supplied by Dun & Bradstreet (D&B Open Data); source: D&B, via SAM.gov and USAspending.gov. AwardWatchdog is not affiliated with Cherry Meat Packers, Inc, and a profile here is not an endorsement. Spot an error? Corrections and removal requests are free: see how.
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