The City of Pico Rivera is seeking to acquire or transform a property that was once a cattle slaughterhouse into a space that “reflects community values and long-term public benefit.”
Manning Beef, a 3.74-acre slaughterhouse and meat processing facility, closed in late 2025 after it filed for bankruptcy the year before. The city said this week that it intends to participate in the court-supervised sale of the property to ensure slaughter operations will not continue at the site.
Operating for over a century, Manning Beef was said to be one of the last remaining large-scale cattle slaughter operations in the region…