[Ancapistani]

Probably.

Given what I know about the process from end to end, the ideal would be an instant slaughter, away from the other animals, where they were raised.

There are pretty big roadblocks to making that happen - sanitation and refrigeration are the two that immediately come to mind, but there are others as well.

This line of thought does make me wonder if there might be a market for a mobile slaughter operation. Something on the scale of a single 52' semi trailer, where the animal goes from "farm to freezer" on-site. You'd definitely need to "field dress" them there, but you'd probably want to skin them as well for efficiency.

For game animals you can get away with removing the organs but leaving the carcass otherwise whole; for pigs, skinning is significantly more labor-intensive if not done as the first step. I won't go into detail here, because it's both potential disturbing and might be a bit of a trade secret - but there is an easy way to skin an animal that takes only one person less than a couple of minutes. I've done it for deer that have been field dressed, and it's much less effective.