VALLEY PROTEINS LLC

DOT# 36807 MC# 1633049 DUNS# 3063401 Irving, TX Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(972) 281-4444 shenley@darlingii.com 5601 N Macarthur, Irving TX 75038
141 power units 135 drivers
Satisfactory
FRED Score 52.6 / 100
Moderate confidence
52 yrs history · 52 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
141
Drivers · CDL
135 · 135
Annual miles
71.2M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 10 0 0 10
Tractors 0 131 0 131
Trailers 358 0 0 358

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (09-10-1980) · 46 yr old
Registered
06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
09-11-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
MARK SKELLEY
Officer
RANDALL C STUEWE

Cargo

56.1
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food Other: Renderings Grain/Feed/Hay
High-Risk Cargo
Refrigerated Food, Meat

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears implausibly high for fleet size. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Expected crash rate is about the same as similar fleets.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 100–199 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.6× as often as the median active fleet of 100–199 trucks.

This motor carrier 1.03×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
3.8 vs 3.7 for similar fleets
Likely 1–7 crashes
This motor carrier
3.8
Similar fleets
3.7
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~10%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 6 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 3 a year), including 4 with injuries; similar fleets have about 3.7 a year. The grade counts 28 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.16×, violations 0.33× and out-of-service orders 0.63× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -28%.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Injury crashes
    4 crashes with 7 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 88% of inspections found no violations.
Data flags
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
6
0 fatalities · 7 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
52
88% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
20.0%
4 of 20
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 52
National avg 6.7%
Violations
6
4 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 13 inspections, 1 out of service 13 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 19 inspections, 2 out of service 19 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 8 inspections, 1 out of service 8 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 1,871 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.014 0.024
Inspections 0.65 0.91
Violations 0.02 0.51
Critical violations 0.01 0.10

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 100–199 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

6 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    6 · 4 OOS
    Tires 2 · Brakes 1 · Cargo securement 1 · Lights 1 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Apr
    9
    2026
    Iowa
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • May
    12
    2025
    New Jersey
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.
  • Jan
    28
    2025
    North Carolina
    Injury · 2 people hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jan
    9
    2025
    Delaware
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
  • Oct
    31
    2024
    South Carolina
    Injury · 3 people hurt
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway not divided.
  • Oct
    12
    2024
    Pennsylvania
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$5,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA
on record since Jun 1, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $750,000
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since May 2, 2024)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • North Carolina 21
  • Virginia 9
  • Maryland 6
  • Pennsylvania 6
  • South Carolina 4
  • New Mexico 2
  • Texas (HQ) 2
  • Colorado 1

Runs well beyond its home state: 2 of 52 inspections were in Texas.