BENJAMIN LIVESTOCK & FEED CO INC
FMCSA Live Status
Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 10
- Drivers · CDL
- 8 · 8
- Annual miles
- 1.1M
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tractors | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Trailers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Registration
- FMCSA Rating
- Satisfactory (03-04-2010) · 16 yr old
- Registered
- 07-31-2000 (26 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 03-13-2025 (Address Change)
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 07, 2026
- Officer
- TODD R BENJAMIN
- Officer
- COLLEEN BENJAMIN
Cargo
- High-Risk Cargo
- Livestock, General Freight
Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.
Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.
Expected crash rate is about 2.0× that of similar fleets.
Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.
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.
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Injury crashes2 crashes with 6 people hurt in 24 months.Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
- Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
- No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Track record
Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Illinois (about 15 in 24 months would be typical).
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.200 | 0.034 |
| Inspections | 0.65 | 1.23 |
| Violations | 0.45 | 0.97 |
| Critical violations | 0.10 | 0.19 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 10–19 power units, medium-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
9 violations · 24 months-
Unsafe driving No alert3 · 0 OOSSpeeding 3
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Vehicle maintenance No alert3 · 1 OOSBrakes 1 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 1
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Hours of service No alert2 · 0 OOSFalse log 1 · Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
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Driver fitness No alert1 · 0 OOSNo valid CDL 1
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Violations by quarter
Tap a category to show or hide itCrashes
24 months-
Mar162026IowaProperty damage onlySnow road, daylight, blowing sand soil dirt or snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Jan192026IndianaInjury · 5 people hurtIce road, daylight, snow.
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Nov202025IllinoisInjury · 1 person hurtDark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
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Nov102025IllinoisProperty damage onlySnow road, dark - not lighted, snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Hazmat released.
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Oct272024IllinoisProperty damage onlyDark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
2 of the 5 crashes hurt someone but killed no one.
1 of the 5 crashes released hazardous materials.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.
FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Where it happens
- Illinois (HQ) 4
- Iowa 2
- Indiana 2
- Michigan 1
- Ohio 1
- Pennsylvania 1
How this grade is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook
The FRED Score predicts this motor carrier's crash risk over the next 12 months — how often they're likely to crash and how severe those crashes tend to be — versus a typical fleet of its size (10 power units: 10 filed, 6 seen roadside in 24 months).
We'd expect a typical fleet of 10 power units this active to have about 0.4 crashes a year. This motor carrier recorded 5 in its scoring window (Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026, about 1.7 a year) — about 3.9× a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 0.8 over the next 12 — about 2.0× the typical fleet. When this motor carrier does crash, those crashes tend to be substantially more severe than average — roughly 3.4× the injury/fatal weight of a typical crash.
FRED multiplies three factors: the class rate a fleet of this size, class and activity is expected to run, a violation relativity from its roadside record, and its own crash experience over 36 months weighted by how much exposure stands behind it. The grade is the band of the resulting relativity to class, then the screens.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
AB Property| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe Driving | 3 | 2.52 | |
| HOS Compliance | 2 | 1.52 | |
| Driver Fitness | 1 | 0.05 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 1 | 12.00 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (01-DEC-25 – 30-MAY-25) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.