Carrier profile · USDOT 66346 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Valley Queen Cheese Factory Inc

39 power unitsLocal · 1 statesMILBANK, SD81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksvqcheese.comFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 33.3 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 2

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 39-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
39
Inspections · 24 mo
13
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

7%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
3.11measure
SMS · per-BASIC

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 20 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 27 total · 5 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252012
20242002
20221001
20212002
20204014
20193013
20161001
20141001
20131001
20101011
20082012
20071011
20041011
20001111
19971011
19961011
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 5, 2026SD01Yes
Nov 8, 2025SD00Yes
Aug 28, 2025SD01Yes
Dec 3, 2024SD00Yes
Aug 25, 2024SD00Yes
Sep 30, 2022SD00Yes
Dec 12, 2021SD00Yes
Mar 31, 2021MN00Yes
Oct 27, 2020SD00Yes
Oct 22, 2020SD00Yes
Jun 11, 2020SD01Yes
Feb 12, 2020SD00Yes
Dec 28, 2019SD00Yes
Dec 11, 2019SD01Yes
Mar 1, 2019SD00Yes
Feb 17, 2016SD00Yes
Nov 10, 2014SD00Yes
Mar 9, 2013SD00Yes
Jan 7, 2010MN03Yes
Dec 24, 2008MN00Yes
Sep 17, 2008SD01Yes
Nov 22, 2007MN01Yes
Nov 29, 2004SD01Yes
Jul 18, 2000SD11Yes
Mar 14, 1997SD02Yes