Carrier profile · USDOT 3037353 · MC-1002305 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Wandering Meadows Cattle Co LLC

5 power unitsavg 11.5 yrMulti-region · 10 statesSIOUX FALLS, SD74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1002305 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 40.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 28 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 14.2 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

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 4

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
5
Inspections · 24 mo
28
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈2.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
1.52measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

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 Driving30 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 10 total · 1 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20231011
20223013
20212002
20201001
20191011
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 18, 2025IA00Yes
Jun 16, 2023MN02Yes
Nov 10, 2022MO00Yes
Aug 18, 2022SD00Yes
Jul 17, 2022NE02Yes
Sep 15, 2021WI00Yes
Aug 18, 2021MN00Yes
Aug 26, 2020MN00Yes
Oct 28, 2019MN01Yes
Feb 5, 2018MN00Yes