Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) · Texas

Western Cattle Feeders, LLC

Lockney, TX · ~53 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Cattle Feeders, LLC runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) workplace, earning a grade D.

Western Cattle Feeders, LLC: 6.1 TCR = 135% of Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Cattle Feeders, LLC safety composite

Western Cattle Feeders, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−7.2

2019→2024

Western Cattle Feeders, LLC injury rate improved

Western Cattle Feeders, LLC's TCR fell 7.2 from 11.1 in 2019 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=11.1 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=5.0 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112112 · Lockney, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 135% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #38/48
  • PHOTO CanTex Feeders LP
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CanTex Feeders LP (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Cattle Feeders, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Western Cattle Feeders, LLC averages 6.1 TCR (135% of the Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Western Cattle Feeders, LLC TCR series: 2019=11.1 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=5 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Western Cattle Feeders, LLC falls in its industry

165 Beef cattle feedlots (except s establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 48 Beef cattle feedlots (except s employers in Texas.

Western Cattle Feeders, LLC (53 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 5.4 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 020406080100 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Cattle Feeders, LLC
Western Cattle Feeders, LLC (53 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Western Cattle Feeders, LLC has more employees than the Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 3.9 3.9 4 0 0
2023 5.0 5.0 5 0 0
2022 6.1 4.9 5 0 0
2021 6.8 6.8 4 0 0
2020 3.7 3.7 2 0 0
2019 11.1 7.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112112 · TX · Lockney

165 Beef cattle feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 3 employers in Lockney, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR CanTex Feeders LP 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Olson Farms 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bovina Cattle Company 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cobalt Cattle Company LLC - Leoti 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE XIT Feeders 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wolf Creek Feedyard 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glasscock County Coop 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Galveston 209 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR D & J Gin Incorporated 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockney Coop Gin 15 FTE
NAT-TCR Phrg Tpa 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Intel JF5 Cafe 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Occasions-Transport 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ecumen Pathstone Living 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0f36 - Milwaukee Fire 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE 056p - Phoenix Az Dc 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE 370 - Terre Haute 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rome Enterprises, Inc. 53 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.