Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Plains Cotton Cooperative Association Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$50M
Total assets Below avg plan size
37
Participants Small participant base
86th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.4M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association · Sponsored by Plains Cotton Cooperative Association · Texas · Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing

$50M in assets, 37 participants

Plains Cotton Cooperative Association's Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association reported $50M in total assets and 37 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 86th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #1,175 in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,288 peers)

Where Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association sits by assets

Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $50M for 37 participants (~$1.4M/participant), down 8.8% in 2023.

#1,175
in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,288 peers)
-8.8%
assets change YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $5M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$49,971,799 Top 14% higher than 86% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association is a small filing (37 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association reported net income rose from -$21M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$5M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association reported participants fell from 43 in the plan year 2022 filing to 37 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association end-of-year assets fell from $55M in the plan year 2022 filing to $50M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 750868898 · Plains Cotton Cooperative Association PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association · $50M · 37 · 86th

  • SCH $50M
  • EBSA 37
  • PART 86th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • NET near Union Health Service, Inc. Pension Trust
  • BOOK ind #1175

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association in the asset neighbourhood

Bricklayers Allied Craftsmen Pension Plan Local No 3Bricklayers Allied Craftsmen…$50MUnion Health Service, Inc. Pension TrustUnion Health Service, Inc. P…$50MBaton Rouge Sheet Metal Workers Pension FundBaton Rouge Sheet Metal Work…$50MRetirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative AssociationRetirement Plan for Employee…$50MMoore & Van Allen Pension PlanMoore & Van Allen Pension Pl…$50M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$55M
Net Assets (End of Year)$50M
Net Income-$5M
Employer EIN750868898
Plan Effective Date1972-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Plains Cotton Cooperative Association)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Plains Cotton Cooperative Association plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$18M 71.82325336914641% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$20M$40M$60M$80M 202220232024 $65.5M $18.5M ▼ -71.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 193 $65M
2023 2 167 $62M
2024 2 166 $18M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association, Total assets ($B): 0.049971799 · Participants: 37Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative AssociationAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 30.018512 · Participants: 107859AT&T Pension Benefit PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.133347097 · Participants: 12215Shell Pension PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.015 · Participants: 22551Exxonmobil Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.803014695 · Participants: 12138Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income PlanBp Retirement Accumulation Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.493677099 · Participants: 9360Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan
Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Union Health Service, Inc. Pension Trust in IL ($50M); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan for Officers,Business Reps and Office Employees of Local 464a in NJ (37 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (37 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association assets move in 2023? ▼
Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association pulled back noticeably - down 8.8% during 2023, from $55M to $50M. Reported net income was -$5M.
How have Plains Cotton Cooperative Association plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Plains Cotton Cooperative Association's sponsor-wide assets declined 71.8%, from $65M to $18M.
Where does Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association ranks in the 86th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Union Health Service, Inc. Pension Trust in IL ($50M, 80 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Plan for Employees of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Retirement Plan for Officers,Business Reps and Office Employees of Local 464a in NJ (37 participants, $13M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 750868898.

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

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.