
Reefer Report: California capacity vanishes while rates lag behind
Reefer spot linehaul rates paid to carriers averaged $2.69 per mile this week, minus fuel, up 2.1%, or $0.06 per mile, from the prior week.

Reefer spot linehaul rates paid to carriers averaged $2.69 per mile this week, minus fuel, up 2.1%, or $0.06 per mile, from the prior week.

Flatbed spot linehaul rates paid to carriers averaged $2.67 per mile this week, minus fuel, down 1.2%, or $0.03 per mile, from the prior week.

Dry van spot linehaul rates paid to carriers averaged $2.19 per mile this week, minus fuel, down 0.8%, or $0.02 per mile, from the prior week.

Flatbed spot linehaul averaged $2.70 per mile this week, minus fuel, down 0.8%, or $0.02 per mile, from the prior week

Reefer spot linehaul rates paid to carriers averaged $2.63 per mile this week, minus fuel, down 0.2%, or less than a cent per mile, from the prior week.

Dry van spot linehaul paid to carriers averaged $2.21 per mile this week, minus fuel, down 1.6%, or $0.04 per mile, from the prior week.

Reefer national spot linehaul rates paid to carriers averaged $2.63 per mile last week (minus fuel), down 0.2%, or $0.01 per mile, from the prior week.

Flatbed spot linehaul rates paid to carriers averaged $2.72 per mile last week, minus fuel, down 2.4%, or $0.07 per mile, from the prior week.

Dry van spot linehaul rates paid to carriers averaged $2.25 per mile last week, minus fuel, down 1.3%, or $0.03 per mile, from the prior week.

The reefer produce market took a broad step back week over week, but off a plateau that still sits far above 2025.

The second-quarter U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index captured a market moving in two directions at once.

The July Logistics Managers’ Index read 68.9, down 2.2 points from June’s 71.1, which had been the fastest overall expansion since March 2022.