
Reefer Report: Produce comes off the peak, but last year’s floor stays out of reach
The reefer produce market took a broad step back week over week, but off a plateau that still sits far above 2025.

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.

Reefer spot linehaul averaged $2.65 per mile this week, minus fuel, down 2.6%, or $0.07 per mile, from the prior week.

The ongoing re-pricing of the truckload market remains supply-led, a trend underscored this week by tightening rates for California citrus

Flatbed spot linehaul averaged $2.87 per mile this week, down 2.7%, or $0.08 per mile, from the prior week. Rates

Last week’s post-holiday tightness didn’t just fade — it reversed. Across nearly every district, USDA flipped truck availability a full

California truckload capacity flipped from loose to tight in a single week. Six districts — Imperial/Coachella, Kern, Oxnard, Salinas-Watsonville, Santa

This week’s report is about reversals. Mexico Crossings through South Texas flipped from Slight Shortage of capacity back to Slight

Florida is officially in the rearview mirror. This week’s report drops Central and South Florida from the availability table entirely,

The baton just passed. Central & South Florida files its Last Report of the season, and in the same breath

The big picture Florida’s Shortage-era rate spike is unwinding — fast. After a two-week surge that sent rates on key

The big picture Florida just posted its most dramatic single-week rate swing of the season — and the story isn’t