DAT Trendlines™

Industry Trends		WEEK JAN 18 - JAN 24 VS. JAN 11 - JAN 17	MONTH DEC 2020 VS. NOV 2020	YEAR DEC 2020 VS. DEC 2019
	Spot Load Posts	-3.5%	+8.1%	+69.4%
	Spot Truck Posts	+0.4%	-3.1%	-2.0%
	Van Load-To-Truck	-11.7%	+7.7%	+46.7%
	Van Spot Rates	-2.2%	+0.7%	+26.5%
	Flatbed Load-To-Truck	+1.1%	+35.9%	+203.5%
	Flatbed Spot Rates	+0.0%	+1.5%	+14.5%
	Reefer Load-To-Truck	-9.8%	-9.4%	+22.9%
	Reefer Spot Rates	-2.3%	-0.8%	+16.0%
	Fuel Prices	+1.0%	+6.3%	-15.4%

Fuel Prices

Percent Change: +1.1%

Fuel Price: $2.7 /gallon

Winter truckload rates continue to slide

National Spot Rates: Van, Flatbed, Reefer

Load-to-truck ratios drop for each segment

Jan 18 - 24 - Demand for truckload shipments on the spot market continues to decline in January, coming down from the peaks set in 2020. As a result, freight rates have fallen across the board, with prices lower on the vast majority of trucking lanes.

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Trendlines shows a weekly snapshot of the month-to-date for national average rates from DAT RateView. National average spot market rates for the past four months, including fuel surcharges, are shown in the three graphs, above.

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