DAT Trendlines™

Industry Trends		WEEK JAN 11 - JAN 17 VS. JAN 04 - JAN 10	MONTH DEC 2020 VS. NOV 2020	YEAR DEC 2020 VS. DEC 2019
	Spot Load Posts	-17.6%	+8.1%	+69.4%
	Spot Truck Posts	+24.3%	-3.1%	-2.0%
	Van Load-To-Truck	-44.7%	+7.7%	+46.7%
	Van Spot Rates	-3.5%	+0.7%	+26.4%
	Flatbed Load-To-Truck	-11.7%	+35.9%	+203.5%
	Flatbed Spot Rates	+0.6%	+1.2%	+14.2%
	Reefer Load-To-Truck	-46.8%	-9.4%	+22.9%
	Reefer Spot Rates	-3.5%	-0.7%	+16.2%
	Fuel Prices	+1.1%	+6.3%	-15.4%

Fuel Prices

Percent Change: +1.1%

Fuel Price: $2.67 /gallon

Truckload demand slows and prices fall

National Spot Rates: Van, Flatbed, Reefer

Looser capacity takes pressure off freight rates

Jan 11 - 17 - Truckload rates began to decline last week, with slower demand met with looser capacity. As a result, load-to-truck ratios fell for each trailer type, taking pressure off of what had previously been record high rates at the turn of the calendar year.

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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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