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WEEK
APR 08 - APR 14 VS. APR 01 - APR 07 |
MONTH
MAR 2024 VS. FEB 2024 |
YEAR
MAR 2024 VS. MAR 2023 |
| Spot Load Posts | +2.6% | +12.3% | -14.6% |
| Spot Truck Posts | -4.7% | -6.1% | -22.7% |
| Van Load-To-Truck | +15.5% | +12.1% | +17.1% |
| Van Spot Rates | +0.0% | -2.6% | -7.5% |
| Flatbed Load-To-Truck | -6.7% | +35.4% | -2.9% |
| Flatbed Spot Rates | +0.3% | +0.6% | -8.2% |
| Reefer Load-To-Truck | +15.4% | +8.7% | +16.0% |
| Reefer Spot Rates | -1.0% | -2.6% | -5.9% |
| Fuel Prices | +1.6% | -0.6% | -4.7% |
National Spot Rates
VAN
FLATBED
REEFER
Weekly Brief
Van and reefer rates still waiting for a boost
April 8 – 14: Truckload capacity has tightened along the Sun Belt as we get closer to produce season. This pushed load-to-truck ratios higher for vans and reefers, though the national average rates haven’t followed suit yet.
Fuel Prices
FUEL PRICE / GALLON
Weekly Percent Change
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Trendlines shows a weekly snapshot of the month-to-date for national average rates
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About Trendlines
DAT Trendlines is a free weekly spot market freight report, providing an overview of national freight market trends. The average trucking rates are based on DAT iQ’s $150 billion database of actual freight payments.
The report includes a weekly snapshot of the rolling month-to-date national average trucking rates for van, reefer and flatbed. National average rates in Trendlines are for lanes of 250 miles or more.
Trendlines also includes national supply and demand metrics based on load and truck posts on the DAT One load board network by freight brokers, shippers and carriers.You can also explore historical monthly trucking industry trends and compare spot trucking freight rates to the contract rates that shippers pay directly to carriers by visiting the links below:
Van Demand & Capacity
Van Spot Market Rates
Flatbed Demand & Capacity
Flatbed Spot Market Rates
Reefer Demand & Capacity
Reefer Spot Market Rates
The national trends reported in DAT Trendlines are not necessarily reflective of trends that freight brokers, shippers and carriers may be seeing in individual trucking lanes or regions. To fully understand market and truckload pricing dynamics in your lanes, DAT provides a full suite of freight rate and market data available from DAT iQ or tools in DAT One load boards.
To access the full history of DAT Trendlines reports, contact DAT’s Analytics Services team.