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Fuel Prices

Percent Change: +1.2%

Fuel Price: $2.53 /gallon


Spot market slows heading into year-end stretch

National Spot Rates: Van, Flatbed, Reefer

Rates fall on many high-traffic lanes

Dec 7 – 14 – Truck posts outpaced load posts last week, a signal that capacity on the truckload spot market has loosened. That’s taken pressure of freight rates, with national average rates largely flat for vans and flatbeds, and down for reefers.

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For the latest market updates, visit the DAT blog.

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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Trendlines last updated: 12/15/2020 12:00:00 AM

Next update: 1/5/2021 12:00:00 AM

Trucking Success partners with DAT to offer a special on the TruckersEdge Load Board to its members. Sign up for TruckersEdge today and get your first 30 days free by signing up at www.truckersedge.com/374122. This offer is available to new TruckersEdge subscribers only.

POWER from DAT One is the industry’s most advanced load board, with powerful tools for advanced filtering, group collaboration, automatic refreshes, multiple searching and posting simultaneously, partner research tools, and market-leading rate tools. Get your first 30 Days Free on DAT! Sign up here: www.dat.com/power/374122

DAT News & Blogs

Trucking Success partners with DAT to offer a special on the TruckersEdge Load Board to its members. Sign up for TruckersEdge today and get your first 30 days free by signing up at www.truckersedge.com/374122. This offer is available to new TruckersEdge subscribers only.

POWER from DAT One is the industry’s most advanced load board, with powerful tools for advanced filtering, group collaboration, automatic refreshes, multiple searching and posting simultaneously, partner research tools, and market-leading rate tools. Get your first 30 Days Free on DAT! Sign up here: www.dat.com/power/374122

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DAT Trendlines™

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Fuel Prices

Percent Change: +0.8%

Fuel Price: $2.46 /gallon


Spot market slows for holiday

National Spot Rates: Van, Flatbed, Reefer

Volumes fall but prices rise during Thanksgiving week

Nov 23 – Nov 29 – Load board activity slowed down last week, with carriers, brokers and shippers taking time off for Thanksgiving. But for the freight that did move, prices were at a premium, with rates rising on most high-traffic lanes.

Watch DAT iQ Live: Join the DAT iQ team live on YouTube or LinkedIn Live, 10am ET every Tuesday.

NEW! Get deep visibility into contract rates with the Freight Market Intelligence Consortium, formerly part of Chainalytics.

Get a clear view of tomorrow’s rates with the one-of-a-kind RATECAST tool from DAT iQ. Learn More >

For the latest market updates, visit the DAT blog.

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.

Get Trendlines updates


SPECIAL OFFER: Free 50-Lane Look Up – Benchmark your rates against $118 billion in actual transactions.  Learn More >


Trendlines last updated: 12/01/2020 12:00:00 AM

Next update: 12/15/2020 12:00:00 AM

Trucking Success partners with DAT to offer a special on the TruckersEdge Load Board to its members. Sign up for TruckersEdge today and get your first 30 days free by signing up at www.truckersedge.com/374122. This offer is available to new TruckersEdge subscribers only.

POWER from DAT One is the industry’s most advanced load board, with powerful tools for advanced filtering, group collaboration, automatic refreshes, multiple searching and posting simultaneously, partner research tools, and market-leading rate tools. Get your first 30 Days Free on DAT! Sign up here: www.dat.com/power/374122