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Weekly snapshot by the numbers

Industry Trends
 
WEEK
FEB 20 – FEB 26 VS. FEB 13 – FEB 19
MONTH
JAN 2023 VS. DEC 2022
YEAR
JAN 2023 VS. JAN 2022
Spot Load Posts-8.9%+1.2%-68.5%
Spot Truck Posts-3.1%+5.2%+33.8%
Van Load-To-Truck-6.3%-12.9%-68.0%
Van Spot Rates-0.6%-1.3%-23.2%
Flatbed Load-To-Truck-9.4%+26.6%-85.7%
Flatbed Spot Rates+0.6%-0.8%-12.6%
Reefer Load-To-Truck-1.4%-14.6%-76.2%
Reefer Spot Rates-0.7%-1.4%-22.6%
Fuel Prices-1.5%-3.6%+9.4%

National Spot Rates

Slow season sees prices fall further
VAN
FLATBED
REEFER

Weekly Brief

Spot market activity slows across the board

Feb 13 – 26 – The gap between contract and spot market truckload rates remains wide as we continue through what is traditionally the quietest part of the calendar for freight markets. Load board activity on the DAT One network was down last week, with both truck and load posts declining. DAT iQ forecasts point to the current inverted market (where contract rates are above spot rates) to remain in place likely through the first half of the year.

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Fuel Prices

Current national diesel fuel price average
$ FUEL PRICE / GALLON 4.29

PERCENT CHANGE -2.1%

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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.

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Next Update 4-1-2023

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