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DAT Trendlines™
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Industry Trends | WEEK AUG 29 – SEP 04 VS. AUG 22 – AUG 28 | MONTH AUG 2022 VS. JUL 2022 | YEAR AUG 2022 VS. AUG 2021 |
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Spot Load Posts | +3.8% | -4.7% | -43.8% |
Spot Truck Posts | -2.2% | +15.0% | +20.4% |
Van Load-To-Truck | +2.6% | -7.9% | -45.2% |
Van Spot Rates | +0.5% | -4.2% | -8.1% |
Flatbed Load-To-Truck | +13.2% | -35.2% | -68.0% |
Flatbed Spot Rates | -0.7% | -7.4% | -0.4% |
Reefer Load-To-Truck | +2.0% | -2.2% | -52.5% |
Reefer Spot Rates | +0.9% | -3.2% | -7.8% |
Fuel Prices | +4.2% | -8.6% | +49.6% |
Fuel Prices

Percent Change: -0.8%
Fuel Price: $5.08 /gallon
Capacity tightens ahead of Labor Day
National Spot Rates: Van, Flatbed, Reefer
Ratios rise for vans and reefers but rates continue to slide
Aug 22 – 28 – Load-to-truck ratios rose dramatically for reefer freight in the last full week of August, as shippers moved loads ahead of the long Labor Day holiday weekend. The uptick in demand wasn’t enough to stall the downward trend in rates, however.
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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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