Industry Trends		WEEK JUL 08 – JUL 14 VS. JUL 01 – JUL 07	MONTH JUN 2019 VS. MAY 2019	YEAR JUN 2019 VS. JUN 2018
	Spot Market Loads	+48.3%	+35.9%	-50.3%
	Spot Market Capacity	+20.9%	-18.8%	+29.9%
	Van Load-To-Truck	+19.1%	+76.2%	-50.3%
	Van Rates (Spot)	-0.5%	+5.4%	-18.5%
	Flatbed Load-To-Truck	+23.5%	+57.2%	-74.5%
	Flatbed Rates (Spot)	+1.0%	+0.9%	-18.4%
	Reefer Load-To-Truck	+9.2%	+80.0%	-55.0%
	Reefer Rates (Spot)	-3.5%	+4.9%	-16.8%
	Fuel Prices	+0.4%	-2.3%	-5.0%

Fuel Prices

Percent Change: +0.7%

Fuel Price: $3.06 /gallon

Spot rates take summertime slide

National Spot Rates: Van, Flatbed, Reefer

Post-holiday prices drop for truckload freight

Jul 8 – 14 – There was a significant uptick in spot market activity last week, with a full workforce returning after a break for Fourth of July. But with the holiday in the rear-view mirror, there’s also less urgency for truckload shipments. That led to declining van, reefer, and flatbed rates in many parts of the country.

For more info, read the Rate Trend of the Week.

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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