Rolling 4-Week Archives
Spot rates remain strong in the latest week
Broker-posted spot rates for dry van and refrigerated equipment continued to fall from their recent weather-induced surge during the week ended February 20 (week 7), but they remain very strong versus comparable rates in recent years. Meanwhile, flatbed spot rates rose for the 13th time in 14 weeks to their highest level since the beginning of May and are the strongest year over year since the spring of 2022. A new winter storm in the northeastern U.S. could prop up van rates this week.
Van spot rates fall but remain quite strong
Broker-posted spot rates in the Truckstop.com system for dry van and refrigerated equipment fell during the week ended February 13 (week 6), but they remain at or close to the strongest year-over-year levels in four years. Flatbed spot rates were not nearly as strong versus the same 2025 week, but they are the strongest year over year since May 2022 and have risen in 12 of the past 13 weeks. Van spot rates typically fall during the current week of the year, but they likely will remain highly elevated.
The spot market remains stressed in the latest week
Total broker-posted spot rates in the Truckstop.com system increased slightly during the week ended February 6 (week 5) as dry van and flatbed added to their gains in the previous week and refrigerated spot rates declined only modestly from the record surge in that week. The total market spot rate did not quite match the rate at the end of 2025, but dry van spot rates surpassed year end rates, reaching the highest level since the end of 2022. Flatbed spot rates increased for the 11th time in 12 weeks.
Spot rates soar as expected due to winter storm
Last week’s broad swath of severe winter weather fully delivered the expected boost to the spot market and perhaps then some. Total broker-posted spot rates in the Truckstop.com system rose during the week ended January 30 (week 4) by the most in a single week since the end of 2023. The 45-cent surge in refrigerated spot rates is the largest on record, at least back to 2008. The 20-cent jump in dry van spot rates is the third largest on record. Flatbed spot rates rose for the 10th time in 11 weeks.
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