Spot load and truck posts hold firm in early November

Load posts on DAT One held steady during the week of Nov. 2-7, dipping 3% to 2.13 million. The number of load posts has been firm from week to week, averaging 2.19 million over the last 16 weeks. Truck posts increased 3% to 239,406 last week.

Freight trends from DAT One and DAT iQ
Spot market data for Nov. 2-7, 2025 (Week 45)

Broker-to-carrier 7-day average spot rates:
▼  Dry van: $2.06 per mile, down 1 cent week over week
▲  Refrigerated: $2.45 per mile, up 1 cent
—  Flatbed: $2.41 per mile, unchanged

Dry van
▼  Van loads: 997,232, down 4% week over week
▲  Van equipment: 167,584, up 6%
▼  Linehaul rate: $1.69 per mile, down 1 cent

Reefer
▲  Reefer loads: 500,697, up 1% week over week
▲  Reefer equipment: 41,486, up 6%
▲  Linehaul rate: $2.09 per mile, up 1 cent

Flatbed
▼  Flatbed loads: 655,008, down 6% week over week
▼  Flatbed equipment: 30,336, down 9%
▼  Linehaul rate: $2.06 per mile, down 1 cent

U.S. National Average Diesel Price (Source: EIA)
▲  $3.75 per gallon, up 3 cents week over week. YOY: ▲ 22 cents

Market notes from Dean Croke, DAT iQ industry analyst:

The temperature-controlled market experienced uncharacteristic weakness three weeks out from Thanksgiving, with the national seven-day average linehaul reefer rate up 1 cent and reefer load posts virtually unchanged week over week.

Softness in reefer load posts was particularly evident in the 10 largest markets, which account for 23% of national volume. Load post volumes declined by 15%. Dallas recorded the most significant week-over-week decrease, plummeting by almost 27%.

Despite a 1-cent dip last week, the national average van rate was 3 cents higher than the same period last year and 2 cents higher than the three-month trailing average. 

DAT’s top 50 van lanes by load volume averaged $1.98 per mile last week, down 2 cents week over week but 29 cents higher than the national seven-day rolling average rate. In the 13 key Midwest states, which represent 46% of national load volume, the average van rate was unchanged at $1.94 per mile—25 cents above the national average.

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Load and truck posts refer to the number of posts on the DAT One marketplace during Week 45 (Nov. 2-7). Rates are aggregated from invoice data submitted to DAT iQ. dat.com

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