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<h2 class="tl-section-header text-white m-0 sm:pr-[25px] tablet:px-[25px] ">National Spot Rates</h2>
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Trendlines shows a weekly snapshot of the month-to-date for national average rates from <a href="https://www.dat.com/rateview" target="_parent"><strong>DAT</strong> RateView</a>. National average spot market rates for the past four months, including fuel surcharges, are shown in the three graphs, above.
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<h2 class="tl-section-header tl-about-title m-0 mb-10">About Trendlines</h2>
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 $1 trillion database of actual freight payments.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
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:<br><br>
<br/><br/>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 <a href="https://www.dat.com/iq" class="text-dat-blue-500" target="_parent">DAT iQ</a> or tools in <a href="https://www.dat.com/one" class="text-dat-blue-500" target="_parent">DAT One</a> load boards.<br><br>
To access the full history of DAT Trendlines reports, <a href="https://cloud.comms.dat.com/sales-inquiry-professional-services?_gl=1*l0mf9s*_ga*MTExNjE5OTg0NS4xNzA4Mzc5MjM3*_ga_C36TRC5CVZ*MTcxMDQ0NzM3MC4xNi4xLjE3MTA0NDkwMjMuMC4wLjA.*_ga_QYVEY2GZSM*MTcxMDQ0NzM3MC4xNy4wLjE3MTA0NDczNzMuMC4wLjA.*_gcl_au*NTAzODQzOTU2LjE3MDgzNzkyMzc." class="text-dat-blue-500" target="_parent">contact DAT’s Analytics Services team.</a>