What freight costs and what it pays, from public data, every week. Every figure on this site links back to the agency that published it.
Where refrigerated produce freight paid best and worst, from USDA's weekly market news.
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) at $6.139, California at $8.246 — worth planning a stop around.
Where refrigerated produce freight paid best and worst, from USDA's weekly market news.
The national average rose 24.4 cents in the week to 21 September 2026.
A Bloomberg-cited report ties diesel's run to the Iran war, while refrigerated freight stays the one revenue line holding its gro…
| Fuel | National average Sep 2026 · next 28 Sep | $6.529 | +3.9% | Third straight weekly rise | Diesel rose to $6.529 a gallon |
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| Refrigerated | Reefer rate per mile Sep 2026 · next 10 Oct | $4.32 | +2.7% | Second straight weekly rise | Produce reefer rates averaged $4.39 a mile in the week to 29 Se… |
| Dry van | Dry van truckload Aug 2026 · next 15 Oct | — | +1.9% | Second straight monthly rise | Tender rejections climb and capacity thins as carriers gain rat… |
| Flatbed | Flatbed and specialized Aug 2026 · next 15 Oct | — | -0.8% | Third straight monthly fall | The full series and its history → |
| LTL | LTL Aug 2026 · next 15 Oct | — | +4.5% | LTL rates jumped 4.5% in August while flatbed slipped 0.8% |
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