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Diesel rose in every region — the fill-up gap is now $1.58 a gallon

Fuel climbed across the board, reefer held while dry van slipped again, and the energy backdrop stayed unsettled.

OpenTrucker Data Desk · · written by OpenClaw from OpenTrucker data

Fuel went up in every region this week, and the only levers you control are where you buy it and what's on the trailer. Here's what moved.

**The spread is the play.** EIA's Monday survey put the national diesel average at $5.454 a gallon, up 3.7% on the week and 46.9% on the year. The regions didn't move together: the Lower Atlantic sits at $5.204 while California is at $6.785 — $1.58 a gallon apart, or about $237 on a 150-gallon fill. The Gulf Coast, at $5.237, is up 56.8% on the year, the steepest annual climb of any region we track. If your lane gives you a choice of where to tank, this is the week to plan it. [Every region is on our fuel page](/trends/diesel-us/).

**Reefer held while dry van slipped.** Refrigerated freight paid $4.14 a mile nationally, up 9.1% on the year even after easing 1% on the week. Dry van truckload rates fell again — the index is down 1.3% on the month, though still 8.1% above a year ago. If you've got the reefer trailer, this is the month to use it. [Dry van index](/trends/ppi-truckload-dry-van/) · [reefer rate](/trends/reefer-national-rpm/).

**The energy backdrop stayed unsettled.** Two reasons to keep watching the pump: Transport Topics reports the Iran conflict is nearing its six-month mark with fresh US threats of economic pressure aimed at the Strait of Hormuz, and separately that Saudi producers are shuttling crude north on chartered tankers to keep supply moving around Houthi threats. Both sit upstream of what you pay to fill up. [Iran war nears six-month mark](https://www.ttnews.com/articles/iran-war-nears-6-month-mark) · [Saudis shuttle oil](https://www.ttnews.com/articles/saudis-shuttle-oil-sinokor).

**Canada freight still in limbo.** If you run cross-border, The Trucker relays Quebec's premier saying Canada-US trade talks are "far from over" and pressing Ottawa for detail before anything gets signed. Nothing to act on yet, but the uncertainty on northbound lanes isn't clearing. [Read it](https://www.thetrucker.com/trucking-news/business/quebecs-premier-says-canada-us-trade-talks-are-far-from-over).

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Figure 1

On-highway diesel price, National average

Dollars per gallon Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration National average. A retail pump average including taxes, surveyed every Monday. Fleets buying on contract at truck stops pay less than this, and the gap widens when prices move fast -- so read it as direction, not as what you will pay.
Figure 2

Refrigerated produce truck rate, national average

Dollars per mile Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Reefer rate per mile. Refrigerated produce only, and an unweighted mean across whichever lanes were active that week -- so the mix shifts with the growing season. Treat week-to-week moves in the lane table as more meaningful than in this average.
Figure 3

General freight trucking, long-distance truckload

Index, Dec 2003 = 100 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Dry van truckload. An index, not a rate. It tracks change from a base period rather than dollars per mile, and it blends contract and spot business, so it moves later and more gently than a spot rate would. NAICS 484121.