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Truck availability

How easy grain elevators found it to hire a truck this quarter compared with the same quarter a year earlier. 1 is very easy, 5 is very hard.

Index, 1-5 Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Truck availability. A survey of grain elevators, not a market-wide measure, and it is relative to a year ago rather than absolute. Reported on a 1-5 scale.
Latest 2.60 1 October 2025

Change, one period 0.00%
Change, one year -13.33%
Observations 44
Covers Jan 2015 – Oct 2025

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What this does not measure

A survey of grain elevators, not a market-wide measure, and it is relative to a year ago rather than absolute. Reported on a 1-5 scale.

Recent observations
PeriodValue
1 Oct 2025 2.60
1 Jul 2025 2.60
1 Apr 2025 2.80
1 Jan 2025 2.50
1 Oct 2024 3.00
1 Jul 2024 2.80
1 Apr 2024 2.80
1 Jan 2024 2.80
1 Oct 2023 2.90
1 Jul 2023 3.40
1 Apr 2023 2.92
1 Jan 2023 2.91
1 Oct 2022 3.00
1 Jul 2022 3.62
1 Apr 2022 3.45
1 Jan 2022 3.69
1 Oct 2021 3.19
1 Jul 2021 3.57
1 Apr 2021 2.60
1 Jan 2021 2.20
1 Oct 2020 2.29
1 Jul 2020 2.45
1 Apr 2020 2.50
1 Jan 2020 2.50
1 Oct 2019 2.90
1 Jul 2019 2.92
1 Apr 2019 3.19
1 Jan 2019 3.00
1 Oct 2018 2.80
1 Jul 2018 3.28
1 Apr 2018 3.60
1 Jan 2018 2.80
1 Oct 2017 2.60
1 Jul 2017 2.70
1 Apr 2017 2.80
1 Jan 2017 2.20
1 Oct 2016 2.30
1 Jul 2016 3.10
1 Apr 2016 2.20
1 Jan 2016 2.20
1 Oct 2015 2.30
1 Jul 2015 2.60
1 Apr 2015 2.70
1 Jan 2015 2.13
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