Freight Rate
Index
What each truck type has been offered per mile on One Load Board over the last thirty days, worked out from real posted rates, with the number of loads behind every figure.
No truck type has had ten priced loads posted in the last 30 days yet, which is the least the index will publish a figure on. It fills in as freight comes onto the board.
How the index is worked out
- Every load posted on One Load Board in the last thirty days that carries both a rate and a distance. That is freight brokers send us through LoadBoard Network, and freight posted here directly.
- Rate per mile is the posted rate divided by the posted miles. It is what the broker offered, not what the carrier finally agreed.
- Left out: loads posted as call for rate, loads with no mileage, rates below $0.20 or above $25.00 a mile (those are data errors, not freight), and the test loads we run to check the board.
- Loads that have since been covered stay in. A load that was booked is the best evidence of what it paid.
- A truck type is shown only when at least ten priced loads back it.
Every load on the board shows its rate before you call, so you can hold it up against these figures yourself.
See The Board FreeFreight Rate Index, Common Questions
Where do these rates come from?
From loads posted on One Load Board: freight brokers send us through LoadBoard Network, and loads brokers post here directly. Each figure is the posted rate divided by the posted miles. Loads posted as call for rate, loads with no mileage, and test data are left out.
Why the median and not the average?
Freight rates are lopsided. One expedited run at several times the normal rate pulls an average above what almost any load actually paid. The median is the middle load, and the middle half (the 25th to 75th percentile) shows how wide the spread is without letting one outlier set it.
Are these spot rates or contract rates?
They are posted spot rates: what a broker offered on a load board for a single load. Contract rates, fuel surcharges paid separately and the rate a carrier finally negotiated are not in it. Treat a posted rate as an opening offer.
Why is my truck type missing?
A truck type appears only when at least ten priced loads for it were posted in the last thirty days. Below that the figure would describe a handful of brokers rather than a market, so it is left off until there is enough freight behind it.
How often does the index update?
Every time the page is loaded, over a rolling thirty-day window. The dates the figures cover are printed above the table, so a figure quoted elsewhere can be matched to the period it describes.
Can I use these figures?
Yes. Quote or chart them with a link to oneloadboard.com/rate-index and the date range printed on the page, so readers can see the current figures and how they were worked out.