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Refrigerated Truck Rates By Lane Data: Dataset Structure and Field Coverage
Datadory delivers refrigerated truck rates by lane data covering comprehensive field definitions, entity mappings, and historical time series — structured for direct analytics and delivered on demand.
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Which source actually publishes refrigerated rates per lane?
One dataset in Datadory's Cargo Ground Transportation slice quotes prices per lane: the USDA Agricultural Truck Rate Report (AgTransport), USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's open-data platform built on AMS Market News Specialty Crops Program reports. Its Refrigerated Truck Rates and Availability table (dataset ID acar-e3r8) holds 206,201 weekly rows from 2000-01-04 through the current week - 86 rows in the latest week alone as of August 2026 - each one an origin-to-destination produce lane priced for that week.
What fields define a lane observation?
Eleven documented columns describe every row, so a "lane rate" is fully specified rather than an anecdote: date, region, origin shipping area, destination market, distance in miles, commodity list, weeklow, weekhigh, midpoint, rpm (rate per mile, computed as midpoint divided by miles) and an integer availability score.
Where do lane rates fit in a freight analysis stack?
As the price layer that volume data cannot supply. Model corridor demand with FAF5's 132-region origin-destination matrix, size shipment-level flows with the CFS 2022 PUMS file of 37,576,546 records, then attach actual reefer dollars to the produce corridors using AgTransport's weekly prints - the three sources share SCTG-style commodity thinking even though only one of them names a number a shipper would recognise.
When a rate spike needs a physical explanation, FHWA's Freight Performance Measurement Program supplies NPMRDS truck travel-time reliability and bottleneck delay across the National Highway System, refreshed monthly, so a shortage-scored week can be tested against congestion on the same geography. Our head-to-head vs Data.gov Freight Catalog scores AgTransport's ~454 views against the 552,271-record federal index for teams choosing depth over breadth.
| Lane | Distance (mi) | Week low-high ($/load) | Midpoint ($) | Rate per mile ($) | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona to Atlanta | 2,100 | 7,300-7,800 | 7,550 | 3.60 | 3 - Adequate |
| Arizona to New York | 2,700 | - | 11,300 | 4.19 | 3 - Adequate |
| California to Boston | 2,900 | - | 10,700 | 3.69 | 3 - Adequate |
| Mexico-Texas to Chicago | 1,430 | - | 3,700 | 2.59 | 1 - Shortage |
| Mexico-Texas to Dallas | 500 | - | 1,800 | 3.60 | 1 - Shortage |
| PNW to Los Angeles | 1,250 | - | 2,700 | 2.16 | 3 - Adequate |
| PNW to Seattle | 140 | - | 1,150 | 8.21 | 3 - Adequate |
| Southeast to Atlanta | 180 | 1,200-1,600 | 1,400 | 7.78 | 3 - Adequate |
| Southeast to Baltimore | 330 | 1,900-2,100 | 2,000 | 6.06 | 3 - Adequate |
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USDA Agricultural Truck Rate Report (AgTransport)
Eurostat Road Freight Transport Statistics Explained
UK Road Freight: Domestic and International Statistics
Freight Analysis Framework Version 5 (FAF5)
dms_orig · dms_dest · sctg2 …+7 more
Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) 2022
FHWA Freight Performance Measurement Program
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Where can I find refrigerated truck rates by lane?
USDA's Agricultural Truck Rate Report (AgTransport) publishes them free: dataset acar-e3r8 holds 206,201 weekly rows since 2000-01-04, each quoting weeklow, weekhigh, midpoint dollars per load, rate per mile and a 1-to-5 availability score for an origin-region to destination-market produce lane.
Does the data cover anything besides fresh produce lanes?
Yes. The same platform hosts quarterly grain truck rates by National, North Central, South Central, West, Rocky Mountain and East regions at 25-, 100- and 200-mile hauls, grain truck use and availability indices from elevators, weekly EIA-sourced diesel prices, plus Brazilian soybean and Ukrainian grain export corridor series.