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53' dry van · national · Oct 2026$3.49/mi

DRY VAN RATES

Dry van rate history

The national 53' dry van rate per mile, every month since 2003. Use it to see whether today's price is high or low before you ship.

Now · Oct 2026
$3.49
1 year
+25.1%
Record high · Oct 2026
$3.49
Record low · Dec 2003
$1.51

All-in rateFuel cost per mile

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.0020082012201620202024

By year

Dry van rate per mile by year
YearAverageLowHighChange
2026 to date$3.05$2.74$3.49+12.5%
2025$2.71$2.51$2.86+2.3%
2024$2.65$2.42$2.87−6.0%
2023$2.82$2.62$3.06−8.1%
2022$3.07$2.96$3.19+23.8%
2021$2.48$2.21$2.84+19.8%
2020$2.07$1.94$2.23−0.5%
2019$2.08$2.06$2.13+1.5%
2018$2.05$1.98$2.12+7.9%
2017$1.90$1.87$1.97+1.6%
2016$1.87$1.85$1.88−2.1%
2015$1.91$1.89$1.92−2.6%
2014$1.96$1.93$1.98+1.6%
2013$1.93$1.91$1.93+1.0%
2012$1.91$1.87$1.93+4.9%
2011$1.82$1.76$1.86+6.4%
2010$1.71$1.67$1.75+1.8%
2009$1.68$1.66$1.71−6.7%
2008$1.80$1.74$1.87+4.7%
2007$1.72$1.70$1.75+1.8%
2006$1.69$1.67$1.71+3.0%
2005$1.64$1.59$1.69+5.8%
2004$1.55$1.52$1.59+2.6%
2003 to date$1.51$1.51$1.51

Last 24 months

Dry van rate per mile by month, last 24 months
MonthRateFuel shareChange
Oct 2026$3.49$0.92+5.4%
Sep 2026$3.31$0.93+4.4%
Aug 2026$3.17$0.80+3.6%
Jul 2026$3.06$0.73+2.3%
Jun 2026$2.99$0.74−2.6%
May 2026$3.07$0.82+1.0%
Apr 2026$3.04$0.81+5.2%
Mar 2026$2.89$0.72+4.3%
Feb 2026$2.77$0.55+1.1%
Jan 2026$2.74$0.520.0%
Dec 2025$2.74$0.53−4.2%
Nov 2025$2.86$0.56+2.5%
Oct 2025$2.79$0.54−0.7%
Sep 2025$2.81$0.55+1.8%
Aug 2025$2.76$0.55+1.1%
Jul 2025$2.73$0.56+7.5%
Jun 2025$2.54$0.53−5.9%
May 2025$2.70$0.51+1.9%
Apr 2025$2.65$0.52+5.6%
Mar 2025$2.51$0.53−7.4%
Feb 2025$2.71$0.54−1.5%
Jan 2025$2.75$0.53+6.2%
Dec 2024$2.59$0.51+7.0%
Nov 2024$2.42$0.52−3.6%

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