Truckstop.com and FTR Transportation Intelligence have released their week 24 Spot Market Overview showing that the streak of consecutive week-over-week spot rate increases for flatbed equipment has ended at 24. For the first time since October, broker-posted spot rates in the Truckstop.com system declined for all three principal equipment types during the week ended June 19 (week 24). Although spot rates in all equipment types are far stronger than they were a year earlier, they moved in a mostly seasonal manner last week. Van spot rates likely will rise this week and next heading into the July 4th holiday.

Total load activity declined 7.7% week over week after falling 11.5% during the previous week. Volume was more than 37% higher than during the same 2025 week as loads for flatbed and dry van continue to run far above the levels a year earlier. Truck postings increased 4.2%, and the Market Demand Index – the ratio of loads to trucks – fell to the lowest level in seven weeks.

After 21 straight weeks of increases, the total market broker-posted rate declined 2.3 cents per mile after barely increasing in the prior week. Excluding a calculated fuel surcharge, though, the total rate ticked up three tenths of a cent as diesel prices nationwide have plunged more than 46 cent in just three weeks. Although carriers operating in the spot market typically do not receive surcharges, the calculation is a proxy for the portion of the rate needed to offset higher fuel costs.

Fuel-adjusted spot rates increased week over week for both dry van and flatbed. Spot rates excluding a fuel surcharge still declined for refrigerated equipment, although only by less than a penny. The faster drop in fuel costs than in spot rates recently means that fuel-adjusted rates slightly outperformed all-in rates year over year. All-in broker-posted rates were more than 52% higher than in the same week last year while rates excluding a calculated surcharge were more than 53% higher.

Dry van spot rates eased by seven tenths of a cent although rates excluding a calculated fuel surcharge increased just under 2 cents. All-in rates were more than 53% higher than during the same 2025 week while fuel-adjusted rates were more than 55% higher. Dry van rates rose sharply for loads originating in the Northeast and were slightly higher in the South Central region but declined in all other regions.

Dry van loads declined 2.2%. Volume was more than 33% higher than in the same 2025 week. Load postings increased in the Northeast and Mountain Central regions but fell in all other regions. 

The full report can be found here.