Dealer Lane Report — August 17, 2026

· 12 lanes

Mover of the week

New York to Miami is up 55% week over week to $1200–$1350.

Lane Road miles Typical range vs last week
Manheim Houston to Los Angeles, CA Houston to Los Angeles lane → 1536 26.3 h $850–$1000 ↓ down
Manheim Southern California to New York, NY Busy Los Angeles to New York lane → 2752 49.1 h $1750–$1900 ↑ up
Manheim Chicago to Los Angeles, CA Chicago to Los Angeles lane → 2013 35.3 h $950–$1150 ↓ down
Manheim Phoenix to Chicago, IL Phoenix to Chicago lane → 1763 31.7 h $1300–$1450 ↑ up
ADESA Seattle to Los Angeles, CA Busy Seattle to Los Angeles lane → 1117 21.2 h $900–$1100 ↑ up
Manheim New Jersey to Miami, FL Busy New York to Miami lane → 1220 22.9 h $1200–$1350 ↑ up
Manheim Fort Lauderdale to Chicago, IL Miami to Chicago lane → 1323 24.8 h $950–$1100 – flat
ADESA Concord to Miami, FL Busy Boston to Miami lane → 1486 28.6 h $1200–$1350 ↑ up
Manheim Atlanta to Chicago, IL Atlanta to Chicago lane → 693 13.6 h $700–$800 ↓ down
Manheim Houston to Atlanta, GA Houston to Atlanta lane → 812 15 h $650–$800 ↑ up
Manheim Atlanta to Dallas, TX Atlanta to Dallas lane → 787 14.3 h $700–$850 – flat
Manheim Chicago to Tampa, FL Chicago to Tampa lane → 1125 21.5 h $750–$900 – flat

Road miles are measured on the driving network, not straight-line. Ranges are what the lane is paying this week for a standard operable sedan on open transport — an estimate to plan against, not a quote. Oversize, inoperable and enclosed price above these.

Miami is where the money moved this week. New York to Miami jumped 55% to $1200–$1350 and Boston to Miami added 6% to the same $1200–$1350 range, and both are among the busiest lanes on the board. A lane that is busy and rising at the same time is usually loads chasing trucks rather than a rate change: carriers can fill a Florida-bound trailer at the asking price, so they stop discounting. Plan on the top of the range for anything Miami-bound, and book it about a week out — on these two lanes waiting buys you a slot, not a better number.

Westbound is telling the opposite story. The two long hauls into Los Angeles both eased again — Houston to LA off 10% to $850–$1000, Chicago to LA off 9% to $950–$1150 — while the run back out of LA firmed another 14% to $1750–$1900. That is two weeks of the same split, and the likeliest reading is trucks pooling in Southern California: capacity already sitting there competes to get loaded, and the same trucks want paying to leave again. Seattle to LA is the exception, up 38% to $900–$1100. Measured per road mile — the only fair way to set a 700-mile lane against a 2000-mile one — the short lanes carry the higher numbers as they always do, about $1.08 a mile on Atlanta to Chicago against about $0.52 on Chicago to LA; that does not make the long haul the bargain, because it is the full trailer and not the rate that makes distance work. If you have units sitting in Atlanta, the clearest opening this week is Atlanta to Chicago itself, down 12% to $700–$800.

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