This chart shows the truck availability index which tracks the trends in perceived ease of hiring a truck as reported by grain elevators. Use the filters on the right to choose a specific year, quarter region or date.

Bar chart showing the most recent availability by district. It is based on query from the full refrigerated truck rate and availability dataset, filtered to include only the latest week of data.

Query from the full refrigerated truck rate and availability data, filtered to include only the latest week of data.

Weekly spot market availability for refrigerated truck movements at origin shipping areas for individual commodities. Availability is represented numerically as 1 = “Shortage”, 2 = “Slight Shortage”, 3 = “Adequate”, 4 = “Slight Surplus”, 5 = “Surplus”.

The truck availability index tracks the trends in perceived ease of hiring a truck in the current quarter, compared to the same quarter last year as reported by grain elevators. An index of 1 indicates truck hiring is very easy compared to the same quarter last year while an index of 5 indicates truck hiring is very difficult compared to the same quarter last year.