Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics
Flatbed report: Tractor sales down 10.9%, and why ag’s slump spells a softer open-deck second half
What the source reported
Source-reported<p>Flatbed spot linehaul rates paid to carriers averaged $2.62 per mile last week, minus fuel, down 1.8%, or $0.05 per mile, from the week before.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dat.com/blog/flatbed-report-rates-tighten-against-the-grain-even-as-holiday-volume-thins">Flatbed report: Tractor sales down 10.9%, and why ag’s slump spells a softer open-deck second half</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dat.com/blog">DAT Freight & Analytics - Blog</a>.</p>
- Publication
- DAT Freight & Analytics - Trendlines Blog · Government/Regulator
- Published
- 15th September 2026
- Original report
- dat.com
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What ProcIntel recorded
ProcIntel-derived- Category
- Supply Chain & Logistics
- Geography
- United States
- Organisations
- None identified
- Collected
- 28th September 2026 · 15:02
Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.
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Initial Significance Low (14.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (51.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).
- Strongest contributor
- Procurement Impact
- Limiting factor
- Geographic Breadth