Benchmark contracted and spot Mexico and Canada freight against what carriers actually bid — through partners like GoodShip or a direct data subscription with Cargado.
Run procurement in GoodShip? Add a Cargado subscription and benchmarks appear alongside your carrier bids — nothing to install.
A rate-data subscription puts the same benchmarks in your workflow — in-platform or over the Market Rates API.
Compare your rates to the bands, spot lanes priced above market, and walk into every rate conversation with data.
Every lane shows a low, mid, and high band — P25, P50, and P75 of real carrier bids. Which one applies depends on what you're shipping, where, and how often.
Contracted lanes with steady volume, a good origin market, and real lead time should land here. If you're paying above P25 on committed freight, that's a negotiation signal.
The median of what carriers bid — a fair baseline for standard spot moves with about a week of lead time and normal pickup windows.
Short notice, tight or weekend pickups in Mexico, lower volume, or a rising market — expect spot coverage to clear between P50 and P75. You're paying for certainty.
These are benchmarks from real bids, not guarantees — every lane carries a confidence score and margin of error so you know how much weight to put on the band. And lead time is the cheapest lever there is: moving freight from spot-urgency to committed, planned volume is worth roughly 14% on truck costs.
Our strongest coverage, both directions — corridors like Laredo–Monterrey, Guadalajara–Laredo, and Monterrey–Chattanooga.
Cross-border lanes in both directions, north and south — coverage is growing with the network.
Some rate data for U.S. freight moving to and from border cities like Laredo and El Paso — check the confidence score on these lanes.
Intra-Mexico moves between manufacturing hubs, ports, and the border — rate benchmarks land in August 2026.
Intra-Canada moves, including the equipment nuances Canadian freight demands.
The vast majority of U.S. domestic freight is outside Cargado's scope — we're cross-border-first by design.
What shippers ask about Cargado rate benchmarks
Our team is happy to talk through how the benchmarks fit your freight
Nous joindreCargado is built for North American cross-border freight: U.S.–Mexico in both directions — our strongest coverage, on corridors like Laredo–Monterrey and Guadalajara–Laredo — with U.S.–Canada and domestic Canada coverage emerging as the network grows, and domestic Mexico benchmarks launching in August 2026. There's some rate data for U.S. freight moving to and from border cities like Laredo and El Paso, but the vast majority of U.S. domestic freight is out of scope — Cargado is cross-border-first by design. Full truckload, partials, and power-only, across dry van, reefer, and open deck, with other equipment by posting.
Real carrier bids placed in Cargado's marketplace — hundreds every day — not scraped historical loads or surveys. Rates show as low, mid, and high market bands over a trailing 12-week window, refreshed weekly, each with a confidence score so you know how much weight to put on a lane. Thin-data lanes get a lower confidence score rather than a made-up number.
Both — and the bands tell you what to expect. The bids behind the benchmarks blend spot loads and recurring lanes, and the two distributions track within a couple of percent, so the bands reflect today's market for both. Benchmark your contracted freight against P25: consistent volume on a good lane with real lead time should land there. Expect spot coverage to clear between P50 and P75 — tighter pickup windows, shorter lead time, lower volume, or a tougher market all push you up the band.
The marketplace itself is for vetted brokers, 3PLs, forwarders, and carriers. As a shipper, you get Cargado's rate intelligence through a partner like GoodShip or through a direct rate-data subscription with Cargado. Talk to us and we'll set up the right path.
Cargado subscriptions are value-based and scale with usage — from teams doing occasional rate lookups to enterprise plans with unlimited access — and every plan includes unlimited users. Talk to us to find the right fit for how your team buys freight.
Put real market context behind every rate conversation — spot and contract, from real carrier bids.
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