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Look up a market rate in the app

Price one lane on the Rates tab: trailer, origin, destination, crossing and currency, then read, share or post from the result.

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Updated
September 22, 2026

To price a lane in the app, open the Rates tab, enter the trailer and both ends of the lane, and click Get rates. The result comes back in seconds and is saved for everyone in your company to see.

Step 1: Open the Rates tab

Click Rates in the menu on the left (at the bottom of the screen on a phone). If your company does not have Market Rates yet, the tab opens a page with a Request Market Rates Demo button. Clicking it lets the Cargado team know. It does not turn access on by itself.

Unlock access to cross-border market rates, with three benefits and the Request Market Rates Demo button outlined in blue; a faded preview of a rate result sits to the right.
Without access, the Rates page offers a demo request.

Step 2: Enter the lane

Pick a trailer from Select trailer type. Then type the Origin and Destination and choose a suggestion from the list for each. Places in the United States, Mexico and Canada are supported, as a city or a postal code. Use the swap button between them to reverse the lane.

Tip: the rate is priced by trailer category, so a double or multi-axle version of a trailer prices with its category.

The market rates form filled in for Laredo, TX, USA to Chicago, IL, USA with Dry Van and USD, the Get rates button outlined in blue.
Pick a trailer type, origin and destination, then click Get rates.

Step 3: Pick a border crossing

On a lane between Mexico and the United States or Canada, a Select border crossing list appears. Crossings Cargado recommends for that lane sit at the top marked (recommended), and the top one is selected for you. Change it if your freight crosses somewhere else. Get rates stays disabled until a crossing is chosen.

The Rates form on a Mexico lane with the crossing list open, with numbered callouts. 1 Trailer type: Rates are priced by trailer category, not exact type; 2 Origin and Destination: Pick a suggestion; the swap button reverses the lane; 3 Border crossing: Shows on Mexico lanes; the top (recommended) crossing is preselected; 4 Currency: USD, MXN or CAD; defaults to a suggested currency; 5 Get rates: Stays disabled on a Mexico lane until a crossing is set; 6 Recent rate lookups: Every lookup anyone in your company ran, 10 per page.
Fill the form left to right; on a Mexico lane, set the crossing.

Step 4: Choose a currency and get rates

Pick USD, MXN or CAD. The list marks one as (suggested) based on the lane. Click Get rates.

Step 5: Read the result

The result page shows the lane's markets, route distance, crossing and trailer category, then the Rate range card with Low, Mid and High, a confidence label, and the History: Trailing 12 weeks chart. See How to read a market rate for what each part means.

If you have the freight, click Post next to Post freight based on this lookup. A new posting opens with the origin, destination, crossing and trailer already filled in.

A Monterrey, NLE to Chicago, IL rate result, with numbered callouts. 1 The priced lane: Markets, route distance, border crossing and trailer category; 2 Confidence label: Hover it to see the margin of error; 3 View market boundaries: Opens a map of the market areas behind the rate; 4 Low, Mid and High: The 25th, 50th and 75th percentiles of recent carrier bids; 5 Post from the lookup: Opens a new posting with the lane already filled in; 6 History: Trailing 12 weeks: Mid as a line, with the Low-to-High band around it.
Six labeled callouts show how to read a result, from the lane to the history chart.

Step 6: Check the rate while you post

You do not have to leave the posting form to price a load. When you post freight, the form shows a Market Rate card with Low p25, Mid p50 and High p75 for the lane. These lookups count the same way as lookups on the Rates tab.

The Market Rate card on a posting for Monterrey, NLE to Chicago, IL, with numbered callouts. 1 Strong Confidence: Hover it to see the margin of error; 2 Details: Opens this lookup's full result page in a new tab; 3 The priced lane: Uses the posting's pickup, delivery, crossing and trailer; 4 Low p25, Mid p50, High p75: Start your target near the Mid.
A posting shows the market rate for its own lane.

Step 7: Find and share past lookups

Recent rate lookups on the Rates tab lists every lookup anyone in your company has run, newest first. Click Load more lookups to go further back. Each lookup has its own link that any teammate can open. A saved lookup keeps the result it had on the day it ran, so run a new one when you need this week's number.

Tip: pricing a whole RFP? Use the Excel add-in instead. See Price a bid file in Excel.

Recent rate lookups: five past lookups with date, trailer, lane, crossing, miles and Mid rate; the newest row, Monterrey, NLE, MEX to Chicago, IL, USA, is outlined in blue. Above: Need bulk lookups? Use the Excel Add-in.
Every lookup is saved. Click a row to open it again.

Still stuck?

Email us and a person on our team will answer. Send the posting link or a screenshot if you have one.

carriers@cargado.comfor carrierssuccess@cargado.comfor brokers and shippers

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