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Market Rates

Real-time pricing intelligence powered by 100,000+ carrier bids across ~7,000 cross-border and domestic lanes. Use it to quote customers, benchmark carriers, and price RFPs.

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What is Market Rates?

Market Rates gives you instant access to real-time cross-border freight pricing — P25, P50, and P75 rates across 2,000+ lanes, updated weekly from 90,000+ real carrier bids. Access rates through the Cargado UI for quick lookups, the Excel Add-in for bulk RFP pricing, or the Rating API for TMS integration.

What brokers use it for:


How Brokers Use Market Rates

Quoting Customers with Confidence

When a customer calls asking for a rate from Laredo to Monterrey, you can pull up Market Rates and see exactly what carriers are bidding on that lane right now. You'll see a range of percentiles (P25, P50, P75) so you can choose where to price based on lead time, relationship, and margin goals.

Understanding Rate Data

Knowing When to Trust the Data

Not all lanes have the same data depth. Market Rates shows you a confidence score — High, Medium, or Low — so you know how much weight to give the rate. High confidence? Quote with certainty. Low confidence? Use it as a starting point and validate with carrier outreach.

Confidence Scores

Getting Rates for Nearby Markets

Cross-border freight doesn't always fit neatly into a single city. That's why Market Rates uses extended market boundaries — aggregating rate data from nearby cities into regional clusters. This gives you better coverage and more accurate rates, even on lanes that would otherwise have thin data.

Extended Market Boundaries

Spotting Trends and Timing Your Quotes