Portland, OR to Sacramento, CA trucking rate per mile
Live-fuel-adjusted spot-rate benchmark for reefer loads, with a break-even floor that updates with EIA diesel.
What to quote: Portland, OR → Sacramento, CA
Directional estimate adjusted for trailer, lane length, deadhead risk, origin state, and today's diesel. Not real-time market data — use as a sanity check.
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- Base (reefer)$2.40
- Deadhead risk (Medium)$0.08
- Origin state premium$0.17
- Fuel vs $3.50 baseline+$0.00
- Mid estimate$2.65/mi
How this estimate works
We don't resell DAT/Truckstop data. The number above is a directional benchmark built from the trailer base rate, lane length, deadhead risk on this corridor, origin-state cost pressure, and today's EIA national diesel average. Use it as a sanity check on a broker offer — not as a market quote.
For a real per-load decision (broker history + fuel cost + your CPM), run the load through the AI Load Advisor .