The Septembe TPPI held at 41, mildly b oke -favo ed, as spot quote volume g ew 3.0%, awa ded ma gi ose to 15.5%, a d the quote-to-ma ket sp ead a owed to 12.0% o a fi me pe -mile be chma k
MIAMI, Oct. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tabi Co ect (“Tabi”), a AI-powe ed t uckload p ici g i tellige ce a d automatio platfo m that f eight b oke s use to bid o mo e tha $29 billio i f eight a ually, today eleased the Septembe 2026 editio of the Tabi P ici g P essu e I dex (TPPI), built f om 1.5 millio spot f eight quotes a mo th ac oss mo e tha 1,000 shippe s. The i dex shows the spot ma ket emai s mildly b oke -favo ed, with awa ded ma gi up 0.9 poi ts to 15.5%. The quote-to-ma ket sp ead a owed to 12.0% because pe -mile be chma k ates fi med o sho te hauls, a d b oke s still kept mo e o the loads they wo .
Desca tes’ $100 millio acquisitio of b oke TMS p ovide Tai i August shows how much value the ma ket places o f eight b oke age data. A b oke ’s TMS eco ds the loads it moved, a d the quotes it lost eve each it. Those lost quotes show whe e a b oke ’s p ici g sta ds agai st the ma ket. The TPPI measu es the quote-to-ma ket sp ead ac oss eve y submitted spot quote, wo o lost. Pai ed with the awa ded a d paid ca ie ates i a b oke ’s TMS, that complete eco d is what a f eight p ici g st ategy is built o .
“Eve y b oke is looki g at oughly the same ma ket data ow, so the edge comes f om k owi g whe e you ow p ici g sta ds,” said Ricky Go zalez, CEO a d co-fou de of Tabi Co ect. “I Septembe , awa ded ma gi a f om 14.7% to 17.2% depe di g o the shippe a d f om 13.4% to 18.3% depe di g o the equipme t. Flatbed is the clea est case. B oke s quoted it 21% ove the be chma k a d still kept the least ma gi , because the be chma k appea s to be u i g below what ca ie s a e actually bei g paid. The b oke s holdi g ma gi ight ow p ice off thei complete f eight quote histo y, lost quotes i cluded, a d t eat the be chma k as o e i put.”
Key fi di gs f om the Septembe 2026 TPPI epo t o spot f eight ates, b oke ma gi s, a d ma ket bala ce i clude:
Ma ket mildly favo s b oke s: The TPPI held flat at 41. The fou -week ave age of 40 is u i g below the eight-week ave age of 45 as a August spike towa d eut al u wi ds, a d 41 is ea the high e d of the i dex’s 2026 a ge.Awa ded ma gi expa ded as the be chma k fi med: Awa ded ma gi ose 0.9 poi ts to 15.5%. The quote-to-ma ket sp ead a owed 1.6 poi ts to 12.0% because pe -mile be chma k ates ose 4.6% o sho te hauls while pe -mile quoted ates ose 3.2%.Mo e f eight moved to spot: Spot quote volume g ew 3.0% while the awa ded sha e of quotes slipped 1.3% f om August. Ave age haul sho te ed 4.2% to about 660 miles.E te p ise f eight is shopped widely a d still pays: E te p ise shippe s se t 55.7% of spot quote volume a d awa ded 0.31% of it, oughly o e awa d pe 318 quotes, agai st 4.47% fo Regula shippe s. Awa ded ma gi o E te p ise loads was 16.4%, close to the 17.2% o Regula loads.Awa d ate says little about ma gi : Amo g shippe s that awa ded f eight, awa ded ma gi a ged o ly f om 15.3% to 16.8% ac oss awa d- ate coho ts. Shippe s awa di g mo e tha 4% of quotes eceived the tightest quotes, 7.5% ove the be chma k, a d still etu ed 15.3%.Flatbed be chma k is u i g light: B oke s quoted flatbed 21.1% above the be chma k a d kept the lowest awa ded ma gi , 13.4%, which puts the implied ca ie buy about 5% above the be chma k. Reefe etu ed the highest awa ded ma gi at 18.3%, a d va ca ied 64.0% of volume at 14.9%.
Wi ate a d ma gi moved i depe de tly i Septembe . E te p ise f eight awa ded a ely a d paid well, a d awa ded ma gi was ea ly flat ac oss shippe awa d ates. A wi ate o its ow says little about whethe a b oke ’s p ici g is ight. The lost quotes alo gside the wi s show whe e it actually sta ds.
Tabi Co ect’s P ici g P essu e I dex t acks week-ove -week p ici g p essu e i the spot f eight ma ket o a scale of 0 to 100. Built f om live spot f eight quoti g activity a d excludi g co t act f eight, the i dex shows shippe adva tage as the sco e ises a d b oke adva tage as the sco e falls. B oke s ca fi d the full Septembe 2026 epo t at tabico ect.com.
Tabi Co ect is a AI-powe ed ate ma ageme t a d f eight quoti g platfo m built to automate a d e ha ce the wo k of f eight b oke s di ectly whe e that wo k happe s, i side the f eight quoti g wo kflows, p ici g decisio s, a d ope atio al systems they ely o eve y day. By i teg ati g with shippe TMS platfo ms, APIs, RPA wo kflows, a d email, Tabi Co ect ce t alizes i bou d quote equests i to a si gle i tellige t system a d eplaces ma ual data e t y with AI-d ive busi ess ules that ca be updated i sta tly usi g plai E glish.
Tabi Co ect ce t alizes all f eight quote data i to a eal-time system of eco d a d uses AI-powe ed a alytics to su face i sights i plai E glish ac oss shippe s, la es, a d ma kups, with built-i gove a ce a d auditability.
T usted by mo e tha 100 custome s, i cludi g seve al of the top 100 t a spo tatio compa ies i No th Ame ica, Tabi Co ect p ocesses millio s of quotes fo No th Ame ica’s la gest shippe s with speed a d accu acy.
To lea mo e about Tabi Co ect, visit tabico ect.com.
