California to South Dakota car hauling rates
24 car hauling loads from California to South Dakota reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days. Their median rate: $0.90 a loaded mile, about $1,475 per car.
Updated 4 November 2026, 00:20 UTC·Loads on the Loadez load board, 5 October – 4 November 2026
Median per mile
$0.90
Middle half: $0.78 to $1.07 a loaded mile
Per car
$1,475
Price of the load ÷ cars on it, median
Loads
24
in 30 days · 12 in the last 7
Median load
$1,475
1 cars · 1,657 miles (each its own median)
What loads from California to South Dakota paid this month
Half of the 24 priced loads from California to South Dakota paid between $0.78 and $1.07 a loaded mile, and the median was $0.90. The rate per mile is for the whole load, 1 cars on a typical one, not per car.
A typical run on this lane is 1,657 miles. Across the country, loads of over 1,500 miles paid a median $0.67 a mile in the same 30 days, so loads from California to South Dakota paid 34% more than the market for that distance.
Every load out of California, to anywhere, paid a median $0.91 a mile.
Week by week
Over the last 7 days loads from California to South Dakota paid a median $0.87 a mile, against $0.92 in the 7 days before: the rate fell 5%.
Bar height: loads that reached the board that week. Above each bar: the week's median rate per loaded mile ("—" under five priced loads).
Coming back from South Dakota
More loads come back than go out: 90 went from South Dakota to California in the same 30 days (South Dakota to California rates), about 38 for every 10 going out.
The busiest lanes out of South Dakota this month:
| From South Dakota to | Loads | Per mile | Per car | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 69 | $0.97 | $1,100 | 1,093 |
| Arizona | 51 | $1.04 | $1,250 | 1,342 |
| Minnesota | 50 | $1.27 | $400 | 272 |
| Missouri | 47 | $1.23 | $525 | 450 |
| New Jersey | 33 | $0.57 | $900 | 1,377 |
Where the loads start and end
Pickup cities
- San Luis Obispo, CA · 5 loads
- Sacramento, CA · 3 loads
- Alameda, CA · 2 loads
- Los Angeles, CA · 2 loads
- Palo Alto, CA · 2 loads
Delivery cities
- Sioux Falls, SD · 6 loads
- Tea, SD · 5 loads
- Rapid City, SD · 4 loads
- Chamberlain, SD · 2 loads
- Fort Pierre, SD · 2 loads
0% of these loads asked for an enclosed trailer; 21% had at least one car that does not run.
From the posted rate to what the truck keeps
A rate per loaded mile leaves out the empty miles to the pickup, fuel at today's price, the driver's pay and the cost of the payment terms. The Loadez load board works all of that out on every load, for your own truck, before you call the broker. Check one load with the calculator, or read how to price a load.
Common questions
How much does it pay to haul cars from California to South Dakota?
In the 30 days to 4 November 2026, car hauling loads from California to South Dakota on the Loadez load board paid a median $0.90 per loaded mile, $0.78 to $1.07 for the middle half, or about $1,475 per car. The median load paid $1,475.
How many car hauling loads go from California to South Dakota?
24 reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days, 12 of them in the last 7 days.
Are there car hauling loads back from South Dakota to California?
90 loads went from South Dakota to California in the same 30 days, against 24 from California to South Dakota.
See every California → South Dakota load as it reaches the board.
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