Iowa to Michigan car hauling rates
48 car hauling loads from Iowa to Michigan reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days. Their median rate: $1.15 a loaded mile, about $605 per car.
Updated 4 November 2026, 00:20 UTC·Loads on the Loadez load board, 5 October – 4 November 2026
Median per mile
$1.15
Middle half: $1.05 to $1.61 a loaded mile
Per car
$605
Price of the load ÷ cars on it, median
Loads
48
in 30 days · 18 in the last 7
Median load
$650
1 cars · 563 miles (each its own median)
What loads from Iowa to Michigan paid this month
Half of the 48 priced loads from Iowa to Michigan paid between $1.05 and $1.61 a loaded mile, and the median was $1.15. 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 563 miles. Across the country, loads of 500 to 1,000 miles paid a median $0.99 a mile in the same 30 days, so loads from Iowa to Michigan paid 16% more than the market for that distance.
Every load out of Iowa, to anywhere, paid a median $1.13 a mile.
Week by week
Over the last 7 days loads from Iowa to Michigan paid a median $1.35 a mile, against $1.13 in the 7 days before: the rate rose 20%.
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 Michigan
More loads come back than go out: 248 went from Michigan to Iowa in the same 30 days (Michigan to Iowa rates), about 52 for every 10 going out.
The busiest lanes out of Michigan this month:
| From Michigan to | Loads | Per mile | Per car | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 1,605 | $1.54 | $250 | 199 |
| Florida | 1,576 | $0.89 | $1,100 | 1,322 |
| Illinois | 1,309 | $1.38 | $350 | 285 |
| Texas | 1,119 | $0.97 | $1,200 | 1,299 |
| California | 877 | $0.69 | $1,550 | 2,295 |
Where the loads start and end
Pickup cities
- Cedar Rapids, IA · 4 loads
- Des Moines, IA · 4 loads
- Forest City, IA · 4 loads
- Clear Lake, IA · 3 loads
- De Soto, IA · 3 loads
Delivery cities
- Detroit, MI · 3 loads
- Harper Woods, MI · 3 loads
- Saint Louis, MI · 3 loads
- Ann Arbor, MI · 2 loads
- Gaylord, MI · 2 loads
4% of these loads asked for an enclosed trailer; 8% 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 Iowa to Michigan?
In the 30 days to 4 November 2026, car hauling loads from Iowa to Michigan on the Loadez load board paid a median $1.15 per loaded mile, $1.05 to $1.61 for the middle half, or about $605 per car. The median load paid $650.
How many car hauling loads go from Iowa to Michigan?
48 reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days, 18 of them in the last 7 days.
Are there car hauling loads back from Michigan to Iowa?
248 loads went from Michigan to Iowa in the same 30 days, against 48 from Iowa to Michigan.
See every Iowa → Michigan load as it reaches the board.
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