Montana to South Dakota car hauling rates
20 car hauling loads from Montana to South Dakota reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days. Their median rate: $1.38 a loaded mile, about $675 per car.
Updated 5 November 2026, 18:20 UTC·Loads on the Loadez load board, 6 October – 5 November 2026
Median per mile
$1.38
Middle half: $1.23 to $1.59 a loaded mile
Per car
$675
Price of the load ÷ cars on it, median
Loads
20
in 30 days · 8 in the last 7
Median load
$725
1 cars · 529 miles (each its own median)
What loads from Montana to South Dakota paid this month
Half of the 20 priced loads from Montana to South Dakota paid between $1.23 and $1.59 a loaded mile, and the median was $1.38. 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 529 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 Montana to South Dakota paid 39% more than the market for that distance.
Every load out of Montana, to anywhere, paid a median $1.10 a mile.
Week by week
Over the last 7 days loads from Montana to South Dakota paid a median $1.36 a mile, against $1.58 in the 7 days before: the rate fell 14%.
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
South Dakota to Montana is the thin side of this lane: 7 loads in the same 30 days, about 4 for every 10 going out. Count the miles home, or to the next pickup, into the rate you take here.
The busiest lanes out of South Dakota this month:
| From South Dakota to | Loads | Per mile | Per car | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 122 | $0.94 | $1,500 | 1,615 |
| Texas | 80 | $0.98 | $1,100 | 1,091 |
| Minnesota | 67 | $1.21 | $382 | 271 |
| Arizona | 62 | $1.09 | $1,255 | 1,400 |
| Missouri | 49 | $1.23 | $500 | 447 |
Where the loads start and end
Pickup cities
- Billings, MT · 8 loads
- Missoula, MT · 3 loads
- Belgrade, MT · 2 loads
- Bozeman, MT · 2 loads
- Butte, MT · 2 loads
Delivery cities
- Rapid City, SD · 7 loads
- Chamberlain, SD · 5 loads
- Sioux Falls, SD · 3 loads
- Black Hawk, SD · 2 loads
- Bradley, SD · 2 loads
0% of these loads asked for an enclosed trailer; 0% 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 Montana to South Dakota?
In the 30 days to 5 November 2026, car hauling loads from Montana to South Dakota on the Loadez load board paid a median $1.38 per loaded mile, $1.23 to $1.59 for the middle half, or about $675 per car. The median load paid $725.
How many car hauling loads go from Montana to South Dakota?
20 reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days, 8 of them in the last 7 days.
Are there car hauling loads back from South Dakota to Montana?
7 loads went from South Dakota to Montana in the same 30 days, against 20 from Montana to South Dakota.
See every Montana → South Dakota load as it reaches the board.
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