Texas to Iowa car hauling rates
121 car hauling loads from Texas to Iowa reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days. Their median rate: $0.91 a loaded mile, about $800 per car.
Updated 4 November 2026, 00:20 UTC·Loads on the Loadez load board, 5 October – 4 November 2026
Median per mile
$0.91
Middle half: $0.76 to $1.11 a loaded mile
Per car
$800
Price of the load ÷ cars on it, median
Loads
121
in 30 days · 63 in the last 7
Median load
$800
1 cars · 922 miles (each its own median)
What loads from Texas to Iowa paid this month
Half of the 121 priced loads from Texas to Iowa paid between $0.76 and $1.11 a loaded mile, and the median was $0.91. 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 922 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 Texas to Iowa paid 8% less than the market for that distance.
Every load out of Texas, to anywhere, paid a median $0.98 a mile.
Week by week
Over the last 7 days loads from Texas to Iowa paid a median $0.95 a mile, against $0.89 in the 7 days before: the rate rose 7%.
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 Iowa
More loads come back than go out: 280 went from Iowa to Texas in the same 30 days (Iowa to Texas rates), about 23 for every 10 going out.
The busiest lanes out of Iowa this month:
| From Iowa to | Loads | Per mile | Per car | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 212 | $1.30 | $300 | 312 |
| Florida | 208 | $0.81 | $1,175 | 1,457 |
| Missouri | 205 | $1.60 | $425 | 338 |
| California | 141 | $0.70 | $1,200 | 1,787 |
| Arizona | 118 | $1.03 | $1,400 | 1,431 |
Where the loads start and end
Pickup cities
- Dallas, TX · 20 loads
- Houston, TX · 18 loads
- San Antonio, TX · 8 loads
- Plano, TX · 7 loads
- Hutchins, TX · 6 loads
Delivery cities
- Des Moines, IA · 14 loads
- Stuart, IA · 12 loads
- Cedar Rapids, IA · 8 loads
- Sioux City, IA · 6 loads
- Grimes, IA · 5 loads
4% of these loads asked for an enclosed trailer; 7% 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 Texas to Iowa?
In the 30 days to 4 November 2026, car hauling loads from Texas to Iowa on the Loadez load board paid a median $0.91 per loaded mile, $0.76 to $1.11 for the middle half, or about $800 per car. The median load paid $800.
How many car hauling loads go from Texas to Iowa?
121 reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days, 63 of them in the last 7 days.
Are there car hauling loads back from Iowa to Texas?
280 loads went from Iowa to Texas in the same 30 days, against 121 from Texas to Iowa.
See every Texas → Iowa load as it reaches the board.
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