Daily Rate Method

Rate Desk

Quote a load from days on the road, then read it as a total and as dollars per mile. Green cells are inputs.

01

This load

Rate, ODH, and distance — same order as the load board.

$
Pay listed on the load board.
mi
Empty miles to the pickup. Counted in actual miles.
mi
Loaded miles the broker pays on.

02

How you price

Company numbers, including your usual daily pace. Saved on this device between loads.

mi
Usual pace. Change when the area really is different.
$
What a good day should pay.
$
Walk-away floor. Builds the marginal quote.
d
Added after travel days are rounded up. Original method used 0.5.

Quote

Totals

Need miles

Enter billable miles and expected miles per day to quote.

Target rate

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Marginal rate

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Posted

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Posted vs target

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Posted vs marginal

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Rates per mile

Distance is loaded miles. Actual is distance plus ODH.

Distance Actual miles
Target — —
Marginal — —
Posted — —

Travel days

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Days billed

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Distance

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Actual miles

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Calculations

Same working sheet as the Excel file. The quote above only reads these results.

Actual miles Distance + ODH —
Travel days Actual miles ÷ expected avg miles / day —
Days billed ROUNDUP(travel days, 1) + load & unload —
Target rate Days billed × target daily rate —
Marginal rate Days billed × minimum daily rate —

Actual miles are distance plus origin deadhead. That is the trip you are quoting.