# What will the Cass Freight Index Shipments reading be for January 2026?

**URL:** https://www.rigload.com/markets/cass-shipments-january-2026  
**Type:** Numeric forecast  
**Status:** resolved  
**Deadline:** 2026-02-13  
**Category:** indices  
**Current consensus:** 0.93  
**Forecasts:** 9

## Description

January 2025 was 0.954 (down 8.2% YoY). The post-holiday collapse is the critical early-2026 signal: Will capacity exits finally inflect the index upward after three years of decline, or does demand continue deteriorating?

## Resolution criteria

Use the seasonally adjusted shipments index value published for January 2026. Round to 0.01 precision. Source: https://www.cassinfo.com/freight-audit-payment/cass-transportation-indexes/

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_Rig Load — freight market forecasting. Crowd consensus is public; sign in to submit a forecast. Source: https://www.rigload.com/markets/cass-shipments-january-2026_