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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-113142"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SAIA"
cik: "0001177702"
company_name: "SAIA INC"
filed_at: "2025-09-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T07:52:46.995210+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Saia reports July-August LTL shipments down, tonnage mixed; QTD shipments -1.7%

## Summary
- July LTL shipments per workday -1.2% YoY; tonnage per workday +0.9%.
- August LTL shipments per workday -2.2% YoY; tonnage per workday -2.2%.
- Quarter-to-date (July+Aug) shipments -1.7%, tonnage -0.7% vs Q3 2024.
- Weight per shipment rose 2.1% in July to 1,359 lbs; August flat at 1,355 lbs.
- Company operates 213 terminals; national LTL services.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-113142
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SAIA
- cik: 0001177702
- company_name: SAIA INC
- filed_at: 2025-09-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177702/000095017025113142/0000950170-25-113142-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177702/000095017025113142/saia-20250905.htm

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