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State guide · October 2026
What shipping a car into or out of Utah costs, how Salt Lake City and St. George differ as pickup points, and the VIN inspection every out-of-state car gets before it wears Utah plates.
Written by Adam Scott, Coordinator at Broadway Auto Transport · October 20, 2026 · Prices updated October 20, 2026
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The short answer
In October 2026 a running sedan on an open carrier costs about $920 from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, $545 from Phoenix to St. George and $1,595 from New York to Salt Lake City. St. George to Los Angeles, 392 miles, is about $360. Winter storms on I-80 and I-15 can hold a pickup for a day or two.
A loaded car carrier runs about 75 feet. These are the Utah addresses where it can’t reach the door, and what happens instead. Your coordinator settles it before you book.
What it costs
Most of Utah's cars sit along I-15 between Ogden and Provo, and most car haulers crossing the state pass through that strip, either on I-15 between Idaho and Las Vegas or on I-80 between Wyoming and Reno. A pickup anywhere from Layton to Lehi is about as easy as it gets in the Mountain West. St. George is the other Utah, about 300 miles south of Salt Lake City and two hours from Las Vegas, with warm winters, a large retired population and its own seasonal rush. The two cities price differently and fill on different calendars, so this page keeps them apart.
We priced twelve Utah lanes in October 2026, half from Salt Lake City or St. George and half into them, for a running sedan on an open carrier. The California leg is the most uneven. Los Angeles to Salt Lake City is about $920, while St. George to Los Angeles is about $360 for a little more than half the distance. Elsewhere the two directions sit close: New York to Salt Lake City about $1,595 and St. George to New York about $1,560, Chicago to St. George about $1,090 and Salt Lake City to Chicago about $1,080.
These are October 2026 figures for the state. Your exact lane, vehicle, and week take about 30 seconds.
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Approximate prices, October 2026 · open carrier · running sedan · 14 Utah lanes
Approximate October 2026 prices for a running sedan on an open carrier, from the Utah lanes we priced this month. They are for planning. Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo and St. George sit on I-15 and price near the low end; Park City, Moab, Logan and the park towns cost more and take longer to schedule. The calculator returns the price for your exact ZIP pair in about 30 seconds, and it holds for 14 days.
What moves the number
Approximate October 2026 prices for a running sedan on an open carrier. Larger vehicles, enclosed trailers, and peak weeks cost more; the calculator prices your exact shipment.
Lanes · October 2026
Approximate prices for a running sedan on an open carrier, with the range most trucks on the lane land in. “Truck assigned in” is how long it usually takes to find a carrier. Transit is what one driver covers at 400 to 500 miles a day after that.
$920most trucks $760–$1,085
689 mi2 days on the trucktruck assigned in 1–23 hours
I-15 runs from the Inland Empire through Las Vegas and St. George to Salt Lake City, so the truck stays on one interstate for nearly all 689 miles. About $920, against about $360 for St. George to Los Angeles.
Price this route$545most trucks $395–$690
423 mi1–2 days on the trucktruck assigned in 1–3 days
The truck runs US-93 northwest to Las Vegas and turns up I-15 for the last 120 miles. About $545 this month, and the lane is busiest in October and November when winter residents arrive.
Price this route$1,595most trucks $1,360–$1,825
2,173 mi5–6 days on the trucktruck assigned in 1–21 hours
I-80 starts in New Jersey and runs through Salt Lake City, so the carrier can stay on it from the George Washington Bridge to the Wasatch Front. About $1,595 for 2,173 miles, and St. George to New York runs about $1,560.
Price this route$360most trucks $195–$525
392 mi1 day on the trucktruck assigned in 1–25 hours
Trucks return to Southern California down I-15 through the Virgin River Gorge, Las Vegas and Cajon Pass. About $360, with quotes from roughly $195 to $525, the cheapest lane we priced for Utah. March and April bring the heaviest outbound weeks.
Price this route$560most trucks $470–$650
662 mi2 days on the trucktruck assigned in 1–47 hours
The 662 priced miles follow I-15 south and then US-89 through Kanab and Page to Flagstaff and I-17. About $560, and some drivers take the longer all-interstate route through Las Vegas instead.
Price this route$760most trucks $525–$995
826 mi2–3 days on the trucktruck assigned in 1–24 hours
Carriers follow I-84 northwest through Boise, cut over on I-82 and cross the Cascades on I-90 at Snoqualmie Pass. About $760, the same as Bellevue to Salt Lake City this month. Snow on the pass can add a day in winter.
Price this route| Lane | Miles | Approx. price | Most trucks | Truck assigned in | Transit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix, AZ → St. George, UT | 423 | $545 | $395–$690 | 1–3 days | 1–2 days | 423 mi · 1–2 days · truck in 1–3 days |
| Los Angeles, CA → Salt Lake City, UT | 689 | $920 | $760–$1,085 | 1–23 hours | 2 days | 689 mi · 2 days · truck in 1–23 hours |
| Bellevue, WA → Salt Lake City, UT | 821 | $760 | $610–$910 | 1–3 days | 2–3 days | 821 mi · 2–3 days · truck in 1–3 days |
| Seattle, WA → St. George, UT | 1,131 | $995 | $835–$1,150 | 1–3 days | 3 days | 1,131 mi · 3 days · truck in 1–3 days |
| Dallas, TX → Salt Lake City, UT | 1,403 | $960 | $760–$1,160 | 1–12 hours | 3–4 days | 1,403 mi · 3–4 days · truck in 1–12 hours |
| Chicago, IL → St. George, UT | 1,633 | $1,090 | $830–$1,345 | 1–47 hours | 4–5 days | 1,633 mi · 4–5 days · truck in 1–47 hours |
| Orchard Park, NY → Saratoga Springs, UT | 1,940 | $1,770 | $1,270–$2,265 | 1–11 hours | 4–5 days | 1,940 mi · 4–5 days · truck in 1–11 hours |
| New York, NY → Salt Lake City, UT | 2,173 | $1,595 | $1,360–$1,825 | 1–21 hours | 5–6 days | 2,173 mi · 5–6 days · truck in 1–21 hours |
| Lane | Miles | Approx. price | Most trucks | Truck assigned in | Transit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, UT → Los Angeles, CA | 392 | $360 | $195–$525 | 1–25 hours | 1 day | 392 mi · 1 day · truck in 1–25 hours |
| Salt Lake City, UT → Phoenix, AZ | 662 | $560 | $470–$650 | 1–47 hours | 2 days | 662 mi · 2 days · truck in 1–47 hours |
| Salt Lake City, UT → Seattle, WA | 826 | $760 | $525–$995 | 1–24 hours | 2–3 days | 826 mi · 2–3 days · truck in 1–24 hours |
| St. George, UT → Dallas, TX | 1,177 | $1,050 | $925–$1,175 | 1–44 hours | 3 days | 1,177 mi · 3 days · truck in 1–44 hours |
| Salt Lake City, UT → Chicago, IL | 1,397 | $1,080 | $855–$1,305 | 1–28 hours | 3–4 days | 1,397 mi · 3–4 days · truck in 1–28 hours |
| St. George, UT → New York, NY | 2,410 | $1,560 | $1,290–$1,830 | 1–45 hours | 5–7 days | 2,410 mi · 5–7 days · truck in 1–45 hours |
Your lane is not in the table? Every ZIP pair in Utah prices the same way, in about 30 seconds.
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Where in Utah the car is decides how fast a truck comes and whether it reaches the door. Tap a city to price a pickup there.
Salt Lake City sits where I-15 and I-80 cross, and most carriers working Utah pass through it. Los Angeles to Salt Lake City runs about $920, Bellevue to Salt Lake City about $760 and Dallas to Salt Lake City about $960. Salt Lake City to Chicago is about $1,080. Steep, narrow streets in the Avenues and on Capitol Hill send those pickups to a valley lot.
St. George is on I-15 near the Arizona line, about two hours from Las Vegas. Winter residents arrive in October and November and leave in spring. Phoenix to St. George runs about $545 and Chicago to St. George about $1,090. Going out, St. George to Los Angeles is about $360 and St. George to Dallas about $1,050.
Provo is about 45 miles south of Salt Lake City on I-15, and Brigham Young University's winter semester ends in late April, earlier than most schools. Students and their cars leave then and come back in late August. Apartment complexes near campus usually work as a door pickup for a full carrier.
Price a pickup in ProvoOgden is on I-15 and I-84 at the north end of the Wasatch Front, with Hill Air Force Base just south between Ogden and Layton. Summer PCS orders and Weber State University's August start are its busy times. Older streets on the east bench climb toward the mountains, and the driver may ask to meet lower down.
Price a pickup in OgdenSaratoga Springs and Lehi sit at the north end of Utah Valley, where the tech offices along I-15 have drawn whole new subdivisions. Orchard Park, New York to Saratoga Springs priced at about $1,770, the most expensive Utah lane in our tables. The newer streets here usually take a 75-foot carrier.
Park City is about 30 miles east of Salt Lake City off I-80, past the climb up Parleys Canyon. The town center and Kimball Junction take trucks, and Deer Valley and Empire Pass do not. Second-home owners ship cars in before ski season, when a storm on Parleys can close I-80 for hours.
Price a pickup in Park CityLogan sits in Cache Valley, about 25 miles off I-15 up Sardine Canyon on US-89/91. Utah State University brings an August move-in and a May move-out. In winter the canyon road can slow or stop a truck, so a January pickup needs a few days of slack.
Price a pickup in LoganMoab is about 30 miles south of I-70 on US-191, and fewer carriers make the trip. Spring and fall, when the trails and the two national parks fill, are its busy seasons. Allow extra days for a truck to take the job, or meet the driver at Crescent Junction, where US-191 leaves I-70.
Price a pickup in MoabThe Wasatch Front takes most of Utah's inbound cars. People move for work in Salt Lake City and in the tech offices around Lehi and Draper, and the suburbs from Layton to Spanish Fork are wide-street, easy-access deliveries. Hill Air Force Base, between Ogden and Layton right off I-15, brings in families on summer PCS orders. Students arrive in August for the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Brigham Young in Provo, Weber State in Ogden and Utah State in Logan. Logan sits up Sardine Canyon on US-89/91 in the Cache Valley, a detour off I-15 that a carrier makes more readily in September than in January.
St. George draws a different crowd. Retirees and winter residents from the Mountain West, the Pacific Northwest and the upper Midwest come down in October and November and go home in spring. Seattle to St. George is about $995 this month and Chicago to St. George about $1,090. Students at Utah Tech in St. George and Southern Utah University in Cedar City add a smaller August wave. Deliveries in St. George's newer subdivisions are usually at the door; gated golf communities may need a gate code or a meet-up at the entrance.
The cheapest run on this page goes to Southern California. St. George to Los Angeles is about $360 for 392 miles, and Salt Lake City to Phoenix is about $560 for 662 miles. St. George's winter residents leave in March and April, and that is when the outbound lanes from Washington County are busiest; book two to three weeks ahead if you need a car home by a set date.
Salt Lake City is a working origin all year. Manheim Utah is in Woods Cross, just north of the city on the I-15 corridor, and dealers ship cars from it. Salt Lake City to Seattle is about $760 and Salt Lake City to Chicago about $1,080. Students heading home after the April and May semester endings and families leaving Hill on PCS orders fill the summer. If the car leaves from a ski-town condo or a ranch in the Uinta Basin, plan to load at a lot on I-80 or US-40 where the truck can turn around.
I-15 is the spine, from the Idaho line through Brigham City, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Provo, Cedar City and St. George to the Arizona line. I-80 crosses it in Salt Lake City, coming down Parleys Canyon from Park City and Wyoming and heading west across the Bonneville Salt Flats to Wendover. I-84 leaves I-15 north of Brigham City for Boise and Portland. I-70 starts at I-15 near Cove Fort and runs east across the San Rafael Swell to Green River and Colorado, a long stretch with few towns and fewer services.
Off those roads, Utah gets steep and narrow fast. Park City sits on I-80 and is usually reachable, but the Deer Valley and Empire Pass roads above it are not carrier country. Alta and Snowbird up Little Cottonwood Canyon, and Brighton and Solitude up Big Cottonwood, are reached on two-lane canyon roads that close for avalanche control in heavy storms; plan to meet in the Salt Lake Valley. Moab is about 30 miles south of I-70 on US-191 and gets trucks, though fewer of them. Springdale at Zion's gate, Kanab and the towns near Bryce Canyon are long detours on two-lane highways, and a meet-up in St. George or Cedar City is often faster.
Utah's shipping winter runs from November through March. Storms close Parleys Canyon on I-80 for hours at a time, and the Wyoming side of I-80 shuts more often than that; a truck coming from Denver or Chicago may sit in Rawlins or Laramie until it reopens. I-15 between Cedar City and Beaver gets its share of snow too. When a pickup slips for weather, your coordinator sends the new window by text, and nothing about the price changes.
Summer brings the opposite problem in the south. St. George often tops 100°F in July and August, and a long parking-lot handoff in that heat wears on everyone, so morning windows go first. From July into September, monsoon thunderstorms can flood slot canyons and wash out backroads around Zion, Moab and Capitol Reef. Main highways usually stay open, and a car parked at a trailhead or a remote rental can wait until the road dries.
The day before pickup, your coordinator confirms the window by text.
Leaving Utah costs less on 4 of the 6 pairs priced this month. Carriers price the empty miles home, so the busier direction costs more. Each pair below is the same out-of-state city in both directions, running sedan, open carrier.
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Seattle
Dallas
Chicago
New York
Calendar
When the same lanes get busy, and what that does to your pickup week.
How busy the Utah lanes get each month, from our coordinators’ calendar. Busier months fill trucks sooner and cost more.
Utah rules
The rules that catch people who bring a car in from another state.
Rules as of the review date below. The Utah Division of Motor Vehicles, part of the State Tax Commission, is the source to check before you register; the emissions requirement depends on your county and the car's model year.
Questions
Los Angeles to Salt Lake City runs about $920 for a running sedan on an open carrier in October 2026, with most trucks between roughly $760 and $1,085. The run is 689 miles, one to two days once loaded. The southbound trip costs far less: St. George to Los Angeles is about $360, most trucks between $195 and $525.
New York to Salt Lake City is about $1,595 on an open carrier in October 2026, most trucks between roughly $1,360 and $1,825, for 2,173 miles and about five days on the road. Coming back east, St. George to New York is about $1,560. The calculator gives the price for your exact ZIP pair in about 30 seconds, and the quote holds for 14 days.
Yes. Phoenix to St. George is about $545 in October 2026, Seattle to St. George about $995 and Chicago to St. George about $1,090. Lanes into St. George are busiest in October and November and lanes out in March and April, so book two to three weeks ahead of those windows and give the driver a pickup range of a few days.
A VIN inspection, which every car titled or registered in Utah for the first time gets; the DMV can do it at registration. Most passenger cars need no safety inspection. If you live in Cache, Davis, Salt Lake, Utah or Weber county, the car also needs an emissions certificate unless it is less than two model years old. You have 60 days after moving to register.
Park City itself, on I-80, is usually reachable. Deer Valley, the Empire Pass roads, and the Little and Big Cottonwood canyons are not, because a 75-foot carrier cannot climb or turn on them, and the canyon roads close for avalanche work in storms. The driver meets you at a lot in the valley or near the I-80 exit. Your coordinator sets the spot before you book.
The carrier waits for the road to open, either in Utah or on the Wyoming side, then picks up in the next window. Most closures last hours; a big storm can push pickup a day or two. Your coordinator texts the new window, and the quoted price stays the same. Nothing is due until a carrier is dispatched.
Salt Lake City to Phoenix is about $560 on an open carrier in October 2026, most trucks between roughly $470 and $650, for 662 miles. Salt Lake City to Seattle is about $760 for 826 miles. Each is a one- to two-day run once the car is loaded. Coming the other way, Seattle to St. George is about $995.
The data
The numbers are rebuilt from our own pricing each month and published with the page, so the dates above are the real ones.
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