From transport records attached to index entries this year: auction-yard pickups averaged 2–4 business days after release paperwork cleared (gate appointments are the constraint), and door delivery ran roughly one day per 400–500 miles of route once loaded. Winter and auction-volume peaks stretch both ends. The index treats a coordinator's willingness to put a pickup window in writing as a primary logistics signal — estimates offered only verbally correlate strongly with our delay case files.