Universal Logistics (ULH) 10-K 2008 FY Annual report

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Universal Truckload Services, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333-123385) on Form S-8 of Universal Truckload Services, Inc. and subsidiaries of our reports dated March 11, 2009, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Universal Truckload Services, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity, comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, which reports appear in the December 31, 2008 annual report on Form 10-K of Universal Truckload Services, Inc. and subsidiaries.

Detroit, Michigan

March 11, 2009