Truck Rate Report
Washington, DC April 14, 2021
USDA - Specialty Crops Market News
Contact: Patty Willkie (202) 365-6701
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FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY APRIL 13 2021
Rates quoted represent open (spot) market sales that shippers or
receivers pay, depending on basis of sale, per load, including
brokers' fees for shipments in truck load volume to a single destination.
Extra charges for delivery to terminal markets, multi-pickup and multi-drop
shipments are not included unless otherwise stated. Rates are based on
the most usual loads in 48-53 foot refrigerated trailers from the origin
shipping area to the destination receiving city. The ten cities of
destination are Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts;
Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida;
New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Seattle, Washington.
A shortage of trucks was reported for the following commodities: potatoes
from San Luis Valley Colorado, vegetables and melons from Central and South
Florida, apples from Michigan, sweet potatoes from Eastern North Carolina.
A slight shortage of trucks was reported for the following commodities:
Romaine lettuce from Imperial, Palo Verde and Coachella Valleys, California
and Central and Western Arizona, beans, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, honeydew,
peppers, squash, tomatoes, watermelon from Mexico Crossings through Nogales,
Arizona, carrots from Kern District California, celery, strawberries,
cilantro, cabbage, Romaine lettuce, parsley, and kale from Oxnard District
California, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, Romaine and leaf lettuce from
Salinas-Watsonville California, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, lettuce,
Romaine and leaf lettuce from Santa Maria California, citrus and avocados
from South District California, potatoes from San Luis Valley Colorado,
potatoes from Upper Valley, Twin Falls-Burley District Idaho, onions from
Idaho and Malheur County Oregon, limes tomatoes broccoli watermelon mixed
fruits and vegetables from Mexico Crossings through Texas, potatoes and
onions from Columbia Basin Washington, and apples and pears from Yakima
Valley & Wenatchee District Washington. All other districts reported an
adequate supply of trucks. A Last Report was issued for Romaine lettuce from
Imperial, Palo Verde and Coachella Valleys, California and Central and
Western Arizona.
FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF APRIL 7-13 2021
SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY APRIL 13 2021
PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY APRIL 6 2021 SHOWN IN ().
In areas where rates are based on package rates, per-load rates were
derived by multiplying the package rate by the number of packages in
the most usual load in a 48-53 foot trailer.
WEEKLY RANGE TUESDAY MOSTLY
IMPERIAL, PALO VERDE AND COACHELLA VALLEYS, CALIFORNIA AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARIZONA
-- LETTUCE ROMAINE SLIGHT SHORTAGE - LAST REPORT --
ATLANTA 7200 7800
BALTIMORE 8400 9000
BOSTON 9300 9900
CHICAGO 6400 6900
DALLAS 5100 5700
MIAMI 8700 9200
NEW YORK 8700 9500
PHILADELPHIA 8400 9000
MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA
-- BEANS, CORN, CUCUMBERS, EGGPLANT, HONEYDEW, PEPPERS, SQUASH, TOMATOES,WATERMELON SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 5100 5900 5100 5400 (-5)
BALTIMORE 7400 8500 7400 7500 (-4)
BOSTON 8500 8800 8500 8700 (-3)
CHICAGO 4200 5100 4400 4600 (-6)
DALLAS 3100 3800 3100 3300 (-9)
LOS ANGELES 1500 1900 1500 1800 (-8)
MIAMI 6400 7200 6500 7000 (-1)
NEW YORK 7900 8700 8000 8300 (-3)
PHILADELPHIA 7600 8500 7800 8000 (-3)
KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA
-- CARROTS SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 7400 8000 (+1)
BALTIMORE 8600 9200 (+1)
BOSTON 9500 10100 (+2)
CHICAGO 6600 7100 (+3)
DALLAS 5300 5900 (-1)
MIAMI 8900 9600 (+1)
NEW YORK 8900 9700 (+3)
PHILADELPHIA 8600 9200 (+1)
OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA
-- CELERY, STRAWBERRIES, CILANTRO, CABBAGE, ROMAINE, PARSLEY AND KALE SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 7300 7900 (+1)
BALTIMORE 8500 9100 (+1)
BOSTON 9400 10000 (+2)
CHICAGO 6500 7000 (+3)
DALLAS 5200 5800 (-1)
MIAMI 8800 9500 (+1)
NEW YORK 8800 9600 (+3)
PHILADELPHIA 8500 9100 (+1)
SALINAS-WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIA
-- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, LETTUCE, ROMAINE AND LEAF LETTUCE SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 7600 8200
BALTIMORE 8800 9400
BOSTON 9700 10300
CHICAGO 6800 7300
DALLAS 5500 6100
MIAMI 9100 9800
NEW YORK 9100 9900
PHILADELPHIA 8800 9400
SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA
-- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, CELERY, LETTUCE, ROMAINE AND LEAF LETTUCE SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 7500 8100 (+1)
BALTIMORE 8700 9300 (+1)
BOSTON 9600 10200 (+2)
CHICAGO 6700 7200 (+3)
DALLAS 5400 6000 (-1)
MIAMI 7900 9700 (+1)
NEW YORK 9000 9800 (+3)
PHILADELPHIA 8700 9300 (+1)
SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA
-- CITRUS, AVOCADOS SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 7100 8000 7300 7700 (-1)
BALTIMORE 8300 9200 8500 8900 (0)
BOSTON 9100 10100 9400 9800 (0)
CHICAGO 6400 7100 6500 6800 (-1)
DALLAS 4800 5900 5200 5600 (0)
MIAMI 8700 9300 8700 9100 (-1)
NEW YORK 8600 9600 8900 9300 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 8400 9300 8500 8900 (-2)
SEATTLE 4600 5400 4600 5000 (-2)
SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO
-- POTATOES SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 3938 4050 (+6)
BALTIMORE 5175 (+6)
BOSTON 5175
CHICAGO 2700 3150 (+6)
PHILADELPHIA 5063 5175 (+6)
SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO
-- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
DALLAS 2025 2138 (+6)
CENTRAL & SOUTH FLORIDA
-- VEGETABLES, MELONS SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 2000 2200
BALTIMORE 3500 4200 3800 4100
BOSTON 4500 4700
CHICAGO 3000 3200
NEW YORK 4200 4400
PHILADELPHIA 3800 4000
FLORIDA
-- POTATOES ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 1200 1400 (0)
BOSTON 4400 5700 4400 4600 (0)
CHICAGO 3300 3500 (0)
MIAMI 650 (0)
NEW YORK 4200 4500 (+4)
PHILADELPHIA 3200 3500 (+12)
UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO
-- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 4675 5950 (0)
BALTIMORE 5525 5950 (0)
BOSTON 6375 7013 (0)
CHICAGO 3825 4250 (0)
DALLAS 3825 4500 3825 4250 (0)
LOS ANGELES 2100 2250 (0)
MIAMI 6800 7225 (0)
NEW YORK 5950 7225 6163 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 5525 5950 (0)
IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON
-- ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 5950 6375 (0)
BALTIMORE 6800 7225 (0)
BOSTON 7225 7650 7650 (0)
CHICAGO 5100 5525 (0)
DALLAS 5100 5525 (0)
LOS ANGELES 1913 2550 (0)
MIAMI 8500 8925 (0)
NEW YORK 7650 8500 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 6800 7225 (0)
LOUISIANA
-- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE --
CHICAGO 2400 2700 2500 (0)
NEW YORK 5000 5500 (0)
MICHIGAN
-- APPLES SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 2900 3100 (0)
BALTIMORE 2900 3000 (0)
CHICAGO 1000 1200 1000 1100 (0)
DALLAS 3100 3400 3100 3200 (0)
NEW YORK 3400 3600 3500 3600 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 3000 3200 (0)
MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY)
-- POTATOES ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 5053 6450 (0)
BALTIMORE 5160 6235 5160 5805 (0)
BOSTON 5805 6773 5805 6020 (0)
CHICAGO 2365 2795 2365 2580 (0)
DALLAS 3440 4300 3440 4085 (0)
MIAMI 6020 6880 6020 6450 (0)
NEW YORK 5375 6020 5590 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 4945 6020 5160 5590 (0)
MISSISSIPPI
-- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 1300 1600 1400 1500 (0)
CHICAGO 2200 2600 (0)
DALLAS 2400 2700 2500 (0)
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
-- SWEET POTATOES SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 2500 (0)
BALTIMORE 2000 2500 (0)
BOSTON 3000 3500 (0)
CHICAGO 3500 (0)
MIAMI 3000 (0)
NEW YORK 2500 3000 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 2250 (0)
NEW YORK
-- APPLES ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 4000 5000 5000 (0)
BALTIMORE 2500 2800 2500 (0)
BOSTON 2000 3000 2500 (0)
MIAMI 5000 6000 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 2500 3000 2500 (0)
MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS
-- LIMES TOMATOES BROCCOLI WATERMELON MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 3400 4200 3600 3700 (+4)
BALTIMORE 5400 5800 5500 5600 (0)
BOSTON 6600 7000 (0)
CHICAGO 4000 4500 4200 4300 (+8)
DALLAS 1600 1800 1700 1800 (0)
LOS ANGELES 3000 3400 3100 3200 (0)
MIAMI 4400 4600 (-7)
NEW YORK 6400 7200 6800 6900 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 5800 6200 6100 6200 (0)
SEATTLE 6000 6400 6100 6200 (0)
COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON
-- POTATOES AND ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 7000 8300 (0)
DALLAS 5500 6500 (0)
LOS ANGELES 2900 3188 (0)
MIAMI 9000 9500 (0)
NEW YORK 7800 8800 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 7000 7400 (0)
YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON
-- APPLES AND PEARS. SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 7600 8500 7800 8200 (0)
BALTIMORE 8200 9200 8500 8900 (0)
BOSTON 9000 10000 9200 9600 (0)
CHICAGO 5500 6800 5800 6300 (-2)
DALLAS 5700 6500 5900 6200 (0)
LOS ANGELES 2300 3100 2300 2700 (0)
MIAMI 8500 9800 9100 9600 (-1)
NEW YORK 8400 9700 8500 9000 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 8300 9300 8400 8800 (0)
SEATTLE 900 1300 1000 1100 (0)
CENTRAL WISCONSIN
-- POTATOES AND ONIONS ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 3400 3825 (0)
BALTIMORE 3400 3825 (0)
BOSTON 3825 4800 (0)
CHICAGO 1063 1169 (0)
DALLAS 3400 4038 (0)
MIAMI 4675 5525 4888 5475 (0)
NEW YORK 3613 4800 3825 4800 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 3400 3613 (0)
TRUCK SHIPMENTS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Shipments are in 40,000 pound units. Information is
subject to revision.
2021 2020
APR 04-10 APR 05-11
U.S. 22,594 29,312
IMPORTS 27,488 20,708
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sum 50,082 50,020
MAR 28-APR 03 MAR 29-APR 04
U.S. 25,149 31,070
IMPORTS 27,657 17,680
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sum 52,806 48,750
MAR 21-27 MAR 22-28
U.S. 24,207 34,532
IMPORTS 27,712 24,651
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sum 51,919 59,183
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