USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture - January 13, 2021
Truck Rate Report
Washington, DC January 13, 2021
USDA - Specialty Crops Market News
Contact: Francine Vigliotti (202)720-9938
WA_FV190
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY JANUARY 12 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, potatoes from Upper Valley, Twin Falls-Burley
District Idaho. A slight shortage of trucks was reported for the following
commodities: cucumbers, eggplant, squash, cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon
from Mexico crossings through Nogales, Arizona, onions from Idaho and Malheur
County Oregon, potatoes from Minnesota-North Dakota Red River Valley, sweet
potatoes from Eastern North Carolina, potatoes and onions from Columbia Basin
Washington. Last Report was issued for grapes and apples from San Joaquin
Valley California. All other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks.
FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 6-12 2021
SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY JANUARY 12 2021
PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY JANUARY 5 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, LEAF LETTUCE, BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER AND PEPPERS ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 6500 7200 (0)
BALTIMORE 7800 8200 (-2)
BOSTON 8500 9100 (0)
CHICAGO 5900 6400 (-2)
DALLAS 4900 5500 (-1)
MIAMI 8100 8700 (-2)
NEW YORK 8000 8700 (-2)
PHILADELPHIA 7800 8400 (-2)
MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA
-- CUCUMBERS, CORN, EGGPLANT, SQUASH, HONEYDEW AND WATERMELON SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 4800 6000 5000 5300 (-10)
BALTIMORE 7100 8100 7400 7600 (0)
BOSTON 8000 9400 8400 8600 (-2)
CHICAGO 4300 5400 4600 4900 (-4)
DALLAS 2900 3600 3100 3300 (-6)
LOS ANGELES 1400 1800 1600 (-16)
MIAMI 6300 7400 6600 6800 (-1)
NEW YORK 7400 8800 7800 8100 (-2)
PHILADELPHIA 7200 8500 7600 7800 (-1)
KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA
-- CARROTS ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 6800 7500
BALTIMORE 8100 8500
BOSTON 8900 9400
CHICAGO 6200 6700
DALLAS 5200 5800
MIAMI 8500 9000
NEW YORK 8600 9000
PHILADELPHIA 8500 8700
OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA
-- CELERY, STRAWBERRIES, CILANTRO, CABBAGE, ROMAINE, PARSLEY AND KALE ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 6800 7400 (0)
BALTIMORE 8500 (-1)
BOSTON 8600 9500 (0)
CHICAGO 6300 6600 (-2)
DALLAS 5200 5700 (-1)
MIAMI 8400 8900 (-2)
NEW YORK 8700 8900 (-2)
PHILADELPHIA 8500 8600 (-2)
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA
-- GRAPES, APPLES ADEQUATE - LAST REPORT --
ATLANTA 6400 7100 6500 7000 (0)
BALTIMORE 7600 8600 7800 8100 (-2)
BOSTON 8500 9100 8500 8900 (0)
CHICAGO 6000 6600 6100 6400 (-2)
DALLAS 4600 6000 4900 5300 (-1)
MIAMI 7700 8700 8100 8600 (-2)
NEW YORK 7900 8700 8000 8300 (0)
SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA
-- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER AND CELERY ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 7200 7600
BALTIMORE 7200 8600
BOSTON 9000 9500
CHICAGO 6600 6800
DALLAS 5400 5900
MIAMI 8500 9100
NEW YORK 8600 9100
PHILADELPHIA 8400 8800
SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA
-- CITRUS, AVOCADOS ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 6500 6900 6500 6800 (-2)
BALTIMORE 7700 8400 7800 8200 (-1)
BOSTON 8400 9000 8500 8900 (-1)
CHICAGO 5900 6900 6000 6400 (-2)
DALLAS 4600 6000 4900 5400 (-2)
MIAMI 7800 8800 8100 8500 (-2)
NEW YORK 8100 8900 8200 8600 (-1)
PHILADELPHIA 7900 8800 8000 8400 (-1)
SEATTLE 2800 4200 3000 3500 (0)
SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO
-- POTATOES SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 3010 4100 (0)
BALTIMORE 4200 4300 (0)
CHICAGO 2580 3000 (0)
DALLAS 1505 2800 (0)
LOS ANGELES 1935 2100 (0)
MIAMI 4900 5805 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 3870 4300 (0)
CENTRAL & SOUTH FLORIDA
-- VEGETABLES, BERRIES ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 1100 1300 1200 (-4)
BALTIMORE 2000 2200 2000 2100 (-15)
BOSTON 3100 3300 3200 (-9)
CHICAGO 1900 2000 (-9)
NEW YORK 2800 3000 2800 (-10)
PHILADELPHIA 2200 2600 2200 2400 (-19)
UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO
-- POTATOES SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 4888 6200 5800 5900 (0)
BALTIMORE 6163 6800 (0)
BOSTON 7013 7225 (0)
CHICAGO 3400 4038 3825 (0)
DALLAS 3600 4800 3825 4038 (0)
LOS ANGELES 1800 2200 (0)
MIAMI 6800 7650 (0)
NEW YORK 6000 7225 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 6163 6800 (0)
IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON
-- ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 5738 6375 (0)
BALTIMORE 6375 7225 (0)
BOSTON 7225 8075 (0)
CHICAGO 4250 4675 4675 (0)
DALLAS 4250 5100 4675 (0)
LOS ANGELES 1913 2125 (0)
MIAMI 7650 8925 8500 (0)
NEW YORK 7225 8075 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 6375 7225 (0)
LOUISIANA
-- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE --
CHICAGO 2000 2400 2200 (0)
NEW YORK 4000 4200 4000 (0)
MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY)
-- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 4300 5160 4730 4945 (0)
BALTIMORE 5160 5590 5160 (0)
BOSTON 5698 6880 6020 (0)
CHICAGO 2365 2795 2365 2580 (0)
DALLAS 3440 4085 3440 3870 (0)
MIAMI 6020 6450 6020 (0)
NEW YORK 5590 6020 6020 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 5160 5375 5160 (0)
MISSISSIPPI
-- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 1200 1600 (0)
CHICAGO 1500 2000 1800 (0)
DALLAS 1600 2000 1800 (0)
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
-- SWEET POTATOES SLIGHT 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 5712 4700 5712 (0)
BALTIMORE 2000 2500 (0)
BOSTON 2000 2300 (0)
CHICAGO 3500 4980 4100 4980 (0)
MIAMI 4200 6500 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 2000 2500 (0)
MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS
-- LIMES MANGOS TOMATOES BROCCOLI MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 3200 3800 3500 3600 (-20)
BALTIMORE 6000 6500 6300 6400 (0)
BOSTON 6800 8000 7200 7300 (-3)
CHICAGO 3800 4200 (+5)
DALLAS 1500 1800 1600 1700 (-6)
LOS ANGELES 3000 3600 3100 3200 (-21)
MIAMI 4400 5200 4700 4800 (0)
NEW YORK 6500 7500 6700 6800 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 5500 6500 6000 6200 (-7)
SEATTLE 6400 6600 (-5)
TEXAS
-- WATERMELONS ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 3200 3800 3500 3600 (-20)
BALTIMORE 6000 6500 6300 6400 (0)
BOSTON 6800 8000 7200 7300 (-3)
CHICAGO 3800 4200 (+5)
DALLAS 1500 1800 1600 1700 (-6)
LOS ANGELES 3000 3600 3100 3200 (-21)
MIAMI 4400 5200 4700 4800 (0)
NEW YORK 6500 7500 6700 6800 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 5500 6500 6000 6200 (-7)
SEATTLE 6400 6600 (-5)
COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON
-- POTATOES AND ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 6978 7400 (0)
DALLAS 5300 6240 (0)
LOS ANGELES 2800 3200 (0)
MIAMI 8400 8600 (0)
NEW YORK 7981 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 7400 7800 (0)
YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON
-- APPLES AND PEARS. ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 7000 8000 7200 7800 (0)
BALTIMORE 7600 9000 7800 8400 (0)
BOSTON 8500 9600 8700 9200 (0)
CHICAGO 5500 6800 5800 6300 (0)
DALLAS 5600 6900 5800 6300 (0)
LOS ANGELES 2400 3200 2500 2900 (0)
MIAMI 8600 9400 8800 9300 (+1)
NEW YORK 8400 9400 8700 9100 (+1)
PHILADELPHIA 7700 9000 7800 8400 (0)
SEATTLE 900 1300 1000 1150 (0)
CENTRAL WISCONSIN
-- POTATOES AND ONIONS ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 3400 3613 (0)
BALTIMORE 3400 3613 (0)
BOSTON 3613 4800 3825 4800 (0)
CHICAGO 1063 1169 (0)
DALLAS 3400 4038 (0)
MIAMI 4888 5525 (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
JAN 03-09 JAN 05-11
U.S. 19,681 35,311
IMPORTS 32,885 20,320
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sum 52,566 55,631
DEC 27-JAN 02 DEC 29-JAN 04
U.S. 17,509 26,491
IMPORTS 14,182 21,886
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sum 31,691 48,377
DEC 20-26 DEC 22-28
U.S. 16,600 20,646
IMPORTS 15,587 16,514
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sum 32,187 37,160
