Truck Rate Report
Washington, DC October 28, 2020
USDA - Specialty Crops Market News
Contact: Patty Willkie 202-365-6701
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FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY OCTOBER 27 2020
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, onions from Idaho and Malheur County Oregon, potatoes from
Minnesota-North Dakota Red River Valley, and potatoes and onions from
Columbia Basin Washington. A slight shortage of trucks was reported for the
following commodities: cucumbers, squash, cantaloupe, honeydew, and
watermelon from Mexico Crossings through Nogales Arizona, vegetables from
West District Florida, potatoes from Minnesota-North Dakota, and sweet
potatoes from Eastern North Carolina, limes, mangos, tomatoes, broccoli,
mixed fruits and vegetables from Mexico Crossings through Texas, watermelons
from Texas, apples and pears from Yakima Valley and Wenatchee District
Washington, and potatoes and onions from Central Wisconsin. All other
districts reported an adequate supply of trucks.
FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 21-27 2020
SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY OCTOBER 27 2020
PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY OCTOBER 20 2020 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
MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA
-- CUCUMBERS, SQUASH, CANTALOUP, HONEYDEW AND WATERMELON SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 4700 5700 4800 5500 (+2)
BALTIMORE 6900 7200 (+4)
BOSTON 7400 8200 7600 8000 (+3)
CHICAGO 3800 5000 4000 4800 (0)
DALLAS 2800 3600 3100 3300 (+5)
LOS ANGELES 1100 1400 1200 1300 (+14)
MIAMI 6600 6800 (+3)
NEW YORK 7400 7900 7400 7600 (+3)
PHILADELPHIA 7100 7700 7200 7400 (+4)
KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA
-- CARROTS AND GRAPES ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 6600 7000 (+1)
BALTIMORE 7900 8600 (+1)
BOSTON 8500 9100 (+1)
CHICAGO 5900 8500 (+1)
DALLAS 5000 5400 (+1)
MIAMI 7900 8500 (+1)
NEW YORK 8400 9000 (+1)
PHILADELPHIA 8000 8700 (+1)
NORTHERN CALIF INCL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
-- PEARS ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 6447 6500 (0)
BALTIMORE 7200 7236 (0)
BOSTON 7970 8000 (0)
CHICAGO 5250 5400 (0)
DALLAS 4419 5000 (0)
MIAMI 7417 8000 (0)
NEW YORK 7514 7800 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 7299 7500 (0)
SALINAS-WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIA
-- BERRIES, BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, CELERY, LETTUCE, ROMAINE AND LEAF LETTUCE ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 7200 7800 (+1)
BALTIMORE 8300 9000 (+1)
BOSTON 9100 9700 (+1)
CHICAGO 6400 6800 (+1)
DALLAS 5100 5400 (+1)
MIAMI 8000 8600 (+1)
NEW YORK 9000 9600 (+1)
PHILADELPHIA 8600 9200 (+1)
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA
-- GRAPES, APPLES ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 5900 6500 6100 6300 (0)
BALTIMORE 7300 7900 7400 7600 (0)
BOSTON 7900 8500 8100 8300 (0)
CHICAGO 5400 6200 5700 6100 (0)
DALLAS 4500 5200 4700 5000 (0)
MIAMI 7600 8200 7800 8000 (0)
NEW YORK 7600 8200 7800 8000 (0)
SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA
-- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, CELERY, LETTUCE, ROMAINE, LEAF LETTUCE AND STRAWBERRIES ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 6800 7900 (+1)
BALTIMORE 8200 9000 (+1)
BOSTON 8900 9400 (+1)
CHICAGO 6200 6700 (+1)
DALLAS 5100 5400 (+1)
MIAMI 8000 8600 (+1)
NEW YORK 8800 9300 (+1)
PHILADELPHIA 8300 9000 (+1)
SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA
-- CITRUS, AVOCADOS ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 5900 6600 6100 6500 (0)
BALTIMORE 7400 8800 7500 7900 (0)
BOSTON 8100 8800 8200 8600 (0)
CHICAGO 5500 6200 5700 6100 (0)
DALLAS 4600 5500 4700 5200 (+1)
MIAMI 7800 8600 7900 8400 (+1)
NEW YORK 7700 8300 7900 8300 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 7600 8100 7700 8100 (0)
SEATTLE 2750 3400 (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)
WEST DISTRICT FLORIDA
-- VEGETABLES SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 900 1000 (+6)
BALTIMORE 2400 2500 (+2)
BOSTON 3100 3400 3300 3400 (+2)
CHICAGO 1700 1900 1800 1900 (+3)
NEW YORK 3000 3200 3100 3200 (+3)
PHILADELPHIA 2300 2500 2400 2500 (+2)
UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO
-- POTATOES SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 4888 5313 (0)
BALTIMORE 5313 6163 (0)
BOSTON 5950 6800 (0)
CHICAGO 3400 3825 (0)
DALLAS 3400 4018 (0)
LOS ANGELES 1700 2019 (0)
MIAMI 6375 7225 (0)
NEW YORK 6200 7200 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 5525 5950 (0)
IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON
-- ONIONS SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 5525 5950 (0)
BALTIMORE 6375 6800 (0)
CHICAGO 4250 4675 (0)
DALLAS 4250 5100 (0)
LOS ANGELES 1913 2125 (0)
MIAMI 6800 7650 (0)
NEW YORK 6800 7225 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 6375 6800 (0)
LOUISIANA
-- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE --
CHICAGO 2000 2400 2200 (0)
NEW YORK 4000 4200 4000 (0)
MICHIGAN
-- APPLES ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 3100 3200 (0)
BALTIMORE 3000 3200 (0)
CHICAGO 1200 1300 (0)
DALLAS 3400 3500 (0)
NEW YORK 3500 3600 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 3200 3300 (0)
MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY)
-- POTATOES SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 4300 5160 4730 (0)
BALTIMORE 4200 5160 4730 4945 (0)
BOSTON 5160 6020 5375 5590 (0)
DALLAS 3440 4193 (0)
MIAMI 5913 7310 6020 6450 (0)
NEW YORK 4300 5160 4945 5160 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 3978 4945 4730 4945 (0)
MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY)
-- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
CHICAGO 2150 2795 2150 2580 (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 (0)
BOSTON 3000 3500 (0)
CHICAGO 3000 (0)
MIAMI 2500 (0)
NEW YORK 2500 (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 6800 (-3)
PHILADELPHIA 2000 2500 (0)
MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS
-- LIMES MANGOS TOMATOES BROCCOLI MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 3200 3600 3400 3500 (0)
BALTIMORE 4800 5200 (0)
BOSTON 5600 5800 (0)
CHICAGO 3200 3600 3500 3600 (+4)
DALLAS 1400 1600 (0)
LOS ANGELES 3000 3600 3300 3400 (0)
MIAMI 4300 4500 (-1)
NEW YORK 5500 6000 5500 5600 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 4700 5400 5000 5200 (-4)
SEATTLE 5000 5200 (0)
TEXAS
-- WATERMELONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 3200 3600 3400 3500 (0)
BALTIMORE 4800 5200 (0)
BOSTON 5600 5800 (0)
CHICAGO 3200 3600 3500 3600 (+4)
DALLAS 1400 1600 (0)
LOS ANGELES 3000 3600 3300 3400 (0)
MIAMI 4300 4500 (-1)
NEW YORK 5500 6000 5500 5600 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 4700 5400 5000 5200 (-4)
SEATTLE 5000 5200 (0)
COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON
-- POTATOES AND ONIONS SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 7400 7600 (0)
BALTIMORE 7438 7800 (0)
CHICAGO 5600 5900 (0)
DALLAS 5600 5840 (0)
LOS ANGELES 2400 2700 (0)
MIAMI 8100 8800 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 7800 8000 (0)
YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON
-- APPLES AND PEARS. SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 6000 7000 6600 7000 (+3)
BALTIMORE 7300 8300 7500 7900 (+1)
BOSTON 7900 8900 8100 8500 (+1)
CHICAGO 5200 6200 5300 5700 (+2)
DALLAS 4800 5800 5200 5600 (+3)
LOS ANGELES 2200 2800 2400 2700 (+9)
MIAMI 7900 8900 8400 8800 (+2)
NEW YORK 7500 8400 7700 8100 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 7300 8300 7500 7900 (0)
SEATTLE 900 1300 1000 1100 (0)
CENTRAL WISCONSIN
-- POTATOES AND ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
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.
2020 2019
OCT 18-24 OCT 20-26
U.S. 22,851 27,943
IMPORTS 17,972 18,280
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sum 40,823 46,223
OCT 11-17 OCT 13-19
U.S. 23,538 26,525
IMPORTS 19,241 15,635
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sum 42,779 42,160
OCT 04-10 OCT 06-12
U.S. 23,881 27,895
IMPORTS 16,773 14,309
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sum 40,654 42,204|
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