Truck Rate Report
Washington, DC September 23, 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 SEPTEMBER 22 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: melons from
Southeast Missouri, melons from Maryland, Delaware and Eastern Shore
Virginia, potatoes from Upper Valley, Twin Falls-Burley District Idaho,
onions from Idaho and Malheur County Oregon, melons from Southwest Indiana
and Southeast Illinois, potatoes from Big Lake and Central Minnesota,
melons from North Carolina, and potatoes and onions from Columbia Basin
Washington. A slight shortage of trucks was reported for the following
commodities: potatoes from Big Lake and Central Minnesota, sweet potatoes
from Eastern North Carolina, and potatoes from Central Wisconsin. All
other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks. A First Report was
issued for apples from New York.
FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 16-22 2020
SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22 2020
PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15 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
KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA
-- CARROTS AND GRAPES ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 6600 6800 (+2)
BALTIMORE 7900 8300 (0)
BOSTON 8200 8500 (0)
CHICAGO 5700 6100 (0)
DALLAS 4900 5100 (+2)
MIAMI 8100 8300 (+1)
NEW YORK 8100 8400 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 8000 8400 (0)
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 7600 (+1)
BALTIMORE 8300 8700 (0)
BOSTON 8800 9100 (0)
CHICAGO 6200 6400 (0)
DALLAS 5000 5100 (+2)
MIAMI 8100 8400 (+1)
NEW YORK 8700 9000 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 8600 8900 (0)
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA
-- PEACHES, NECTARINES, PLUMS,GRAPES, APPLES ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 5900 6500 6100 6300 (0)
BALTIMORE 7200 7900 7400 7600 (0)
BOSTON 7700 8400 7900 8100 (0)
CHICAGO 5400 6200 5500 6100 (0)
DALLAS 4500 5200 4700 5000 (0)
MIAMI 7500 8200 7800 8000 (0)
NEW YORK 7500 8200 7800 8000 (0)
SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA
-- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, CELERY, LETTUCE, ROMAINE, LEAF LETTUCE AND STRAWBERRIES ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 6800 7700 (+1)
BALTIMORE 8200 8700 (0)
BOSTON 8600 8800 (0)
CHICAGO 6000 6400 (0)
DALLAS 5000 5100 (+2)
MIAMI 8100 8400 (+1)
NEW YORK 8500 8700 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 8300 8700 (0)
SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA
-- CITRUS, AVOCADOS ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 6000 6800 6200 6600 (+2)
BALTIMORE 7500 8200 7600 8000 (0)
BOSTON 8200 8900 8300 8700 (0)
CHICAGO 5600 6400 5900 6300 (0)
DALLAS 4800 5500 4800 5200 (+2)
MIAMI 8000 8700 8000 8400 (+1)
NEW YORK 7900 8500 8000 8400 (-1)
PHILADELPHIA 7700 8400 7900 8300 (+1)
SEATTLE 2750 3400 (0)
SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO
-- POTATOES SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 3010 4100 (0)
BALTIMORE 5526 (0)
BOSTON 6100 7105 (0)
CHICAGO 2580 3600 (0)
DALLAS 1613 2300 (0)
LOS ANGELES 1935 2100 (0)
MIAMI 4945 5590 (0)
NEW YORK 6000 6471 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 3870 4085 (0)
DELAWARE, MARYLAND AND EASTERN SHORE VIRGINIA
-- MELONS SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 2300 2400 (+7)
BALTIMORE 800 1000 1000 (0)
BOSTON 2000 2100 2100 (0)
CHICAGO 1700 1800 1800 (+3)
NEW YORK 1400 1500 1500 (+7)
PHILADELPHIA 1100 1200 1200 (0)
UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO
-- POTATOES SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 4463 4888 (0)
BALTIMORE 5313 6000 (0)
BOSTON 5950 6900 (0)
CHICAGO 3400 3800 (0)
DALLAS 3500 4000 (0)
LOS ANGELES 1700 2125 (0)
MIAMI 6375 7000 (0)
NEW YORK 6800 7800 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 5525 6000 (0)
IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON
-- ONIONS SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 5525 5950 (0)
BALTIMORE 5950 (0)
BOSTON 6375 6800 (0)
CHICAGO 4250 4463 (0)
DALLAS 4250 4675 (0)
LOS ANGELES 2125 (0)
MIAMI 6588 6800 (0)
NEW YORK 6163 6375 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 5738 5950 5950 (0)
SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
-- MELONS SHORTAGE --
CHICAGO 1300 1500 1400 (-7)
BIG LAKE AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
-- POTATOES SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 3870 4730 4085 (0)
MIAMI 5375 6020 5590 6020 (0)
BIG LAKE AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
-- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
BALTIMORE 4515 4730 4515 (0)
BOSTON 4730 5590 4730 4950 (0)
CHICAGO 1720 2150 1720 1935 (0)
DALLAS 2795 3870 (0)
NEW YORK 4730 5160 4945 5160 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 4085 4515 4300 (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)
NORTH CAROLINA
-- MELONS SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 1400 1500 (-3)
BALTIMORE 1500 1600 1600 (+3)
BOSTON 2700 2800 2800 (+4)
CHICAGO 1800 1900 (+6)
NEW YORK 2300 2500 2400 2500 (-4)
PHILADELPHIA 1600 1800 1700 1800 (0)
NEW YORK
-- APPLES ADEQUATE - FIRST REPORT --
ATLANTA 4760 5712
BALTIMORE 1400 1680
BOSTON 1040 1248
CHICAGO 4150 4980
MIAMI 6840 8208
PHILADELPHIA 915 1098
MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS
-- LIMES MANGOS TOMATOES BROCCOLI MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 3000 3200 (+3)
BALTIMORE 4000 4800 4600 4700 (+8)
BOSTON 5400 5600 (-1)
CHICAGO 3000 3200 (0)
DALLAS 1400 1600 1500 1600 (+3)
LOS ANGELES 3000 3200 (+3)
MIAMI 3900 4200 (-5)
NEW YORK 4800 5200 (+2)
PHILADELPHIA 4400 5500 4700 4800 (0)
SEATTLE 5400 5600 (+1)
TEXAS
-- WATERMELONS ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 3000 3200 (+3)
BALTIMORE 4000 4800 4600 4700 (+8)
BOSTON 5400 5600 (-1)
CHICAGO 3000 3200 (0)
DALLAS 1400 1600 1500 1600 (+3)
LOS ANGELES 3000 3200 (+3)
MIAMI 3900 4200 (-5)
NEW YORK 4800 5200 (+2)
PHILADELPHIA 4400 5500 4700 4800 (0)
SEATTLE 5400 5600 (+1)
COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON
-- POTATOES AND ONIONS SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 6800 7200 (0)
BALTIMORE 7225 7800 (0)
CHICAGO 5525 5900 (0)
DALLAS 5100 5400 (0)
LOS ANGELES 2550 2900 (0)
MIAMI 8075 8700 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 7013 7600 (0)
YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON
-- APPLES, PEARS, PEACHES AND NECTARINES. ADEQUATE --
ATLANTA 5600 6500 6100 6500 (+2)
BALTIMORE 6800 7800 6900 7300 (+1)
BOSTON 7700 8700 8300 8700 (+2)
CHICAGO 5000 5800 5200 5600 (+2)
DALLAS 4600 5600 5000 5400 (0)
LOS ANGELES 1900 2600 2100 2400 (+5)
MIAMI 7800 8800 8000 8500 (+1)
NEW YORK 7300 8300 7700 8100 (+3)
PHILADELPHIA 7000 8000 7400 7800 (+6)
SEATTLE 900 1300 1000 1100 (0)
CENTRAL WISCONSIN
-- POTATOES AND ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE --
ATLANTA 2763 3400 (0)
BALTIMORE 3188 3600 (0)
CHICAGO 1100 1200 (0)
DALLAS 2975 3400 (0)
MIAMI 3931 5400 3931 4038 (0)
NEW YORK 3400 4800 3825 4800 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 2763 3400 (0)
TRUCK SHIPMENTS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Shipments are in 40,000 pound units. Information is
subject to revision.
2020 2019
SEP 13-19 SEP 15-21
U.S. 24,759 27,625
IMPORTS 12,113 13,929
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sum 36,872 41,554
SEP 06-12 SEP 08-14
U.S. 24,310 28,433
IMPORTS 14,979 15,566
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sum 39,289 43,999
AUG 30-SEP 05 SEP 01-07
U.S. 29,161 27,021
IMPORTS 15,760 16,470
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sum 44,921 43,491