Truck Rate Report Washington, DC February 24, 2021 USDA - Specialty Crops Market News Contact: Patty Willkie (202)365-6701 WA_FV190 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23 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: lettuce, leaf lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, and celery from Imperial, Palo Verde and Coachella Valleys California and Central and Western Arizona, beans, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, honeydew, peppers, squash, tomatoes, and watermelon from Mexico Crossing through Nogales Arizona, carrots from Kern District California, celery, strawberries, cilantro, cabbage, Romaine lettuce, parsley, and kale from Oxnard District California, broccoli, cauliflower, and celery 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, sweet potatoes from Eastern North Carolina, potatoes and onions from Columbia Basin Washington, and apples and pears from Yakima Valley & Wenatchee District Washington. A slight shortage of trucks was reported for the following commodities: vegetables and berries from Central and South Florida. All other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks. A First Report was issued for potatoes from Florida. FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 17-23 2021 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23 2021 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY FEBRUARY 16 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 CELERY SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 6800 7300 (+5) BALTIMORE 8100 8700 (+9) BOSTON 8800 9300 (+5) CHICAGO 6000 6500 (+3) DALLAS 5600 6100 (+11) MIAMI 8600 9100 (+10) NEW YORK 8300 8900 (+4) PHILADELPHIA 8200 8800 (+6) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA -- BEANS, CORN, CUCUMBERS, EGGPLANT, HONEYDEW, PEPPERS, SQUASH, TOMATOES,WATERMELON ADEQUATE -- LOS ANGELES 1500 1700 1600 (-3) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA -- BEANS, CORN, CUCUMBERS, EGGPLANT, HONEYDEW, PEPPERS, SQUASH, TOMATOES,WATERMELON SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5700 6700 6000 6200 (-2) BALTIMORE 7200 8500 7800 8100 (+3) BOSTON 8000 10500 9500 9800 (+21) CHICAGO 4900 6700 5300 5600 (-8) DALLAS 3400 4600 3500 3800 (-14) MIAMI 6800 7800 7100 7300 (-3) NEW YORK 7900 9200 8400 8600 (+6) PHILADELPHIA 7700 8800 8100 8300 (+4) KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7100 7600 (+5) BALTIMORE 8400 9200 (+10) BOSTON 9200 9600 (+5) CHICAGO 6300 6800 (+3) DALLAS 5900 6300 (+10) MIAMI 9000 9400 (+10) NEW YORK 8900 9200 (+4) PHILADELPHIA 8700 9100 (+6) OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CELERY, STRAWBERRIES, CILANTRO, CABBAGE, ROMAINE, PARSLEY AND KALE SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7100 7500 (+5) BALTIMORE 8800 9600 (+10) BOSTON 8900 9700 (+5) CHICAGO 6400 6700 (+3) DALLAS 5900 6200 (+10) MIAMI 8900 9300 (+10) NEW YORK 8800 9200 (+4) PHILADELPHIA 8800 9100 (+6) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER AND CELERY SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7500 7700 (+5) BALTIMORE 8500 9300 (+10) BOSTON 9300 9700 (+5) CHICAGO 6700 6900 (+3) DALLAS 6100 6400 (+10) MIAMI 9000 9500 (+9) NEW YORK 8900 9300 (+4) PHILADELPHIA 8800 9200 (+6) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 6700 7700 6800 7200 (+7) BALTIMORE 7900 8800 8200 8700 (+12) BOSTON 8500 9500 8900 9300 (+9) CHICAGO 5900 6900 6100 6500 (+8) DALLAS 5300 6200 5700 6100 (+19) MIAMI 8300 9200 8600 9000 (+11) NEW YORK 8100 9100 8400 8900 (+8) PHILADELPHIA 8000 8900 8300 8800 (+10) SEATTLE 3600 4500 4100 4500 (+23) 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 SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 1200 (-8) BALTIMORE 2500 3000 (+12) BOSTON 3900 4100 (+8) CHICAGO 2400 2500 (+4) NEW YORK 3800 (+13) PHILADELPHIA 3000 3500 (+12) FLORIDA -- POTATOES ADEQUATE - FIRST REPORT -- ATLANTA 1200 1400 BOSTON 3800 4400 3800 4200 CHICAGO 3200 3400 MIAMI 650 NEW YORK 3300 3800 3500 PHILADELPHIA 2800 3000 UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO -- POTATOES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4463 5000 (+2) BALTIMORE 5738 6588 (+4) BOSTON 6588 7013 (+3) CHICAGO 3506 4038 (+4) DALLAS 3719 4038 (+4) LOS ANGELES 2019 2231 (+6) MIAMI 6906 7225 (+2) NEW YORK 6056 6588 (+2) PHILADELPHIA 5631 6588 (+3) IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5950 6375 (+7) BALTIMORE 6375 6800 (+7) BOSTON 7225 7650 (+6) CHICAGO 4675 5100 (+5) DALLAS 4675 5100 (+10) LOS ANGELES 2125 2338 (+11) MIAMI 6800 7225 (+5) NEW YORK 6800 7225 (+6) PHILADELPHIA 6375 6800 (+7) LOUISIANA -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 2000 2400 2200 2400 (+5) NEW YORK 4000 4200 (+3) MICHIGAN -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2600 2800 (0) BALTIMORE 2700 2900 (0) CHICAGO 900 1100 900 1000 (0) DALLAS 2700 2900 (0) NEW YORK 3200 3400 3300 3400 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2800 3000 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4300 4945 4300 4730 (0) BALTIMORE 5160 5590 (0) CHICAGO 2365 2795 2365 2580 (0) DALLAS 3440 4085 3440 3870 (0) MIAMI 6020 6450 6020 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4515 5160 4730 5160 (0) MISSISSIPPI -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1200 1600 (0) CHICAGO 1500 2000 1800 2000 (+6) DALLAS 1600 2000 1800 2000 (+6) 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, BROCCOLI, CARROTS, CUCUMBERS, PEPPERS, TOMATOES, GRAPE TOMATOES, ETC. ADEQUATE. -- ATLANTA 3500 4400 3800 4000 CHICAGO 3600 4500 4100 4200 DALLAS 1600 1800 LOS ANGELES 3200 3600 3400 3500 MIAMI 4000 4500 4100 4200 NEW YORK 6200 7200 6800 6900 PHILADELPHIA 5600 6600 6400 6500 TEXAS -- WATERMELONS, ONIONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 3500 4400 3800 4000 CHICAGO 3600 4500 4100 4200 DALLAS 1600 1800 LOS ANGELES 3200 3600 3400 3500 MIAMI 4000 4500 4100 4200 NEW YORK 6200 7200 6800 6900 PHILADELPHIA 5600 6600 6400 6500 COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 6800 7225 (+8) DALLAS 5100 5525 (+4) LOS ANGELES 2338 3188 (+11) MIAMI 7438 8500 (+2) NEW YORK 7800 8075 (+2) PHILADELPHIA 7400 7863 (+3) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS. SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7100 8000 7500 8000 (+8) BALTIMORE 7800 8800 7800 8300 (+3) BOSTON 8400 9500 8600 9300 (+1) CHICAGO 5600 6700 5700 6200 (+2) DALLAS 5400 6500 5500 6000 (+5) LOS ANGELES 2200 3000 2500 2800 (+4) MIAMI 8600 9400 8700 9100 (-1) NEW YORK 8200 9300 8300 8900 (+1) PHILADELPHIA 7800 9100 8000 8600 (+3) SEATTLE 900 1300 1000 1150 (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 FEB 14-20 FEB 16-22 U.S. 17,774 27,824 IMPORTS 25,259 29,849 ------------ -------------- sum 43,033 57,673 FEB 07-13 FEB 09-15 U.S. 20,323 28,421 IMPORTS 27,458 22,188 ------------ -------------- sum 47,781 50,609 JAN 31-FEB 06 FEB 02-08 U.S. 20,183 27,509 IMPORTS 25,930 19,697 ------------ -------------- sum 46,113 47,206