Truck Rate Report Washington, DC March 3, 2021 USDA - Specialty Crops Market News Contact: Patty Willkie (202)365-6701 WA_FV190 ***CORRECTED COPY - Truck availability statement updated. FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY MARCH 2 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, vegetables and berries from Central and South Florida, potatoes from Upper Valley, Twin Falls-Burley District Idaho, onions from Idaho and Malheur County Oregon, apples from Michigan, 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: limes, broccoli, carrots, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, and grape tomatoes from Mexico Crossings through Texas, and watermelons and onions from Texas. All other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks. FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 24-MARCH 2 2021 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY MARCH 2 2021 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23 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 7000 9200 8500 8850 (+23) BALTIMORE 8500 9500 8500 9200 (+5) BOSTON 9500 11500 9500 10000 (+8) CHICAGO 6500 7850 6800 7000 (+10) DALLAS 5000 6750 5500 6100 (-1) MIAMI 8000 10350 9000 9500 (+5) NEW YORK 8000 10500 9400 10000 (+13) PHILADELPHIA 7000 10250 8600 9000 (+4) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA -- BEANS, CORN, CUCUMBERS, EGGPLANT, HONEYDEW, PEPPERS, SQUASH, TOMATOES,WATERMELON SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5900 7000 6300 6500 (+5) BALTIMORE 7300 8600 7900 8200 (+1) BOSTON 8500 10800 9700 10000 (+2) CHICAGO 5000 6700 5500 5700 (+3) DALLAS 3500 4600 3700 4000 (+5) LOS ANGELES 1500 2000 1600 1800 (+6) MIAMI 6900 7800 7200 7400 (+1) NEW YORK 8000 9400 8500 8800 (+2) PHILADELPHIA 7800 9000 8200 8500 (+2) KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7100 8900 8400 8500 (+15) BALTIMORE 8400 9200 8500 9200 (+1) BOSTON 9400 11000 9400 10000 (+3) CHICAGO 6400 7600 6800 7000 (+5) DALLAS 5900 6500 6000 6200 (0) MIAMI 8500 10000 9000 9500 (+1) NEW YORK 8900 10000 9400 10000 (+7) PHILADELPHIA 8000 10000 8700 9000 (-1) OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CELERY, STRAWBERRIES, CILANTRO, CABBAGE, ROMAINE, PARSLEY AND KALE SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7100 9200 8500 9000 (+20) BALTIMORE 8500 9700 8500 9400 (-3) BOSTON 9500 11500 9500 10000 (+5) CHICAGO 6500 8000 6800 7200 (+7) DALLAS 5900 6600 5900 6300 (+1) MIAMI 8900 10250 9000 9600 (+2) NEW YORK 8800 10500 9400 10000 (+8) PHILADELPHIA 8800 10000 8800 9200 (+1) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER AND CELERY SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7500 9200 8500 8800 (+14) BALTIMORE 8800 9500 8800 9100 (+1) BOSTON 9800 11500 9800 10000 (+4) CHICAGO 6800 7900 6800 7200 (+3) DALLAS 6100 6800 6100 6200 (-2) MIAMI 9000 10350 9000 9400 (-1) NEW YORK 8900 10500 9600 10000 (+8) PHILADELPHIA 8800 10000 8800 9100 (-1) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 6900 7900 7100 7500 (+4) BALTIMORE 8200 9200 8400 8800 (+2) BOSTON 9000 10000 9400 9800 (+5) CHICAGO 6100 7100 6300 6700 (+3) DALLAS 5300 6300 5700 6100 (0) MIAMI 8500 9500 8700 9100 (+1) NEW YORK 8500 9500 8800 9300 (+5) PHILADELPHIA 8300 9400 8400 8800 (+1) SEATTLE 4200 5200 4600 5000 (+12) 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 SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 1400 1500 (+21) BALTIMORE 3000 3200 (+13) BOSTON 3800 4500 4100 4500 (+8) CHICAGO 2600 2700 (+8) NEW YORK 3800 4000 (+3) PHILADELPHIA 3300 3500 (+5) FLORIDA -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1200 1400 (0) BOSTON 3800 4400 3800 4200 (0) CHICAGO 3200 3400 (0) MIAMI 650 (0) NEW YORK 3300 3800 3500 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2800 3000 (0) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO -- POTATOES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4675 5950 (+12) BALTIMORE 5525 5950 (-7) BOSTON 6375 7013 (-2) CHICAGO 3825 4250 (+7) DALLAS 3825 4500 3825 4250 (+4) LOS ANGELES 2100 2250 (+2) MIAMI 6800 7225 (-1) NEW YORK 5950 7225 6163 (-3) PHILADELPHIA 5525 5950 (-6) IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5950 6375 (0) BALTIMORE 6800 7225 (+6) BOSTON 7225 7650 7650 (+3) CHICAGO 5100 5525 (+9) DALLAS 5100 5525 (+9) LOS ANGELES 1913 2550 (0) MIAMI 8500 8925 (+24) NEW YORK 7650 8500 (+15) PHILADELPHIA 6800 7225 (+6) LOUISIANA -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 2000 2400 2200 2400 (0) NEW YORK 4000 4200 (0) MICHIGAN -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 900 1100 900 1000 (0) MICHIGAN -- APPLES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2800 3000 (+7) BALTIMORE 2900 3000 (+5) DALLAS 2900 3100 (+7) NEW YORK 3300 3500 3400 3500 (+3) PHILADELPHIA 3000 3200 (+7) 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 (0) DALLAS 1600 2000 1800 2000 (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, BROCCOLI, CARROTS, CUCUMBERS, PEPPERS, TOMATOES, GRAPE TOMATOES, ETC. SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 3200 3800 3300 3500 (-13) BALTIMORE 5200 5400 BOSTON 6000 6400 CHICAGO 3500 3800 3500 3600 (-14) DALLAS 1600 1800 (0) LOS ANGELES 3000 3300 3200 3300 (-6) MIAMI 3400 4400 3600 3800 (-11) NEW YORK 5800 7200 6000 6200 (-11) PHILADELPHIA 5400 5800 5500 5600 (-14) TEXAS -- WATERMELONS, ONIONS. SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 3200 3800 3300 3500 (-13) BALTIMORE 5200 5400 BOSTON 6000 6400 CHICAGO 3500 3800 3500 3600 (-14) DALLAS 1600 1800 (0) LOS ANGELES 3000 3300 3200 3300 (-6) MIAMI 3400 4400 3600 3800 (-11) NEW YORK 5800 7200 6000 6200 (-11) PHILADELPHIA 5400 5800 5500 5600 (-14) COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7000 8300 (+9) DALLAS 5500 6500 (+13) LOS ANGELES 2900 3188 (+10) MIAMI 9000 9500 (+16) NEW YORK 7800 8800 (+5) PHILADELPHIA 7000 7400 (-6) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS. SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7200 8100 7600 8000 (+1) BALTIMORE 8600 9600 8800 9300 (+12) BOSTON 8400 9500 8600 9300 (0) CHICAGO 6000 7000 6200 6600 (+8) DALLAS 5600 6400 5700 6100 (+3) LOS ANGELES 2300 3000 2500 2800 (0) MIAMI 9000 9800 9200 9500 (+5) NEW YORK 8600 9400 8600 9000 (+2) PHILADELPHIA 8200 9100 8200 8700 (+2) SEATTLE 900 1300 1000 1200 (+2) 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 21-27 FEB 23-29 U.S. 20,407 28,541 IMPORTS 28,873 27,474 ------------ -------------- sum 49,280 56,015 FEB 14-20 FEB 16-22 U.S. 18,097 27,824 IMPORTS 25,259 29,899 ------------ -------------- sum 43,356 57,723 FEB 07-13 FEB 09-15 U.S. 21,392 28,421 IMPORTS 27,458 22,266 ------------ -------------- sum 48,850 50,687