Truck Rate Report Washington, DC December 9, 2020 USDA - Specialty Crops Market News Contact: Patty Willkie 202-365-6701 WA_FV190 ***CORRECTED COPY - Addition of the IMPERIAL, COACHELLA, PALO VERDE VALLEYS CA, CENTRAL & WESTERN AZ & MX CROSSINGS THRU SOU CA & SAN LUIS AZ District FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY DECEMBER 8 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, 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: carrots and grapes from Kern District California, celery, strawberries, cilantro, cabbage, parsley and kale from Oxnard District California, berries, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, lettuce, Romaine and leaf lettuce from Salinas Watsonville California, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, lettuce, Romaine, leaf lettuce and strawberries from Santa Maria California, potatoes from Upper Valley, Twin Falls-Burley District Idaho, potatoes from Minnesota-North Dakota, sweet potatoes from Eastern North Carolina, and potatoes and onions from Central Wisconsin. All other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks. A Last Report was issued for the following commodities: broccoli, cauliflower, and celery from Salinas-Watsonville California. FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 2-8 2020 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY DECEMBER 8 2020 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY DECEMBER 1 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 IMPERIAL, COACHELLA, PALO VERDE VALLEYS CA, CENTRAL & WESTERN AZ & MX CROSSINGS THRU SOU CA & SAN LUIS AZ -- LETTUCE, LEAF LETTUCE, BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER AND PEPPERS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 6800 7400 BALTIMORE 8000 8700 BOSTON 8500 9200 CHICAGO 6000 6900 DALLAS 5300 6000 MIAMI 8300 8900 NEW YORK 8200 9000 PHILADELPHIA 8100 8900 MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA -- CUCUMBERS, EGGPLANT, SQUASH, CANTALOUP, HONEYDEW AND WATERMELON ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5000 5700 5100 5300 (-5) BALTIMORE 6800 7800 6900 7200 (-10) BOSTON 7400 8600 7700 7900 (-12) CHICAGO 4100 5000 4200 4400 (-11) DALLAS 2700 3600 2900 3100 (-9) LOS ANGELES 1200 1600 1200 1400 (-7) MIAMI 6400 7400 6700 6900 (-8) NEW YORK 6900 8000 7200 7400 (-11) PHILADELPHIA 6800 7700 7000 7200 (-10) KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS AND GRAPES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7100 7700 (-9) BALTIMORE 8300 9000 (-11) BOSTON 8900 9500 (-14) CHICAGO 6300 7200 (-9) DALLAS 5600 6300 (-16) MIAMI 8700 9200 (-14) NEW YORK 8800 9300 (-8) PHILADELPHIA 8800 9200 (-8) OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CELERY, STRAWBERRIES, CILANTRO, CABBAGE, ROMAINE, PARSLEY AND KALE SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7100 7600 (-9) BALTIMORE 8700 8900 (-11) BOSTON 8600 9600 (-13) CHICAGO 6400 7100 (-9) DALLAS 5600 6200 (-16) MIAMI 8600 9100 (-14) NEW YORK 8900 9200 (-11) PHILADELPHIA 8800 9100 (-8) SALINAS-WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER AND CELERY SLIGHT SHORTAGE - LAST REPORT -- ATLANTA 7600 7900 BALTIMORE 8700 9200 BOSTON 9100 9500 CHICAGO 6700 7400 DALLAS 5800 6500 MIAMI 8700 9400 NEW YORK 8900 9400 PHILADELPHIA 8800 9300 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA -- GRAPES, APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6300 7100 6500 7000 (-8) BALTIMORE 8300 8700 8300 8500 (-5) BOSTON 8600 9100 8600 8900 (-10) CHICAGO 6300 6700 6300 6500 (-9) DALLAS 4900 6000 5000 5500 (-21) MIAMI 7800 9100 8500 8800 (-5) NEW YORK 8100 8900 8300 8700 (-10) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, CELERY AND STRAWBERRIES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7500 7800 (-9) BALTIMORE 8800 9100 (-11) BOSTON 9000 9600 (-12) CHICAGO 6700 7300 (-8) DALLAS 5800 6400 (-15) MIAMI 8700 9300 (-13) NEW YORK 8800 9400 (-11) PHILADELPHIA 8700 9300 (-12) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6200 7100 6600 7000 (-14) BALTIMORE 7300 8600 7900 8400 (-14) BOSTON 8500 9200 8500 8900 (-16) CHICAGO 6200 6600 (-11) DALLAS 4800 5900 5000 5500 (-23) MIAMI 7800 9000 8200 8700 (-16) NEW YORK 8000 8800 8400 8800 (-9) PHILADELPHIA 7500 8600 8100 8600 (-11) SEATTLE 2800 4200 3000 3500 (-24) 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 (-8) BALTIMORE 2000 2200 (-13) BOSTON 3000 3200 3000 (-15) CHICAGO 1800 2000 (0) NEW YORK 2600 3000 2600 2800 (-13) PHILADELPHIA 2200 2500 2200 2400 (-12) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO -- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4888 5313 (0) BALTIMORE 5950 6800 (0) BOSTON 6375 7225 (0) CHICAGO 3613 3825 3825 (0) DALLAS 3613 4250 3825 (0) LOS ANGELES 2018 2231 (0) MIAMI 6800 7225 (0) NEW YORK 5375 7438 6200 7200 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5950 6800 (0) IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5525 5950 (0) BALTIMORE 6375 7225 (0) BOSTON 7225 8500 (0) CHICAGO 4250 4675 4675 (0) DALLAS 4250 5100 4675 (0) LOS ANGELES 1913 2300 (0) MIAMI 7013 8925 7650 (0) NEW YORK 6800 8075 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6375 7650 (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 3000 3100 (-2) CHICAGO 1100 1200 (-8) DALLAS 3300 3400 (-3) NEW YORK 3400 3500 (-3) PHILADELPHIA 3200 3300 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) -- POTATOES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4730 5160 4838 4945 (0) BALTIMORE 5160 5590 5160 (0) BOSTON 5698 6880 6020 6450 (0) MIAMI 6020 6235 6020 (0) NEW YORK 5590 6020 5590 5805 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5160 5375 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) -- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- CHICAGO 2365 2795 2365 2580 (0) DALLAS 3440 4085 3655 4085 (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 2800 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 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2000 2500 (0) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- LIMES MANGOS TOMATOES BROCCOLI MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 3200 3700 3300 3400 (-9) BALTIMORE 5000 5800 5600 5700 (-3) BOSTON 6000 6500 6200 6400 (-7) CHICAGO 3400 3800 3400 3600 (-8) DALLAS 1600 1800 1600 1700 (-3) LOS ANGELES 2800 3600 2900 3000 (-14) MIAMI 4000 4600 4400 4500 (-3) NEW YORK 5600 6200 5700 5800 (-7) PHILADELPHIA 5200 5800 5400 5500 (-14) SEATTLE 5700 6100 5800 5900 (-8) TEXAS -- WATERMELONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 3200 3700 3300 3400 (-9) BALTIMORE 5000 5800 5600 5700 (-3) BOSTON 6200 6500 6200 6400 (-6) CHICAGO 3400 3700 3400 3600 (-8) DALLAS 1600 1800 1600 1700 (-3) LOS ANGELES 2800 3600 2900 3000 (-14) MIAMI 4000 4600 4400 4500 (-3) NEW YORK 5600 6200 5700 5800 (-9) PHILADELPHIA 5200 5800 5400 5500 (-14) SEATTLE 5700 6100 5800 5900 (-8) COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7400 7600 (0) BALTIMORE 7438 8000 (0) CHICAGO 5600 5900 (0) DALLAS 5600 5840 (0) LOS ANGELES 2450 3000 (0) MIAMI 8600 8800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7800 8000 (0) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS. ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 7000 8500 7200 7800 (-7) BALTIMORE 8000 9000 8000 8500 (-6) BOSTON 8500 9500 9000 9500 (-6) CHICAGO 5800 7000 6000 6500 (-6) DALLAS 5400 6800 5700 6300 (-3) LOS ANGELES 2400 3200 2500 3000 (-5) MIAMI 9100 10300 9300 9800 (-5) NEW YORK 8800 9500 8800 9300 (-6) PHILADELPHIA 8000 9200 8300 8800 (-3) SEATTLE 900 1300 1000 1150 (-4) 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 NOV 29-DEC 05 DEC 01-07 U.S. 21,009 27,122 IMPORTS 18,239 17,306 ------------ -------------- sum 39,248 44,428 NOV 22-28 NOV 24-30 U.S. 19,287 22,425 IMPORTS 18,561 17,196 ------------ -------------- sum 37,848 39,621 NOV 15-21 NOV 17-23 U.S. 27,028 30,618 IMPORTS 18,147 17,996 ------------ -------------- sum 45,175 48,614