Truck Rate Report Washington, DC March 17, 2021 USDA-Specialty Crops Market News Contact: Francine Vigliotti (202) 720-9938 WA_FV190 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY MARCH 16 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: 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, potatoes from Minnesota North Dakota (Red River Valley), sweet potatoes from Eastern North Carolina, potatoes and onions from Columbia Basin Washington. A slight shortage of trucks was reported for the following commodities: citrus and avocados from South District California, apples and pears from Yakima Valley & 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 MARCH 10-16 2021 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY MARCH 16 2021 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY MARCH 9 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 ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6500 7500 7000 7400 (-16) BALTIMORE 7000 9000 8300 8500 (-1) BOSTON 7800 9000 8000 8300 (-15) CHICAGO 5500 6400 5500 5900 (-17) DALLAS 3800 4800 4400 4600 (-22) MIAMI 7000 8500 7400 7700 (-16) NEW YORK 8000 9000 8500 9000 (-6) PHILADELPHIA 8000 9000 8400 8700 (-3) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA -- BEANS, CORN, CUCUMBERS, EGGPLANT, HONEYDEW, PEPPERS, SQUASH, TOMATOES,WATERMELON ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5000 6200 5200 5400 (-6) BALTIMORE 7200 8600 7600 7800 (-3) BOSTON 8200 9700 8800 (-4) CHICAGO 4200 5400 4500 4800 (-3) DALLAS 2900 3800 3100 3300 (-3) LOS ANGELES 1400 1800 1400 1600 (-6) MIAMI 6200 7200 6500 6700 (-7) NEW YORK 7800 9000 8200 8400 (-2) PHILADELPHIA 7600 8700 8000 8200 (0) KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 7000 8300 7600 8000 (-4) BALTIMORE 7800 8600 8100 8400 (0) BOSTON 7800 9000 8000 8600 (-11) CHICAGO 5600 7200 5900 6400 (-7) DALLAS 5200 6400 5400 5800 (-10) MIAMI 7600 9000 8300 8700 (-5) NEW YORK 8000 9000 8200 8500 (-10) PHILADELPHIA 8000 9000 8500 8600 (0) OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CELERY, STRAWBERRIES, CILANTRO, CABBAGE, ROMAINE, PARSLEY AND KALE ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 7000 8500 8000 8400 (-5) BALTIMORE 7800 9000 8400 8600 (-3) BOSTON 7800 9000 8000 8600 (-14) CHICAGO 5500 7300 5800 6400 (-12) DALLAS 5400 6200 5600 6000 (-5) MIAMI 8100 9000 8300 8700 (-8) NEW YORK 8000 9000 8600 8800 (-8) PHILADELPHIA 8000 9000 8600 8800 (-3) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER AND CELERY ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 7300 8500 8000 8400 (-5) BALTIMORE 7800 9100 8500 8800 (-3) BOSTON 8000 9500 8000 8500 (-15) CHICAGO 5900 7200 6200 6800 (-7) DALLAS 5400 6200 5500 6000 (-7) MIAMI 8200 9000 8400 8900 (-6) NEW YORK 8000 9500 8600 8900 (-8) PHILADELPHIA 8000 9000 8700 8900 (-2) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 6900 7900 7200 7300 (-1) BALTIMORE 8200 9200 8500 8600 (-1) BOSTON 9000 9800 9300 9600 (-2) CHICAGO 6100 7100 6400 6500 (-2) DALLAS 5300 6300 5700 5800 (-3) MIAMI 8500 9500 8700 8900 (-2) NEW YORK 8500 9500 8700 8900 (-3) PHILADELPHIA 8300 9400 8300 8600 (-2) SEATTLE 4200 5200 4700 4900 (-1) 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 1200 1400 (-21) BALTIMORE 3000 3100 (-3) BOSTON 4000 4200 (-2) CHICAGO 2700 2800 (+2) NEW YORK 3600 3800 3700 3800 (-6) PHILADELPHIA 3100 3300 (-7) FLORIDA -- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 1200 1400 (0) BOSTON 4400 4600 (0) CHICAGO 3300 3500 (0) MIAMI 650 (0) NEW YORK 4200 4400 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2800 3200 (0) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO -- POTATOES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4675 5950 (0) BALTIMORE 5525 5950 (0) BOSTON 6375 7013 (0) CHICAGO 3825 4250 (0) DALLAS 3825 4500 3825 4250 (0) LOS ANGELES 2100 2250 (0) MIAMI 6800 7225 (0) NEW YORK 5950 7225 6163 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5525 5950 (0) IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5950 6375 (0) BALTIMORE 6800 7225 (0) BOSTON 7225 7650 7650 (0) CHICAGO 5100 5525 (0) DALLAS 5100 5525 (0) LOS ANGELES 1913 2550 (0) MIAMI 8500 8925 (0) NEW YORK 7650 8500 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6800 7225 (0) LOUISIANA -- SWEET POTATOES BARELY ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 2400 2500 2500 (0) NEW YORK 5000 5200 (0) MICHIGAN -- APPLES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2900 3100 (+3) BALTIMORE 2900 3000 (0) CHICAGO 1000 1200 1000 1100 (+11) DALLAS 3100 3400 3100 3200 (+5) NEW YORK 3400 3600 3500 3600 (+3) PHILADELPHIA 3000 3200 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) -- POTATOES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5053 6450 (+27) BALTIMORE 5160 6235 5160 5805 (+2) BOSTON 5590 6773 CHICAGO 2150 2795 2150 2580 (-4) DALLAS 3440 4730 (+12) MIAMI 6235 7310 6235 6450 (+5) NEW YORK 5375 6020 PHILADELPHIA 5160 6020 (+13) MISSISSIPPI -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1300 1600 1400 1500 (0) CHICAGO 2200 2500 (0) MISSISSIPPI -- SWEET POTATOES BARELY ADEQUATE -- DALLAS 2400 2500 2500 (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 TOMATOES BROCCOLI WATERMELON MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 3600 4000 3800 3900 (+8) BALTIMORE 5400 6000 5500 5600 (+7) BOSTON 6400 7500 6800 7000 (+10) CHICAGO 3600 4500 4000 4200 (+11) DALLAS 1600 2000 1700 1800 (+3) LOS ANGELES 3200 3600 3300 3400 (0) MIAMI 4200 4500 4200 4300 (+5) NEW YORK 5800 6400 6100 6200 (+3) PHILADELPHIA 5800 6500 6100 6200 (+11) SEATTLE 6000 6400 COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7000 8300 (0) DALLAS 5500 6500 (0) LOS ANGELES 2900 3188 (0) MIAMI 9000 9500 (0) NEW YORK 7800 8800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7000 7400 (0) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS. SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7200 8100 7500 7800 (-3) BALTIMORE 8300 8900 8400 8700 (-6) BOSTON 8400 8900 8700 8900 (-2) CHICAGO 6000 7000 6200 6500 (-2) DALLAS 5600 6400 5800 6000 (-1) LOS ANGELES 2300 3000 2400 2700 (-6) MIAMI 9000 9600 9200 9400 (-1) NEW YORK 8600 9200 8600 8800 (-2) PHILADELPHIA 8200 8900 8300 8600 (-1) SEATTLE 900 1300 1000 1100 (-9) CENTRAL WISCONSIN -- POTATOES AND ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- 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 MAR 07-13 MAR 08-14 U.S. 21,740 31,743 IMPORTS 27,933 32,806 ------------ -------------- sum 49,673 64,549 FEB 28-MAR 06 MAR 01-07 U.S. 22,641 31,181 IMPORTS 26,966 24,035 ------------ -------------- sum 49,607 55,216 FEB 21-27 FEB 23-29 U.S. 20,828 28,541 IMPORTS 28,873 27,474 ------------ -------------- sum 49,701 56,015