Truck Rate Report Washington, DC October 14, 2020 USDA - Specialty Crops Market News Contact: Patty Willkie 202-365-6701 WA_FV190 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY OCTOBER 13 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, potatoes from Upper Valley, Twin Falls-Burley District Idaho, 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: vegetables from West District Florida, potatoes from Minnesota-North Dakota, and sweet potatoes from Eastern North Carolina. All other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks. FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 7-13 2020 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY OCTOBER 13 2020 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY OCTOBER 6 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 MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA -- CUCUMBERS, SQUASH AND WATERMELON ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4800 5200 (+2) BALTIMORE 6300 6600 (+2) BOSTON 7200 7600 (+1) CHICAGO 3800 4400 (+5) DALLAS 2600 3200 (+4) LOS ANGELES 800 1200 (+11) MIAMI 6000 6700 (+1) NEW YORK 6800 7200 (+1) PHILADELPHIA 6500 7100 (+4) SEATTLE 4000 4300 (+4) KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS AND GRAPES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6600 6900 (+2) BALTIMORE 8000 8600 (+2) BOSTON 8300 8800 (+2) CHICAGO 5800 8300 (+18) DALLAS 5000 5300 (+2) MIAMI 8000 8500 (+2) NEW YORK 8200 8700 (+2) PHILADELPHIA 8100 8700 (+2) 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 7700 (+1) BALTIMORE 8400 9000 (+2) BOSTON 8900 9400 (+2) CHICAGO 6300 6600 (+2) DALLAS 5100 5300 (+2) MIAMI 8100 8600 (+2) NEW YORK 8800 9300 (+2) PHILADELPHIA 8700 9200 (+2) SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA -- GRAPES, APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5900 6500 6100 6300 BALTIMORE 7300 7900 7400 7600 BOSTON 7900 8500 8100 8300 CHICAGO 5400 6200 5700 6100 DALLAS 4500 5200 4700 5000 MIAMI 7600 8200 7800 8000 NEW YORK 7600 8200 7800 8000 SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, CELERY, LETTUCE, ROMAINE, LEAF LETTUCE AND STRAWBERRIES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6800 7800 (+1) BALTIMORE 8300 9000 (+2) BOSTON 8700 9100 (+2) CHICAGO 6100 6500 (+1) DALLAS 5100 5300 (+2) MIAMI 8100 8600 (+2) NEW YORK 8600 9000 (+2) PHILADELPHIA 8400 9000 (+2) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6000 6800 6200 6600 (0) BALTIMORE 7400 8200 7600 8000 (0) BOSTON 8000 8800 8300 8700 (0) CHICAGO 5500 6200 5800 6200 (-2) DALLAS 4600 5500 4800 5200 (0) MIAMI 7800 8700 8000 8400 (-1) NEW YORK 7700 8500 8000 8400 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7600 8300 7800 8200 (-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) WEST DISTRICT FLORIDA -- VEGETABLES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 900 1000 (+12) BALTIMORE 2400 2500 (0) BOSTON 3200 3500 3300 3500 (+6) CHICAGO 1700 1800 (0) NEW YORK 3100 3300 3100 (+2) PHILADELPHIA 2300 2500 (0) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO -- POTATOES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4675 5100 (0) BALTIMORE 5950 6375 (0) BOSTON 6200 7225 (0) CHICAGO 3400 3800 (0) DALLAS 3500 4000 (0) LOS ANGELES 1700 2125 (0) MIAMI 6375 7225 (0) NEW YORK 6200 7438 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5950 6375 (0) IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4888 5950 4888 5100 (0) BALTIMORE 5738 5950 (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) 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 (0) CHICAGO 1200 1300 (0) DALLAS 3400 3500 (0) NEW YORK 3500 3600 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3200 3300 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) -- POTATOES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4300 5160 (0) MIAMI 6020 6450 6020 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) -- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- BALTIMORE 4200 5160 4730 4945 (0) BOSTON 5160 5590 5160 5375 (0) CHICAGO 2150 2795 (0) DALLAS 3010 4085 3440 3870 (0) NEW YORK 4730 5160 4945 5160 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4300 4950 (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) NEW YORK -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4760 5712 (0) BALTIMORE 1400 1680 (0) BOSTON 1040 1248 (0) CHICAGO 4150 4980 (0) MIAMI 6840 8208 (0) PHILADELPHIA 915 1098 (0) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- LIMES MANGOS TOMATOES BROCCOLI MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 3000 3600 3200 3300 (0) BALTIMORE 4200 5300 5000 5200 (0) BOSTON 5400 5800 (0) CHICAGO 3000 3500 3300 3500 (0) DALLAS 1400 1600 (-3) LOS ANGELES 3000 3500 3200 3300 (0) MIAMI 4600 4800 (+8) NEW YORK 5000 5800 5500 5600 (+4) PHILADELPHIA 4400 5500 5200 5300 (0) SEATTLE 5000 5500 5200 5400 (0) TEXAS -- WATERMELONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 3000 3600 3200 3300 (0) BALTIMORE 4200 5300 5000 5200 (0) BOSTON 5400 5800 (0) CHICAGO 3000 3500 3300 3500 (0) DALLAS 1400 1600 (-3) LOS ANGELES 3000 3500 3200 3300 (0) MIAMI 4600 4800 (+8) NEW YORK 5000 5800 5500 5600 (+4) PHILADELPHIA 4400 5500 5200 5300 (0) SEATTLE 5000 5500 5200 5400 (0) COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7046 7200 (0) BALTIMORE 7438 7800 (0) CHICAGO 5600 5900 (0) DALLAS 5300 5840 (0) LOS ANGELES 2550 2900 (0) MIAMI 8415 8900 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7800 8500 (0) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS. ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5800 6800 6400 6800 (0) BALTIMORE 6900 7800 7400 7800 (0) BOSTON 7600 8500 8000 8300 (-4) CHICAGO 5000 5800 5200 5600 (0) DALLAS 4500 5400 5100 5400 (0) LOS ANGELES 2100 2700 2200 2500 (0) MIAMI 7600 8600 8200 8600 (-2) NEW YORK 7400 8300 7700 8100 (-1) PHILADELPHIA 7200 8000 7500 7900 (-1) SEATTLE 900 1300 1000 1100 (0) CENTRAL WISCONSIN -- POTATOES AND ONIONS ADEQUATE -- 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 OCT 04-10 OCT 06-12 U.S. 23,342 27,895 IMPORTS 16,166 14,309 ------------ -------------- sum 39,508 42,204 SEP 27-OCT 03 SEP 29-OCT 05 U.S. 24,439 27,875 IMPORTS 15,185 28,272 ------------ -------------- sum 39,624 56,147 SEP 20-26 SEP 22-28 U.S. 23,978 27,843 IMPORTS 17,395 17,311 ------------ -------------- sum 41,373 45,154