Specialty Crops TRUCK RATE REPORT United States Agricultural Marketing Service 1400 Independence Ave SW RM 1529-S Department of Specialty Crops Programs Washington, DC 20250 Agriculture Market News Division Phone: 202-720-2175 Volume XXXIX Number 52 Issued Weekly Wednesday, December 27, 2017 http://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/fv-home FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY DECEMBER 26 2017 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. DISTRICT/REGION TRUCK AVAILABILITY Central and Western Arizona Mexico Crossings Through Nogales, AZ Kern District California Oxnard District California San Joaquin Valley California Santa Maria California South District California San Luis Valley Colorado Central and South Florida South Florida (melons) South Georgia Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon Upper Valley, Twin Falls-Burley District ID Louisiana Aroostook County Maine Michigan (apples) Minnesota-North Dakota (Red River Valley) Mississippi Eastern North Carolina Nebraska New York (apples) New York (cabbage) Mexico Crossings Through Texas Columbia Basin Washington Yakima Valley & Wenatchee District WA Central Wisconsin Surplus Slight Surplus Adequate Slight Shortage Shortage
Fruit and Vegetable Truck Rate Report Volume XXXIX - Number 52 Page 2 Wednesday, December 27, 2017 FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 20-26 2017 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY DECEMBER 26 2017 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY DECEMBER 19 2017 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. IMPERIAL, PALO VERDE AND COACHELLA VALLEYS, CALIFORNIA AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARIZONA -- ICEBERG LETTUCE, BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, LETTUCE ROMAINE AND LEAF LETTUCE SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5400 5700 (0) BALTIMORE 7200 7500 (+6) BOSTON 7800 8100 (+8) CHICAGO 4900 5000 (+5) DALLAS 3700 3900 (+15) MIAMI 6900 7100 (-1) NEW YORK 7400 7700 (+6) PHILADELPHIA 7300 7600 (+6) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA -- SQUASH, CUCUMBER, CANTALOUP, HONEYDEW, WATERMELON, MIXED VEGETABLES SHORTAGE -- CHICAGO 4400 4700 (0) DALLAS 2600 2800 (0) LOS ANGELES 1300 1500 (0) MIAMI 6000 6700 6500 6600 (0) NEW YORK 6800 7700 7500 7700 (-1) PHILADELPHIA 6800 7600 7400 7600 (0) KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS AND GRAPES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5600 5900 (+1) BALTIMORE 7400 7700 (0) BOSTON 8000 8400 (+1) CHICAGO 5100 5200 (+1) DALLAS 3900 4100 (0) MIAMI 7100 7300 (-1) NEW YORK 7700 7900 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7500 7800 (+1) OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CELERY, CILANTRO, CABBAGE, KALE, PARSLEY, LETTUCE ROMAINE, LEAF LETTUCE SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5700 6000 (+1) BALTIMORE 7500 7800 (0) BOSTON 8100 8400 (0) CHICAGO 5200 5300 (+1) DALLAS 4000 4200 (0) MIAMI 7200 7400 (-1) NEW YORK 7700 8000 (-1) PHILADELPHIA 7600 7900 (+1) SEATTLE 3600 3800 (0) SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA -- APPLES, KIWI AND GRAPES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5300 6200 5500 5800 (0) BALTIMORE 6500 7700 7200 7500 (0) CHICAGO 4900 5300 5000 5100 (0) DALLAS 3600 4000 3700 3900 (0) MIAMI 6600 7400 7000 7300 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6500 7200 6900 7000 (0) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, CELERY AND STRAWBERRIES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5900 6200 (+1) BALTIMORE 7400 7800 (-3) BOSTON 8000 8300 (-4) CHICAGO 5100 5200 (-5) DALLAS 3900 4100 (-8) MIAMI 7100 7500 (-3) NEW YORK 7900 8200 (-1) PHILADELPHIA 7800 8000 (0) SEATTLE 3300 3800 (+3) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5400 6200 5700 6000 (0) BOSTON 7000 8000 7500 7800 (0) CHICAGO 4600 5400 4900 5200 (0) DALLAS 3400 4200 3700 4000 (0) MIAMI 6900 7900 7200 7500 (0) NEW YORK 6700 7600 7000 7300 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6500 7400 6900 7200 (0) SEATTLE 2750 3400 3000 3300 (0) SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO ATLANTA 2500 5156 4158 (0) BALTIMORE 4145 6447 5533 (0) BOSTON 4730 7651 6349 (0) CHICAGO 2365 4267 3220 (0) DALLAS 1600 2534 2066 (0) LOS ANGELES 1400 3514 2434 (0) MIAMI 4515 7448 6022 (0) NEW YORK 4480 6969 5926 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4255 6619 5777 (0) CENTRAL & SOUTH FLORIDA -- TOMATOES, MIXED VEGETABLES, BERRIES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 1700 1900 1800 1900 (+28) BALTIMORE 3500 3800 3600 3700 (+26) BOSTON 4300 4700 4400 4600 (+14) CHICAGO 3100 3500 3200 3500 (+22) NEW YORK 3900 4300 4000 4200 (+19) PHILADELPHIA 3700 4100 3800 4000 (+18) SOUTH FLORIDA -- MELONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 1700 1800 (0) BOSTON 4200 4400 (0) NEW YORK 3900 4000 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3500 3600 (0)
Fruit and Vegetable Truck Rate Report Volume XXXIX - Number 52 Page 3 Wednesday, December 27, 2017 SOUTH GEORGIA -- BROCOLLI, CABBAGE, GREENS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 600 800 800 (0) BALTIMORE 1400 1600 (0) BOSTON 2000 2400 (0) DALLAS 1800 2000 (0) NEW YORK 1800 2000 (0) PHILADELPHIA 1600 1800 (0) IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4675 5950 5100 5525 (0) BALTIMORE 5950 6375 (0) BOSTON 6800 7225 (0) CHICAGO 3825 4400 (0) DALLAS 4200 4675 (0) LOS ANGELES 2125 2550 (0) MIAMI 6800 7225 (0) NEW YORK 6375 6800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5950 6375 (0) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO -- POTATOES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5100 5800 (0) BALTIMORE 5950 6600 (0) BOSTON 6375 7400 (0) CHICAGO 3400 3800 (0) DALLAS 3825 4000 (0) LOS ANGELES 2125 2300 (0) MIAMI 6375 7000 (0) NEW YORK 6300 6800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5950 6500 (0) LOUISIANA -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 1600 1800 (0) NEW YORK 3400 3600 (0) AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE ATLANTA 3200 3400 (0) BOSTON 1600 1700 1600 1650 (0) NEW YORK 1850 2200 1950 2100 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2100 2300 (0) MICHIGAN -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2600 3200 (0) BOSTON 3600 4000 3700 3800 (0) CHICAGO 1000 1200 (0) DALLAS 3200 3500 (0) MIAMI 4200 4800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3000 3300 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 3763 4300 3870 4045 (0) BALTIMORE 4085 4945 (0) BOSTON 4300 4945 (0) CHICAGO 1935 2365 1935 2150 (0) DALLAS 2580 3440 3225 (0) MIAMI 5590 6020 5590 (0) NEW YORK 4085 4730 4730 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4085 4730 (0) MISSISSIPPI -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1000 1400 1200 (0) CHICAGO 1600 1900 (0) DALLAS 1600 1900 1600 (0) EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA -- SWEET POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2250 (0) BALTIMORE 1500 (0) BOSTON 2750 3000 (0) CHICAGO 3000 (0) MIAMI 2500 (0) NEW YORK 2250 2500 2500 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2000 2800 2000 (0) NEBRASKA ATLANTA 2975 4069 3411 (0) BALTIMORE 3750 4875 4689 (0) BOSTON 4448 5782 5194 (0) CHICAGO 1913 2642 2331 (0) DALLAS 1700 2473 2085 (0) MIAMI 4675 6375 5549 (0) NEW YORK 3980 5174 4975 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3613 5057 4446 (0) NEW YORK -- APPLES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2200 3100 2200 2500 (0) BALTIMORE 1200 1500 1500 (0) BOSTON 1000 1900 1400 1700 (0) DALLAS 4000 (0) MIAMI 3500 4000 3500 3600 (0) NEW YORK 1200 2100 2000 2100 (0) PHILADELPHIA 1200 1500 1500 (0) NEW YORK -- CABBAGE ADEQUATE -- NEW YORK 1500 2000 1800 2000 (0) PHILADELPHIA 1400 1600 1600 (0)
Fruit and Vegetable Truck Rate Report Volume XXXIX - Number 52 Page 4 Wednesday, December 27, 2017 MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- LIMES, MANGOES, BROCCOLI, TOMATOES, CARROTS, MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 3200 3300 (+3) BALTIMORE 5000 5300 (-2) BOSTON 7000 7200 (0) CHICAGO 3400 4000 3600 3800 (0) DALLAS 1500 1700 1600 1700 (0) LOS ANGELES 3400 3600 (0) MIAMI 3700 4000 (+1) NEW YORK 5500 6000 5800 5900 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5200 5700 5600 5700 (0) SEATTLE 5300 5500 (+1) COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 6375 6700 (0) CHICAGO 5100 5400 (0) DALLAS 5300 5800 (0) LOS ANGELES 2975 3400 (0) MIAMI 7225 8000 (0) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS SHORTAGE -- BOSTON 7700 8600 8000 8300 (0) CHICAGO 4700 5500 5200 5500 (0) DALLAS 5500 6500 5800 6100 (0) LOS ANGELES 3600 4200 3600 3900 (0) NEW YORK 7700 8500 7900 8200 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7600 8300 7700 8000 (0) SEATTLE 900 1100 (0) CENTRAL WISCONSIN -- POTATOES AND ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 3294 3613 3294 3400 (0) BALTIMORE 3000 3400 3100 3188 (0) BOSTON 3400 3825 3800 (0) CHICAGO 1063 1200 (0) MIAMI 4800 5100 4800 5000 (0) NEW YORK 3400 3800 3600 3613 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3000 3400 3100 3188 (0) TRUCK SHIPMENTS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SHIPMENTS ARE IN 40,000 POUND UNITS. INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO REVISION.
Fruit and Vegetable Truck Rate Report Volume XXXIX - Number 52 Page 5 Wednesday, December 27, 2017 Retail On-Highway Diesel Prices Prices in Dollars Per Gallon Date U.S. New Central Lower East Coast Average England Atlantic Atlantic Midwest Gulf Coast Rocky Mtn West Coast California 12/25/17 2.903 2.904 2.943 3.068 2.782 2.854 2.708 2.948 3.312 3.539 12/18/17 2.901 2.897 2.924 3.060 2.778 2.853 2.697 2.958 3.327 3.552 12/11/17 2.910 2.901 2.900 3.060 2.788 2.863 2.705 2.991 3.344 3.560 12/04/17 2.922 2.904 2.897 3.062 2.794 2.877 2.713 3.019 3.373 3.585 11/27/17 2.926 2.9070 2.881 3.074 2.794 2.884 2.712 3.026 3.380 3.597 11/20/17 2.912 2.896 2.862 3.055 2.789 2.873 2.689 3.003 3.378 3.599 11/13/17 2.915 2.884 2.850 3.018 2.795 2.884 2.697 2.992 3.390 3.610 11/06/17 2.882 2.848 2.812 2.975 2.764 2.861 2.668 2.965 3.332 3.541 10/30/17 2.819 2.811 2.770 2.938 2.729 2.810 2.639 2.943 3.111 3.185 10/23/17 2.797 2.797 2.752 2.924 2.715 2.779 2.614 2.917 3.098 3.166 10/16/17 2.787 2.797 2.747 2.926 2.714 2.757 2.612 2.886 3.089 3.159 10/09/17 2.776 2.793 2.751 2.919 2.712 2.738 2.599 2.856 3.088 3.166 10/02/17 2.792 2.819 2.767 2.934 2.748 2.747 2.615 2.860 3.109 3.182 09/25/17 2.583 2.642 2.704 2.701 2.580 2.367 2.423 2.582 3.004 2.765 09/18/17 2.786 2.814 2.765 2.919 2.749 2.743 2.615 2.813 3.103 3.179 09/11/17 2.802 2.829 2.761 2.922 2.776 2.753 2.647 2.827 3.102 3.179 09/05/17 2.758 2.785 2.723 2.886 2.725 2.707 2.615 2.798 3.044 3.135 08/28/17 2.605 2.623 2.618 2.758 2.528 2.566 2.428 2.717 2.910 2.995 08/21/17 2.596 2.617 2.616 2.756 2.519 2.567 2.408 2.714 2.883 2.961 08/14/17 2.598 2.624 2.625 2.761 2.527 2.570 2.410 2.700 2.877 2.949 08/07/17 2.581 2.613 2.618 2.751 2.514 2.543 2.410 2.673 2.848 2.930 07/31/17 2.531 2.566 2.590 2.706 2.462 2.486 2.359 2.615 2.816 2.907 07/24/17 2.507 2.546 2.574 2.685 2.441 2.452 2.342 2.598 2.788 2.877 07/17/17 2.491 2.532 2.573 2.678 2.420 2.438 2.324 2.587 2.771 2.865 07/10/17 2.481 2.523 2.578 2.672 2.407 2.421 2.311 2.584 2.771 2.867 07/03/17 2.472 2.522 2.578 2.671 2.407 2.403 2.307 2.585 2.759 2.866 06/26/17 2.465 2.516 2.577 2.670 2.396 2.386 2.305 2.592 2.757 2.863 06/19/17 2.489 2.539 2.590 2.683 2.427 2.411 2.329 2.625 2.782 2.884 06/12/17 2.524 2.569 2.614 2.711 2.459 2.454 2.368 2.644 2.805 2.906 06/05/17 2.564 2.599 2.624 2.744 2.490 2.505 2.417 2.664 2.836 2.927 05/29/17 2.571 2.608 2.622 2.751 2.505 2.512 2.423 2.661 2.843 2.931 05/22/17 2.539 2.588 2.626 2.733 2.479 2.468 2.384 2.629 2.828 2.912 05/15/17 2.544 2.595 2.626 2.737 2.488 2.479 2.382 2.626 2.824 2.902 05/08/17 2.565 2.612 2.642 2.753 2.507 2.497 2.410 2.651 2.846 2.927 05/01/17 2.583 2.624 2.653 2.773 2.513 2.516 2.435 2.666 2.864 2.937 04/24/17 2.595 2.632 2.650 2.785 2.520 2.530 2.458 2.662 2.875 2.947 04/17/17 2.597 2.631 2.638 2.783 2.522 2.536 2.458 2.652 2.877 2.946 04/10/17 2.582 2.620 2.639 2.761 2.516 2.515 2.446 2.640 2.862 2.935 04/03/17 2.556 2.605 2.630 2.739 2.505 2.481 2.414 2.623 2.839 2.923 03/27/17 2.532 2.586 2.593 2.724 2.487 2.458 2.378 2.597 2.822 2.919 03/20/17 2.539 2.600 2.622 2.738 2.498 2.464 2.380 2.590 2.826 2.928 03/13/17 2.564 2.617 2.628 2.761 2.512 2.491 2.419 2.617 2.846 2.936 03/06/17 2.579 2.633 2.646 2.780 2.525 2.502 2.429 2.625 2.877 2.956 02/27/17 2.577 2.635 2.658 2.772 2.533 2.499 2.433 2.582 2.877 2.962 02/20/17 2.572 2.628 2.658 2.770 2.521 2.495 2.433 2.548 2.876 2.966 02/13/17 2.565 2.626 2.668 2.765 2.519 2.487 2.424 2.522 2.869 2.957 02/06/17 2.558 2.618 2.661 2.763 2.508 2.492 2.403 2.515 2.856 2.944 01/30/17 2.562 2.622 2.662 2.770 2.510 2.500 2.408 2.516 2.845 2.927 01/23/17 2.569 2.627 2.676 2.784 2.507 2.512 2.414 2.532 2.846 2.923 01/16/17 2.585 2.636 2.675 2.804 2.511 2.541 2.429 2.538 2.855 2.937 01/09/17 2.597 2.648 2.677 2.813 2.526 2.547 2.448 2.541 2.873 2.953 01/02/17 2.586 2.627 2.665 2.776 2.514 2.540 2.451 2.535 2.847 2.921 12/26/16 2.540 2.573 2.611 2.687 2.478 2.489 2.421 2.516 2.807 2.871 For additional information, please contact the Energy Information, Administration s National Energy Information Center, at (202) 586-8800, National Energy Information Center Hotline at (202) 586-6966 December 26, 2017