Fruit and Vegetable TRUCK RATE REPORT United States Agricultural Marketing Service 1400 Independence Ave SW RM 1529-S Department of Specialty Crops Program Washington, DC 20250 Agriculture Market News Division Phone: 202-720-2175 Volume XXXIX Number 47 Issued Weekly Wednesday, November 22, 2017 http://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/fv-home FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY NOVEMBER 21 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 Surplus Slight Surplus Adequate Slight Shortage Shortage Central and Western Arizona Mexico Crossings Through Nogales, AZ Kern District California Oxnard District California Salinas-Watsonville California San Joaquin Valley California Santa Maria California South District California San Luis Valley Colorado Central and South Florida 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 Boston Chicago Atlanta, NY, Philadelphia
Fruit and Vegetable Truck Rate Report Volume XXXIX - Number 47 Page 2 Wednesday, November 22, 2017 FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 15-21 2017 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY NOVEMBER 21 2017 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY NOVEMBER 14 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. CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARIZONA -- CANTALOUPS, HONEYDEWS, ICEBERG LETTUCE, BROCCOLI AND LETTUCE ROMAINE SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4800 5300 (-5) BALTIMORE 7000 7400 (+7) BOSTON 7600 7800 (+4) CHICAGO 4500 5000 (-3) DALLAS 3700 4000 (+20) MIAMI 6800 7400 (+3) NEW YORK 7200 7600 (+7) PHILADELPHIA 7000 7400 (+7) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA -- SQUASH, CUCUMBER, CANTALOUP, HONEYDEW, WATERMELON, MIXED VEGETABLES SHORTAGE -- CHICAGO 3500 4400 4000 4400 (+8) DALLAS 2600 2800 (+8) LOS ANGELES 1200 1300 (+9) MIAMI 6000 6800 6500 6800 (+17) NEW YORK 6600 7000 (+6) PHILADELPHIA 6000 7000 6800 7000 (+12) CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA -- ICEBERG LETTUCE SHORTAGE - LAST REPORT -- DALLAS 3800 4000 (+11) NEW YORK 7400 7600 (+4) KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS AND GRAPES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5300 5500 (+2) BALTIMORE 7200 7400 (+6) BOSTON 7600 8000 (+3) CHICAGO 4800 5000 (+2) DALLAS 3600 4000 (+9) MIAMI 7200 7600 (+3) NEW YORK 7400 7800 (+6) PHILADELPHIA 7200 7600 (+6) OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CELERY, CILANTRO, CABBAGE, KALE, PARSLEY, LETTUCE ROMAINE, LEAF LETTUCE SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5500 5700 (+6) BALTIMORE 7400 7600 (+7) BOSTON 7800 8000 (+3) CHICAGO 4800 5000 (0) DALLAS 3800 4000 (+5) MIAMI 7400 7600 (+6) NEW YORK 7600 7800 (+7) PHILADELPHIA 7400 7600 (+7) SEATTLE 3600 3800 (+3) SALINAS-WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, CELERY, LETTUCE ROMAINE, LEAF LETTUCE SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5600 5800 (+2) BALTIMORE 7600 7800 (+5) BOSTON 8000 8300 (+2) CHICAGO 5000 5400 (0) DALLAS 4000 4200 (+3) MIAMI 7600 7800 (+4) NEW YORK 7700 7900 (+4) PHILADELPHIA 7500 7700 (+1) SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA -- APPLES, POMEGRANATES, KIWI, PERSIMONS AND GRAPES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5300 5600 (0) BALTIMORE 6500 7200 6600 6800 (0) CHICAGO 4900 5300 5000 5100 (0) DALLAS 3600 4000 3700 3900 (0) MIAMI 6800 7000 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6500 7200 6700 6900 (0) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, STRAWBERRIES, LETTUCE, LETTUCE ROMAINE SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5600 5800 (+4) BALTIMORE 7400 7600 (+4) BOSTON 8000 8200 (+3) CHICAGO 5000 5300 (+1) DALLAS 4000 4200 (+5) MIAMI 7400 7800 (+7) NEW YORK 7400 7800 (+1) PHILADELPHIA 7200 7600 (+1) SEATTLE 3200 3500 (+2) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5200 5800 5400 5700 (0) BOSTON 7100 8100 7600 7900 (0) CHICAGO 4600 5500 4900 5200 (0) DALLAS 3500 4200 3700 4000 (0) MIAMI 6800 7800 7100 7400 (0) NEW YORK 6800 7600 7100 7400 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6600 7400 6900 7300 (0) SEATTLE 2750 3400 3000 3300 (0) SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO ATLANTA 3655 5156 3969 (0) BALTIMORE 4605 6447 5369 (0) BOSTON 4945 7651 6056 (0) CHICAGO 2795 4267 3485 (0)
Fruit and Vegetable Truck Rate Report Volume XXXIX - Number 47 Page 3 Wednesday, November 22, 2017 DALLAS 1720 2534 2067 (0) LOS ANGELES 1720 3514 2500 (0) MIAMI 4515 7448 5833 (0) NEW YORK 4978 6969 5810 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4300 6619 5100 (0) CENTRAL & SOUTH FLORIDA -- TOMATOES, MIXED VEGETABLES, BERRIES ADEQUATE - - ATLANTA 850 1000 900 1000 (+3) BALTIMORE 1600 1800 1700 1800 (+3) BOSTON 2800 3200 3000 3200 (+24) CHICAGO 1600 1800 1700 1800 (+3) NEW YORK 2600 3000 2800 3000 (+23) PHILADELPHIA 1900 2200 2100 2200 (+13) SOUTH GEORGIA -- BROCOLLI, CABBAGE, GREENS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 600 800 800 BALTIMORE 1400 1600 BOSTON 2000 2400 DALLAS 1800 2000 NEW YORK 1800 2000 PHILADELPHIA 1600 1800 IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4463 5100 4675 5100 (0) BALTIMORE 5313 5950 5525 5950 (0) BOSTON 5950 6800 6375 (0) CHICAGO 3613 3825 3825 (0) DALLAS 3825 4250 3825 (0) LOS ANGELES 1700 2125 1913 2125 (0) MIAMI 5738 6800 6375 6800 (0) NEW YORK 5738 6375 6375 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5313 6163 5525 5950 (0) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO ATLANTA 4250 5100 4675 5100 (0) BALTIMORE 5100 5525 5313 (0) BOSTON 5525 6375 5525 (0) CHICAGO 2975 3506 3188 3400 (0) DALLAS 3300 3825 3400 (0) LOS ANGELES 1594 2200 1700 1913 (0) MIAMI 5950 6800 6375 6800 (0) NEW YORK 5525 5950 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5100 5738 5525 (0) LOUISIANA -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 1600 1800 (0) NEW YORK 3400 3600 (0) AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE -- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 3200 3400 (0) NEW YORK 1850 2200 1950 2100 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2100 2300 (0) MICHIGAN -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 1000 1200 (0) MICHIGAN -- APPLES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2600 3200 (0) BOSTON 3600 4000 3700 3800 (0) DALLAS 3200 3500 (0) MIAMI 4200 4800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3000 3300 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) ATLANTA 3655 4603 4560 (0) BALTIMORE 3870 4730 4377 (0) BOSTON 4300 5541 5011 (0) CHICAGO 1935 2356 2087 (0) DALLAS 3010 3949 3281 (0) MIAMI 5160 6845 6063 (0) NEW YORK 4563 5590 5047 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3870 4817 4230 (0) MISSISSIPPI -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1000 1400 1200 (0) CHICAGO 1600 1900 (0) DALLAS 1600 1900 1600 (0) EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA -- SWEET POTATOES 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 2763 3400 3091 (0) BALTIMORE 3400 4038 3754 (0) BOSTON 3400 4675 4087 (0) CHICAGO 2033 2125 2094 (0) DALLAS 1700 2338 1911 (0) MIAMI 4675 6375 5239 (0) NEW YORK 3825 3980 3903 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3825 3890 3847 (0) BOSTON 1600 1700 1600 1650 (0)
Fruit and Vegetable Truck Rate Report Volume XXXIX - Number 47 Page 4 Wednesday, November 22, 2017 NEW YORK -- APPLES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2500 3100 (0) BOSTON 1600 2000 (0) MIAMI 4000 5000 (0) NEW YORK 1500 1600 (0) PHILADELPHIA 1600 (0) NEW YORK -- CABBAGE ADEQUATE -- NEW YORK 1500 2000 1800 2000 (0) PHILADELPHIA 1400 1600 1600 (0) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- LIMES, MANGOES, BROCCOLI, TOMATOES, CARROTS, MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2600 3400 (+11) BALTIMORE 4500 4700 (+8) BOSTON 6000 6500 6300 6400 (+15) CHICAGO 3000 3500 3200 3300 (+5) DALLAS 1300 1800 (+7) LOS ANGELES 2800 3200 2800 3000 (+9) MIAMI 4000 4200 (+11) NEW YORK 5000 5700 5300 5500 (+11) PHILADELPHIA 4500 5100 4800 5000 (+10) SEATTLE 5400 5800 (+6) COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5400 5838 5525 5738 (0) CHICAGO 4250 5000 4463 4888 (0) DALLAS 4463 5800 4888 5100 (0) LOS ANGELES 2018 3000 2200 2550 (0) MIAMI 6375 7000 6375 6500 (0) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS SHORTAGE -- BOSTON 7700 8700 7800 8200 (+7) CHICAGO 4800 5500 5200 5500 (+2) DALLAS 5400 6200 5900 6200 (+9) LOS ANGELES 3300 4000 3600 3900 (+9) NEW YORK 7400 8200 7700 8000 (+4) PHILADELPHIA 7300 8100 7600 7900 (+5) SEATTLE 900 1100 (0) CENTRAL WISCONSIN -- POTATOES AND ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2763 3400 2975 3100 (0) BALTIMORE 3000 3613 3400 3613 (0) BOSTON 3400 3825 3800 (0) CHICAGO 956 1200 1063 1200 (0) MIAMI 3825 4800 4250 (0) NEW YORK 3400 3825 3600 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3000 3613 3188 3400 (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 47 Page 5 Wednesday, November 22, 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 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 12/19/16 2.527 2.559 2.587 2.667 2.471 2.479 2.410 2.495 2.788 2.854 12/12/16 2.493 2.520 2.547 2.633 2.429 2.446 2.371 2.447 2.772 2.837 12/07/16 2.480 2.499 2.526 2.602 2.415 2.431 2.361 2.457 2.770 2.843 11/28/16 2.420 2.446 2.472 2.549 2.361 2.356 2.290 2.450 2.727 2.800 11/21/16 2.421 2.442 2.471 2.549 2.355 2.356 2.296 2.455 2.730 2.804 11/14/16 2.443 2.453 2.482 2.564 2.363 2.387 2.316 2.492 2.757 2.837 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 November 20, 2017