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Florida to Baltimore

What a refrigerated truckload of produce costs from Central and South Florida to Baltimore, week by week, from USDA’s National Truck Rate Report. The lane is out of season right now; it was last quoted the week of Jun 22, 2026, at $4,100–4,300 a load.

Last quoted
Jun 22, 2026
Range
$4,100–4,300
Change
0%
Trucks
Shortage

How the last quote compared · On the high side

Higher than 153 of the 166 earlier weeks on record.

Lowest on recordHighest on record

A year earlier (week of Jun 23, 2025) the middle of the range was $3,400; this week’s is +24% against that. Over the last 52 weeks the lane was quoted 31 times, averaging $3,198 at the middle, from a low of $1,850 to a high of $5,100. Months it has been quoted in: October to July.

Every week on record Apr 19, 2021 to Jun 22, 2026

$5,100$1,700

The shaded band runs from the lowest to the highest rate USDA reported each week; the line is the middle of the “mostly” range, or of the full range when USDA gives no “mostly”. Gaps are weeks the lane wasn’t quoted.

Week by week The last 52 quotes

Week ofRangeMostlyChangeTrucks
Jun 22, 2026$4,100–4,300—0%Shortage
Jun 15, 2026$4,100–4,300—−14%Shortage
Jun 8, 2026$4,800–5,000—−2%Shortage
Jun 1, 2026$4,900–5,100—+43%Shortage
May 25, 2026$3,400–3,600—−24%Shortage
May 18, 2026$4,500–4,700—+2%Shortage
May 11, 2026$4,400–4,600—+2%Shortage
May 4, 2026$4,300–4,500——Shortage
Apr 27, 2026$3,700–3,900—+12%Shortage
Apr 20, 2026$3,300–3,500—+17%Shortage
Apr 13, 2026$2,800–3,000—+2%Slight Shortage
Apr 6, 2026$2,750–2,950—−2%Slight Shortage
Mar 30, 2026$2,800–3,000—+12%Slight Shortage
Mar 23, 2026$2,500–2,700—−4%Slight Shortage
Mar 16, 2026$2,600–2,800—0%Slight Shortage
Mar 9, 2026$2,600–2,800—+8%Slight Shortage
Mar 2, 2026$2,400–2,600—−17%Adequate
Feb 23, 2026$2,900–3,100—−12%Slight Shortage
Feb 16, 2026$3,300–3,500—−21%Slight Shortage
Feb 9, 2026$4,200–4,400—+23%Shortage
Feb 2, 2026$3,400–3,600—+46%Slight Shortage
Jan 26, 2026$2,100–2,300—−4%Slight Shortage
Jan 19, 2026$2,200–2,400—−8%Slight Shortage
Jan 12, 2026$2,400–2,600—−22%Slight Shortage
Jan 5, 2026$3,100–3,300——Slight Shortage
Dec 22, 2025$2,500–2,700—+24%Slight Shortage
Dec 15, 2025$2,000–2,200—−5%Adequate
Dec 8, 2025$2,100–2,300—−4%Adequate
Dec 1, 2025$2,200–2,400—+18%Adequate
Nov 24, 2025$1,850–2,050—0%Adequate
Nov 17, 2025$1,900–2,000——Adequate
Jul 7, 2025$3,400–3,600—−3%Shortage
Jun 30, 2025$3,500–3,700—+6%Shortage
Jun 23, 2025$3,300–3,500—+13%Shortage
Jun 16, 2025$2,900–3,100—+11%Shortage
Jun 9, 2025$2,600–2,800—−7%Adequate
Jun 2, 2025$2,800–3,000——Adequate
May 26, 2025$2,700–2,900—−24%Adequate
May 19, 2025$3,600–3,800—−12%Slight Shortage
May 12, 2025$4,100–4,300—+17%Slight Shortage
May 5, 2025$3,500–3,700—+13%Slight Shortage
Apr 28, 2025$3,100–3,300—+19%Slight Shortage
Apr 21, 2025$2,600–2,800—−2%Slight Shortage
Apr 14, 2025$2,600–2,900—+20%Slight Shortage
Apr 7, 2025$2,200–2,400——Adequate
Mar 24, 2025$2,150–2,350——Adequate
Mar 17, 2025$2,150–2,350—−2%Adequate
Mar 10, 2025$2,200–2,400—+2%Adequate
Mar 3, 2025$2,150–2,350—−2%Adequate
Feb 24, 2025$2,200–2,400—0%Adequate
Feb 17, 2025$2,200–2,400—−34%Adequate
Feb 10, 2025$3,400–3,600—+30%Slight Shortage

Into Baltimore this week Cheapest first

FromRange
Georgia$2,300–2,400
Florida, statewide$2,600–2,800
South Texas$5,000–6,300
Nogales, AZ$8,300–8,600
Kern, CA$9,800–10,380
Salinas, CA$10,300–10,700
Santa Maria, CA$10,340–10,720
Oxnard, CA$10,270–10,985
Imperial Valley & Yuma$10,460–11,185
South & Central CA$10,520–11,130
Yakima & Wenatchee, WA$10,100–13,000

About these numbers

Rates are USDA’s, for a full load in a 48 to 53 foot refrigerated trailer, broker fees included, as reported in the Specialty Crops National Truck Rate Report. The range is the lowest to highest rate reported that week; “mostly” is where most loads moved. USDA names this shipping area “CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA”. The latest report was published Oct 28, 2026; the next is due Wed, Nov 4, 2026.

The rate sheet has every lane for this week, how the data is collected, and the whole history as a CSV download. Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Specialty Crops Market News.