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Oxnard, CA to Los Angeles

What a refrigerated truckload of produce costs from Oxnard, California to Los Angeles, 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 Jan 6, 2025, at $1,000–1,600 a load.

Last quoted
Jan 6, 2025
Range
$1,000–1,600
Mostly
$1,200–1,400
Change
0%
Trucks
Adequate

How the last quote compared · On the low side

Higher than 10 of the 160 earlier weeks on record.

Lowest on recordHighest on record

A year earlier (week of Jan 8, 2024) the middle of the range was $1,300; this week’s is 0% against that. Months it has been quoted in: all year.

Every week on record Dec 6, 2021 to Jan 6, 2025

$2,500$800

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
Jan 6, 2025$1,000–1,600$1,200–1,4000%Adequate
Dec 30, 2024$1,000–1,600$1,200–1,400—Adequate
Dec 16, 2024$1,000–1,600$1,200–1,4000%Adequate
Dec 9, 2024$1,000–1,600$1,200–1,4000%Adequate
Dec 2, 2024$1,000–1,600$1,200–1,4000%Adequate
Nov 25, 2024$1,000–1,600$1,200–1,4000%Adequate
Nov 18, 2024$1,000–1,600$1,200–1,4000%Adequate
Nov 11, 2024$1,000–1,600$1,200–1,4000%Adequate
Nov 4, 2024$1,000–1,600$1,200–1,4000%Adequate
Oct 28, 2024$1,000–1,600$1,200–1,4000%Adequate
Oct 21, 2024$1,000–1,600$1,200–1,4000%Adequate
Oct 14, 2024$1,000–1,600$1,200–1,4000%Adequate
Oct 7, 2024$1,000–1,600$1,200–1,4000%Adequate
Sep 30, 2024$1,000–1,600$1,200–1,400−16%Adequate
Sep 23, 2024$1,000–2,100$1,300–1,8000%Adequate
Sep 16, 2024$1,000–2,100$1,300–1,8000%Adequate
Sep 9, 2024$1,000–2,100$1,300–1,8000%Adequate
Sep 2, 2024$1,000–2,100$1,300–1,8000%Adequate
Aug 26, 2024$1,000–2,100$1,300–1,8000%Adequate
Aug 19, 2024$1,000–2,100$1,300–1,8000%Adequate
Aug 12, 2024$1,000–2,100$1,300–1,8000%Adequate
Aug 5, 2024$1,000–2,100$1,300–1,800+3%Adequate
Jul 29, 2024$1,000–2,100$1,200–1,8000%Adequate
Jul 22, 2024$1,000–2,000$1,200–1,8000%Adequate
Jul 15, 2024$1,000–2,000$1,200–1,8000%Adequate
Jul 8, 2024$1,000–2,000$1,200–1,8000%Adequate
Jul 1, 2024$1,000–2,000$1,200–1,8000%Adequate
Jun 24, 2024$1,000–2,000$1,200–1,8000%Adequate
Jun 17, 2024$1,000–2,000$1,200–1,8000%Adequate
Jun 10, 2024$1,000–2,000$1,200–1,8000%Adequate
Jun 3, 2024$1,000–1,800$1,200–1,8000%Adequate
May 27, 2024$1,000–1,800$1,200–1,8000%Adequate
May 20, 2024$1,000–1,800$1,200–1,8000%Adequate
May 13, 2024$1,000–1,800$1,200–1,8000%Adequate
May 6, 2024$1,000–1,800$1,200–1,8000%Adequate
Apr 29, 2024$900–1,800$1,200–1,800+7%Adequate
Apr 22, 2024$1,000–2,000$1,200–1,6000%Adequate
Apr 15, 2024$1,000–2,000$1,200–1,6000%Adequate
Apr 8, 2024$900–2,000$1,200–1,6000%Adequate
Apr 1, 2024$1,000–2,000$1,200–1,6000%Adequate
Mar 25, 2024$900–2,000$1,200–1,6000%Adequate
Mar 18, 2024$1,000–2,000$1,200–1,6000%Adequate
Mar 11, 2024$900–2,000$1,200–1,6000%Adequate
Mar 4, 2024$900–2,000$1,200–1,6000%Adequate
Feb 26, 2024$900–2,000$1,200–1,6000%Adequate
Feb 19, 2024$900–2,000$1,200–1,6000%Adequate
Feb 12, 2024$1,000–2,000$1,200–1,6000%Adequate
Feb 5, 2024$1,000–2,000$1,200–1,600−3%Adequate
Jan 29, 2024$1,000–2,000$1,200–1,7000%Slight Shortage
Jan 22, 2024$1,000–2,000$1,200–1,700+4%Slight Shortage
Jan 15, 2024$1,000–2,000$1,100–1,700+8%Adequate
Jan 8, 2024$900–2,000$1,100–1,5000%Adequate

Into Los Angeles this week Cheapest first

FromRange
Nogales, AZ$1,500–1,900
Yakima & Wenatchee, WA$3,400–4,200
South Texas$3,800–4,800

From Oxnard, CA this week Cheapest first

ToRangeChange
Philadelphia$10,100–10,5000%
Baltimore$10,270–10,985−2%

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 “OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA”. 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.