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Yakima & Wenatchee, WA to Atlanta

What a refrigerated truckload of produce costs from Yakima Valley and Wenatchee, Washington to Atlanta, week by week, from USDA’s National Truck Rate Report. The latest rate, for the week of Oct 26, 2026, is $9,700–11,100 a load, mostly $10,100–10,900.

This week
Oct 26, 2026
Range
$9,700–11,100
Mostly
$10,100–10,900
Change
0%
Trucks
Slight Shortage

Is this week’s rate high or low? · On the high side

Higher than 273 of the 285 earlier weeks on record.

Lowest on recordHighest on record

Shipping from Yakima & Wenatchee, WA this week: Apples, Pears.

A year earlier (week of Oct 27, 2025) the middle of the range was $6,850; this week’s is +53% against that. Over the last 52 weeks the lane was quoted 52 times, averaging $7,869 at the middle, from a low of $5,800 to a high of $11,900. Months it has been quoted in: all year.

Every week on record Apr 19, 2021 to Oct 26, 2026

$13,000$5,000

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
Oct 26, 2026$9,700–11,100$10,100–10,9000%Slight Shortage
Oct 19, 2026$9,800–11,200$10,100–10,900−7%Slight Shortage
Oct 12, 2026$10,500–11,900$10,800–11,7000%Shortage
Oct 5, 2026$10,500–11,900$10,800–11,7000%Shortage
Sep 28, 2026$10,500–11,900$10,800–11,700—Shortage
Sep 21, 2026$10,200–11,900$10,500–11,600—Shortage
Sep 14, 2026$8,300–9,500$8,900–9,5000%Shortage
Sep 7, 2026$8,300–9,500$8,900–9,500—Shortage
Aug 31, 2026$7,500–8,700$7,900–8,5000%Slight Shortage
Aug 24, 2026$7,500–8,700$7,900–8,500+4%Slight Shortage
Aug 17, 2026$7,200–8,400$7,600–8,200—Adequate
Aug 10, 2026$7,200–8,400$7,600–8,2000%Adequate
Aug 3, 2026$7,200–8,400$7,600–8,2000%Adequate
Jul 27, 2026$7,300–8,500$7,600–8,2000%Adequate
Jul 20, 2026$6,900–8,200$7,600–8,2000%Adequate
Jul 13, 2026$6,900–8,200$7,600–8,2000%Slight Shortage
Jul 6, 2026$6,900–8,200$7,600–8,200−4%Adequate
Jun 29, 2026$6,900–8,600$7,900–8,600+10%Slight Shortage
Jun 22, 2026$6,500–8,200$7,200–7,8000%Slight Shortage
Jun 15, 2026$6,500–8,200$7,200–7,800—Slight Shortage
Jun 8, 2026$6,300–7,500$6,900–7,5000%Adequate
Jun 1, 2026$6,300–7,500$6,900–7,500—Adequate
May 25, 2026$6,400–7,600$6,800–7,4000%Slight Shortage
May 18, 2026$6,400–7,600$6,800–7,400−5%Adequate
May 11, 2026$6,800–7,900$7,200–7,8000%Adequate
May 4, 2026$6,800–7,900$7,200–7,8000%Adequate
Apr 27, 2026$6,800–7,900$7,200–7,8000%Adequate
Apr 20, 2026$6,800–8,000$7,200–7,800—Slight Surplus
Apr 13, 2026$6,800–8,000$7,200–7,8000%Adequate
Apr 6, 2026$6,800–8,000$7,200–7,800+4%Slight Shortage
Mar 30, 2026$6,500–7,500$6,900–7,5000%Slight Shortage
Mar 23, 2026$6,500–7,500$6,900–7,500+3%Slight Shortage
Mar 16, 2026$6,700–7,500$6,700–7,300+1%Adequate
Mar 9, 2026$6,600–7,800$6,700–7,200−4%Adequate
Mar 2, 2026$6,600–7,800$7,000–7,5000%Adequate
Feb 23, 2026$6,600–7,800$7,000–7,5000%Adequate
Feb 16, 2026$6,800–7,700$7,000–7,5000%Adequate
Feb 9, 2026$6,800–7,700$7,000–7,500−1%Adequate
Feb 2, 2026$6,900–7,700$7,100–7,500+1%Adequate
Jan 26, 2026$6,900–7,700$7,100–7,300+1%Adequate
Jan 19, 2026$6,700–7,600$6,900–7,400−5%Adequate
Jan 12, 2026$7,000–8,000$7,200–7,800+7%Adequate
Jan 5, 2026$6,600–7,300$6,800–7,2000%Adequate
Dec 29, 2025$6,600–7,300$6,800–7,200−3%Adequate
Dec 22, 2025$6,500–8,000$6,900–7,500+4%Slight Shortage
Dec 15, 2025$6,800–7,100—0%Adequate
Dec 8, 2025$6,800–7,100—−1%Adequate
Dec 1, 2025$6,700–7,300$6,900–7,100−4%Adequate
Nov 24, 2025$6,800–7,800$7,000–7,600+7%Slight Shortage
Nov 17, 2025$6,200–7,200$6,600–7,1000%Slight Shortage
Nov 10, 2025$6,600–7,200$6,600–7,1000%Adequate
Nov 3, 2025$5,800–7,100$6,600–7,1000%Slight Shortage

Into Atlanta this week Cheapest first

FromRange
Florida, statewide$1,000–1,200
Georgia$1,200–1,400
South Texas$3,800–4,800
Nogales, AZ$6,500–6,800
Imperial Valley & Yuma$7,920–8,470
South & Central CA$8,100–9,300
Santa Maria, CA$8,770–9,185
Yakima & Wenatchee, WA$9,700–11,100

From Yakima & Wenatchee, WA this week Cheapest first

ToRangeChange
Seattle$1,100–1,800+2%
Los Angeles$3,400–4,2000%
Chicago$7,200–8,800−9%
Dallas$8,200–9,700−6%
Atlanta$9,700–11,1000%
Philadelphia$9,500–13,500−4%
Baltimore$10,100–13,000−5%
New York$11,200–14,0000%
Boston$10,600–14,000−3%
Miami$11,800–14,000−8%

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 “YAKIMA VALLEY AND WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON”. 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.