Market

Real dollars on real lanes. USDA quotes refrigerated produce freight every week — the only lane-level rates published free anywhere in the United States.

Week ending 11 August 2026

Reefer produce, national average $4.18 per mile -1.98% on the week · 11 Aug 2026
Diesel, national average $5.454 per gallon 3.75% on the week · surcharge calculator
Where the money is

Best-paying destinations this week

Average rate per mile into each market, across the lanes USDA quoted. Hauls under 250 miles are excluded and only destinations with at least three lanes are shown — rate per mile climbs steeply on short runs, so mixing a 100-mile local move in would flatter it every week.

Refrigerated produce lanes of 250 miles or more. Rate per mile still falls with distance within that range, so the longest destinations sit lower without being worse loads. Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Reefer rate per mile. Refrigerated produce only, and an unweighted mean across whichever lanes were active that week -- so the mix shifts with the growing season. Treat week-to-week moves in the lane table as more meaningful than in this average.
Lane table

Every quoted lane

OriginDestination Miles Low High Per mile Truck supply
DELAWARE, MARYLAND AND EASTERN SHORE VIRGINIA Baltimore 100 $1200 $1400 $13.00 Shortage
DELAWARE, MARYLAND AND EASTERN SHORE VIRGINIA Philadelphia 140 $1400 $1600 $10.71 Shortage
DELAWARE, MARYLAND AND EASTERN SHORE VIRGINIA New York 230 $1900 $2100 $8.70 Shortage
YAKIMA VALLEY AND WENATCHEE DISTRICT, WASHINGTON Seattle 140 $900 $1200 $8.21 Adequate
VIDALIA DISTRICT GEORGIA Atlanta 180 $1200 $1600 $7.78 Adequate
DELAWARE, MARYLAND AND EASTERN SHORE VIRGINIA Boston 450 $3000 $3200 $6.89 Shortage
SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA Seattle 1050 $6800 $7300 $6.71 Adequate
NORTH CAROLINA Baltimore 330 $2000 $2200 $6.36 Adequate
NORTH CAROLINA Philadelphia 430 $2400 $2600 $5.81 Adequate
IMPERIAL, COACHELLA VALLEYS CA, CENTRAL AND WESTERN… Seattle 1300 $7200 $7800 $5.77 Adequate
NORTH CAROLINA New York 520 $2900 $3100 $5.77 Adequate
VIDALIA DISTRICT GEORGIA Miami 500 $2000 $3500 $5.50 Adequate
NORTH CAROLINA Boston 740 $3900 $4100 $5.41 Adequate
DELAWARE, MARYLAND AND EASTERN SHORE VIRGINIA Atlanta 700 $3300 $3500 $4.86 Shortage
VIDALIA DISTRICT GEORGIA Baltimore 700 $2600 $3800 $4.57 Adequate
VIDALIA DISTRICT GEORGIA Philadelphia 800 $3000 $4200 $4.50 Adequate
NORTH CAROLINA Atlanta 400 $1700 $1900 $4.50 Adequate
VIDALIA DISTRICT GEORGIA New York 900 $3400 $4500 $4.39 Adequate
IMPERIAL, COACHELLA VALLEYS CA, CENTRAL AND WESTERN… Dallas 1300 $5400 $5700 $4.27 Adequate
SOUTH AND CENTRAL DISTRICT CALIFORNIA Dallas 1300 $4500 $6100 $4.08 Shortage
SOUTH AND CENTRAL DISTRICT CALIFORNIA Philadelphia 2650 $10250 $10900 $3.99 Adequate
SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA Miami 2900 $11100 $11800 $3.95 Adequate
KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA Philadelphia 2700 $10300 $10800 $3.91 Adequate
IMPERIAL, COACHELLA VALLEYS CA, CENTRAL AND WESTERN… Atlanta 2100 $8000 $8400 $3.90 Adequate
IMPERIAL, COACHELLA VALLEYS CA, CENTRAL AND WESTERN… Miami 2600 $9900 $10300 $3.88 Adequate
SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA Dallas 1600 $5900 $6400 $3.84 Adequate
SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA Boston 3150 $11600 $12500 $3.83 Adequate
MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS Dallas 500 $1800 $2200 $3.80 Surplus
SOUTH AND CENTRAL DISTRICT CALIFORNIA Baltimore 2600 $9559 $10109 $3.79 Adequate
IMPERIAL, COACHELLA VALLEYS CA, CENTRAL AND WESTERN… Boston 2900 $10600 $11300 $3.78 Adequate
VIDALIA DISTRICT GEORGIA Boston 1100 $4000 $4300 $3.77 Adequate
SOUTH AND CENTRAL DISTRICT CALIFORNIA Atlanta 2100 $7000 $8300 $3.76 Shortage
IMPERIAL, COACHELLA VALLEYS CA, CENTRAL AND WESTERN… Baltimore 2600 $9500 $10000 $3.75 Adequate
IMPERIAL, COACHELLA VALLEYS CA, CENTRAL AND WESTERN… Philadelphia 2650 $9500 $10100 $3.70 Adequate
OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA Philadelphia 2770 $9800 $10500 $3.66 Adequate
SALINAS-WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIA Philadelphia 2960 $10600 $11000 $3.65 Adequate
OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA Baltimore 2700 $9500 $10200 $3.65 Adequate
SALINAS-WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIA Baltimore 2900 $10300 $10800 $3.64 Adequate
KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA New York 2800 $9800 $10400 $3.61 Adequate
MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS New York 2000 $7000 $7600 $3.60 Surplus
SALINAS-WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIA New York 3000 $10600 $11000 $3.60 Adequate
SOUTH AND CENTRAL DISTRICT CALIFORNIA Miami 2600 $8400 $9700 $3.58 Severe shortage
SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA Atlanta 2350 $8100 $8700 $3.57 Adequate
IMPERIAL, COACHELLA VALLEYS CA, CENTRAL AND WESTERN… New York 2700 $9200 $10000 $3.56 Adequate
KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA Baltimore 2660 $9100 $9800 $3.55 Adequate
IMPERIAL, COACHELLA VALLEYS CA, CENTRAL AND WESTERN… Chicago 2030 $6700 $7300 $3.45 Adequate
KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA Chicago 2030 $6800 $7100 $3.42 Adequate
SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA Chicago 2170 $7100 $7600 $3.39 Adequate
SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA Baltimore 2800 $9100 $9600 $3.34 Adequate
SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA New York 2940 $9500 $10100 $3.33 Adequate
SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA Philadelphia 2870 $9200 $9900 $3.33 Adequate
VIDALIA DISTRICT GEORGIA Chicago 875 $2600 $3200 $3.31 Adequate
VIDALIA DISTRICT GEORGIA Dallas 950 $2750 $3500 $3.29 Adequate
MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS Boston 2200 $6600 $7400 $3.27 Surplus
MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS Miami 1530 $4600 $5400 $3.27 Surplus
MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS Philadelphia 1900 $6000 $6800 $3.26 Surplus
YAKIMA VALLEY AND WENATCHEE DISTRICT, WASHINGTON New York 2750 $8200 $9500 $3.20 Adequate
SALINAS-WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIA Chicago 2220 $6900 $7200 $3.18 Adequate
YAKIMA VALLEY AND WENATCHEE DISTRICT, WASHINGTON Baltimore 2650 $7700 $9000 $3.13 Adequate
DELAWARE, MARYLAND AND EASTERN SHORE VIRGINIA Chicago 800 $2400 $2600 $3.13 Adequate
YAKIMA VALLEY AND WENATCHEE DISTRICT, WASHINGTON Dallas 2050 $5900 $6700 $3.12 Adequate
YAKIMA VALLEY AND WENATCHEE DISTRICT, WASHINGTON Philadelphia 2700 $7800 $9100 $3.11 Adequate
YAKIMA VALLEY AND WENATCHEE DISTRICT, WASHINGTON Atlanta 2550 $7200 $8400 $3.10 Adequate
MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS Atlanta 1150 $3200 $3800 $3.04 Surplus
YAKIMA VALLEY AND WENATCHEE DISTRICT, WASHINGTON Boston 2950 $8200 $9500 $3.02 Adequate
MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS Baltimore 1790 $5000 $5800 $3.02 Surplus
YAKIMA VALLEY AND WENATCHEE DISTRICT, WASHINGTON Chicago 2000 $5400 $6600 $2.95 Adequate
NORTH CAROLINA Chicago 850 $2400 $2600 $2.94 Adequate
YAKIMA VALLEY AND WENATCHEE DISTRICT, WASHINGTON Miami 3225 $8600 $9800 $2.88 Adequate
MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS Chicago 1430 $3400 $4400 $2.73 Surplus
VIDALIA DISTRICT GEORGIA Los Angeles 2350 $4500 $5900 $2.21 Adequate
YAKIMA VALLEY AND WENATCHEE DISTRICT, WASHINGTON Los Angeles 1250 $2400 $3000 $2.16 Adequate
MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS Los Angeles 1600 $3000 $3800 $2.13 Surplus
SOUTH AND CENTRAL DISTRICT CALIFORNIA Chicago — $6391 $6973 $ Adequate
SOUTH AND CENTRAL DISTRICT CALIFORNIA New York — $10564 $11000 $ Adequate
SOUTH AND CENTRAL DISTRICT CALIFORNIA Seattle — $5200 $6000 $ Shortage
SOUTH AND CENTRAL DISTRICT CALIFORNIA Boston — $9800 $11100 $ Severe shortage

Low and high are the range of the week's quotes for a full load. Truck supply is USDA's 1–5 availability scale, where 1 is a surplus of trucks, 3 is adequate supply and 5 is a severe shortage — so a shortage is the reading that pushes rates up. Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. Refrigerated produce only. These are reported market quotes, not a contract you can book, and the mix of lanes quoted shifts with the growing season.

Two years

The reefer average over time

Unweighted mean rate per mile across all lanes quoted each week. Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Reefer rate per mile. Refrigerated produce only, and an unweighted mean across whichever lanes were active that week -- so the mix shifts with the growing season. Treat week-to-week moves in the lane table as more meaningful than in this average.