<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001250853-19-000051.txt : 20190326
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20190326203305
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001250853-19-000051
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190108
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190326
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190326

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Gibson James E
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001721830

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-33385
		FILM NUMBER:		19706448

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		14559 GUADALUPE DRIVE
		CITY:			RANCHO MURIETA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95683

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CALAVO GROWERS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001133470
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AGRICULTURE SERVICES [0700]
		IRS NUMBER:				330945304
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1141A CUMMINGS ROAD
		CITY:			SANTA PAULA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93060
		BUSINESS PHONE:		805-525-1245

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1141A CUMMINGS ROAD
		CITY:			SANTA PAULA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93060
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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2019-01-08</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2019-01-10</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001133470</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CALAVO GROWERS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CVGW</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001721830</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Gibson James E</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1141-A CUMMINGS ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SANTA PAULA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>93060</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President of Subsidiary Corp.</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-01-08</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>343</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>79.28</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>57920</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4986</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By The Gibson Family Trust</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The amended number of shares shown here as being directly owned by the reporting person following the reported transaction now reflects the transfer of 4,148 shares of restricted stock that, upon vesting, had been transferred to The Gibson Family Trust (the &quot;Family Trust&quot;), but had previously been inadvertently reflected as being directly owned by the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Shares held indirectly by the reporting person in the name of the Family Trust, of which the reporting person is a trustee and in which the reporting person has a pecuniary interest. The number of shares shown here as being indirectly owned by the Family Trust now reflects 4,148 additional shares of restricted stock that, upon vesting, were transferred to the Family Trust, but had been inadvertently omitted from the Family Trust's amount of securities beneficially owned (such shares had instead still been reflected as being directly owned by the reporting person, as noted in Footnote 1).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ James E. Gibson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-03-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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