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USDA shipping-point FOB prices by origin, variety and pack, the volumes shipped and crossed from Mexico, Peru and Canada, and a Monday board of what moved. One brief a week. No forecasts, no buy signals.
Data through Aug 21, 2026 · updated Aug 24, 2026
Latest issue · Aug 24, 2026
Peru Onion Imports 1,333% Above Last Week, 116% Above Five-Year Median
Peru onion imports jumped 1,333% week-over-week, 116% above the five-year median. California and Idaho domestic shipments also surged. Idaho-Eastern Oregon jumbos hold mostly $16.00, 50-lb sacks.
Read the brief →Furthest from the 5-yr median, either direction
The full board →Shipment and import volume, furthest from the 5-yr median
The data
Origins
FOB prices by growing origin: Idaho-Eastern Oregon's storage crop, Washington, California, Texas, Georgia, New Mexico, and import crossings from Mexico, Peru and Canada, with each origin's shipment volume.
12 pagesVarieties
FOB prices by variety across origins: yellow, red, white and sweet.
4 pagesPacks
FOB prices by pack across origins: 50-lb sacks, 25-lb sacks and 40-lb cartons.
3 pagesPrice trend
The long-run price history: the market's reference spec, yellow jumbo in 50-lb sacks, at every origin that quotes it, plus the lowest and highest published quote year by year.
1 pageExports
The European export lane: what Dutch and Belgian onions actually left for West Africa at, per tonne, from EU trade statistics, with the volumes behind it.
1 pageThe Board
The weekly board: this week's biggest FOB movers, largest move first.
1 pageWhy prices are moving
Why onion prices are rising or falling right now at the benchmark spec, updated every week the data moves.
2 pagesCurrent price
The current benchmark onion price in one sentence: the USDA range, the move and what drives it.
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