The Board
The weekly onion board
This week's biggest shipping-point FOB moves, week over week, largest first
Data through Sep 4, 2026 · source last checked Sep 7, 2026 · page revised Sep 7, 2026
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- Idaho-Eastern Oregon
- Washington
- Georgia
- Peru
About this data
- Source
- USDA AMS shipping-point onion FOB reports (FV130)
- Series
- Biggest week-over-week onion FOB moves
- Basis
- FOB shipping point, low-high range
- Geography
- Across US growing origins
- Unit
- $
- Calculation
- Week over week
- Last observation
- Sep 4, 2026
- Update frequency
- USDA reports on business days, board computed weekly
Biggest move this week: Idaho-Eastern Oregon red medium, 25 lb sacks, up $0.50 on the week to mostly $11.00-12.00.
Idaho-Eastern Oregon red medium, 25 lb sacks, up $0.50 on the week to mostly $11.00-12.00. Everything else held flat through 2026-09-04.
| Origin | Variety | Size, pack | USDA range this week | Week over week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Red | Medium, 25 lb sacks | mostly $11.00-12.00 | +$0.50 |
| Washington | Red | Jumbo, 25 lb sacks | mostly $12.00-13.00 | +$0.00 |
| Washington | Red | Medium, 25 lb sacks | mostly $11.00 | +$0.00 |
| Washington | White | Jumbo, 50 lb sacks | mostly $22.00-23.00 | +$0.00 |
| Washington | White | Medium, 50 lb sacks | mostly $19.00-21.00 | +$0.00 |
| Washington | Yellow | Colossal, 50 lb sacks | mostly $16.00 | +$0.00 |
| Washington | Yellow | Jumbo, 50 lb sacks | mostly $14.00 | +$0.00 |
| Washington | Yellow | Medium, 50 lb sacks | mostly $10.00-11.00 | +$0.00 |
| Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Red | Jumbo, 25 lb sacks | mostly $12.00 | +$0.00 |
| Idaho-Eastern Oregon | White | Jumbo, 50 lb sacks | $22.00-24.00 | +$0.00 |
| Idaho-Eastern Oregon | White | Medium, 50 lb sacks | $20.00-22.00 | +$0.00 |
| Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Yellow | Colossal, 50 lb sacks | mostly $17.00 | +$0.00 |
| Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Yellow | Jumbo, 50 lb sacks | mostly $16.00 | +$0.00 |
| Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Yellow | Medium, 50 lb sacks | mostly $12.00 | +$0.00 |
| Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Yellow | Super colossal, 50 lb sacks | mostly $18.00-20.00 | +$0.00 |
Prices marked mostly are USDA's mostly range: the range where the bulk of reported sales occurred. Rows without mostly show the full low-high spread, and single figures mean USDA reported one price.
Previous weeks
Week of Aug 28, 2026
Washington yellow medium, 50 lb sacks, down $2.50 on the week to mostly $10.00-11.00. Idaho-Eastern Oregon white medium, 50 lb sacks, up $1.50 to $20.00-22.00. Washington yellow jumbo, 50 lb sacks, down $1.00 to mostly $14.00. Idaho-Eastern Oregon white jumbo, 50 lb sacks, and Georgia yellow jumbo, 40 lb cartons, each gained $1.00, to $22.00-24.00 and mostly $25.00-26.00.
Week of Aug 21, 2026
Washington white medium, 50-lb sacks, dropped $1.50 on the week to mostly $19.00-21.00. Washington white jumbo and yellow colossal each lost $1.00, while red and yellow medium declined $0.25-0.50. Idaho-Eastern Oregon remained unchanged across all varieties.
An earlier week
Washington white medium, 50 lb sacks, led the week's losses, sliding $1.50 to mostly $19.00-21.00. Washington white jumbo and yellow colossal each fell $1.00, while New Mexico white medium advanced $1.00 to $20.00-26.00. Idaho-Eastern Oregon storage crop held steady this week.
An earlier week
Idaho-Eastern Oregon white medium, 50-lb sacks, down $1.00 on the week to $18.00-21.00. Idaho-Eastern Oregon yellows mostly fell: colossal and jumbo each shed $1.00 to mostly $17.00 and $16.00, while super colossal gained $0.50 to $18.00-20.00, 50-lb sacks. New Mexico white advanced $1.00 to $20.00-26.00, 50-lb sacks, and Georgia yellow rose $1.00 to mostly $24.00-25.00, 40-lb cartons. Washington reds and yellows retreated $0.50 across their medium and jumbo sizes.
How to read this board
This board ranks the biggest week-over-week moves in USDA shipping-point FOB prices among onion origins that are currently quoting, largest absolute move first. It is a price-change board, not a price list: an origin holding steady at a high price will not appear near the top, and an origin that has finished its season drops off entirely rather than showing a stale figure. For a single origin's full history see the origin pages, and for one variety across origins see the variety pages.
Right now 4 origins are quoting shipping-point prices. Across their benchmark combinations the spread runs from mostly $14.00 at Washington to mostly $27.00-28.00 at Peru, which is the gap the chart above plots week by week. A wide spread usually means the origins are at different points in their seasons rather than that one is mispriced: a district finishing its storage crop and a district just starting a new one rarely trade at the same level.
Of the 15 moves listed, 1 is higher on the week, 0 lower and 14 unchanged. Direction across the board matters more than any single row: a week where most origins move the same way is usually a demand or freight story that reaches the whole market, while a week of moves in both directions is more often local, a district clearing a lot or a new crop arriving. What moves onion prices covers the recurring causes, and the onion calendar covers which origins should be quoting at all in a given month.
Common questions
What is the current price of onions?
There is no single onion price: USDA quotes each shipping-point origin separately, by variety, size and pack. Right now 4 origins are quoting, ranging from mostly $14.00 at Washington to mostly $27.00-28.00 at Peru for their benchmark combinations, as of Sep 4, 2026. The table above carries the full board.
How often does this board update?
It rebuilds with each USDA shipping-point release, so the rows reflect the most recent published quotes rather than a weekly snapshot taken on a fixed day. An origin drops off the board when it stops quoting, which is ordinarily the end of its season rather than a gap in the data.
What does the week-over-week column measure?
The change in dollars between this origin's latest quote and its quote a week earlier, for the same variety, size and pack. It is stated in dollars rather than percent on purpose: a weekly percentage on a narrow FOB range reads as a much larger move than it is, and it would be easy to confuse with the vs-normal readings used elsewhere on the site.