# Current onion prices Yellow jumbo onions in 50 lb sacks are quoted at mostly $16.00 per 50 lb sack FOB at Idaho-Eastern Oregon as of Aug 21, 2026 (USDA), the market's benchmark spec. _Data through Aug 21, 2026 · source last checked Aug 24, 2026 · page revised Aug 24, 2026_ > Yellow jumbo onions in 50 lb sacks are quoted at mostly $16.00 per 50 lb sack FOB at Idaho-Eastern Oregon as of Aug 21, 2026 (USDA), the market's benchmark spec. Yellow jumbo onions in 50-lb sacks are mostly $16.00 per 50-lb sack FOB at Idaho-Eastern Oregon as of Aug 21. The benchmark is up $9.00, or 128.6%, year over year from the $7.00 level. Against the 5-year median of $11.00, the current level sits $5.00, or 45.5%, above normal. ## The table tracks the comparison midpoint of the USDA range for the benchmark combination. | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Week over week | $16.00 | $16.00 | 0.0% | | Month over month | $16.00 | n/a | n/a | | Year over year | $16.00 | $7.00 | +128.6% | | vs 5-yr median | $16.00 | $11.00 | +45.5% | ## What moves onion prices The price on this page is a wholesale one: what a truckload trades for at the packing shed, free on board (FOB) the shipping point, at the market's reference spec of yellow jumbo onions in 50 lb sacks at [Idaho-Eastern Oregon](/origin/idaho-eastern-oregon), the flagship storage origin. It is not a grocery-shelf price; the store adds freight, handling and retail margin on top of it. What moves it is supply-side and seasonal. The Northwest storage crop is harvested once, in late summer, and shipped from sheds into the following spring, so the size and keeping quality of that one crop shape the whole marketing year, and the calendar of origin rotation decides how many alternatives buyers have in any given week. The [weekly board](/board/weekly-movers) shows which origins are quoting and what moved, and the [long-run trend page](/trend/onion-prices) shows the seasonal sawtooth across years. For the full structural treatment, [Why are onion prices rising right now?](/why/onion-prices-rising) and [its falling twin](/why/onion-prices-falling) cover the drivers in both directions. ## Common questions ### What is the current price of onions? Yellow jumbo onions in 50 lb sacks are quoted at mostly $16.00 per 50 lb sack FOB at Idaho-Eastern Oregon as of Aug 21, 2026 (USDA), the market's benchmark spec. This is the wholesale FOB price at the shipping point, what a truckload trades for at the packing shed, not a grocery-shelf price. Other origins, varieties and packs quote their own ranges — see [the weekly board](/board/weekly-movers). ### Are onion prices going up or down right now? Onion prices at the benchmark spec are broadly flat right now, with no sustained move in either direction for 4 weeks. [The weekly board](/board/weekly-movers) shows what is moving elsewhere. ### What does "mostly" mean in a USDA onion quote? USDA publishes each price as a range, and where it reports one, a mostly range: the range where the bulk of reported sales occurred. This page always quotes the published range. The only single number on it is the comparison midpoint the percent moves are computed on, which is a derived figure, never a price USDA published. ### Is this what onions cost at the grocery store? No. This is the wholesale FOB price at the shipping point, quoted per 50 lb sack. A grocery-shelf price adds freight, handling, packaging and retail margin on top, and this site does not track retail shelf prices. ### Where does this onion price data come from? From USDA Agricultural Marketing Service shipping-point reports, which quote FOB prices by origin, variety, pack and size on business days while an origin is in season. The [methodology page](/methodology) has the full sourcing. ## About this data - Source: USDA AMS shipping-point onion FOB reports (FV130) - Series: Yellow jumbo onions, 50 lb sacks, Idaho-Eastern Oregon, FOB - Basis: FOB shipping point, low-high range - Geography: Idaho-Eastern Oregon - Unit: $/50 lb sack - Last observation: Aug 21, 2026 - Update frequency: USDA reports on business days, in season --- Cite: Benchmark onion FOB prices (yellow jumbo, 50-lb sacks, Idaho-Eastern Oregon) are 46% above the five-year median for the corresponding calendar week (USDA shipping-point reports). Know Your Onions, data through Aug 21, 2026. https://knowyouronions.news/current-price/onions Canonical URL: https://knowyouronions.news/current-price/onions