California New-Crop Volume Up 290% as Jumbo Sacks Hold $12.00-13.00

New-crop California is now the volume story: shipments jumped 290% on the week to 184% above the 5-year median per USDA movement data, with yellow jumbo 50 lb sacks quoting $12.00-13.00 per USDA shipping-point reports. Idaho shipments came in at just 4 units of 10,000-lb equivalents per USDA movement data, 44% below the 5-year seasonal median as the storage crop approaches its close.

Other notable moves, per USDA shipping-point reports:

• California yellow jumbo, 50 lb sacks: $12.00-13.00. Shipments hit 680 units (10,000-lb), up 290% on the week and 184% above the 5-year median per USDA movement data. New crop is moving in volume and priced well below the elevated Northwest and southern carton levels.
• Washington yellow jumbo, 40 lb cartons: $25.00-25.00. Washington yellow medium, 50 lb sacks, held flat on the week but sits 54% above its 5-year median. Washington exports ran 89 units (10,000-lb), 186% above the 5-year median and up 170% on the week per USDA movement data.
• Georgia yellow jumbo, 40 lb cartons: mostly $23.00-24.00. New-crop southern cartons near the top of the current price band.
• New Mexico yellow jumbo, 50 lb sacks: mostly $15.00-15.00. Priced below the southern carton origins, in line with sack-format positioning.
• Oregon shipments: 1,451 units (10,000-lb), 1,019% above the 5-year median per USDA movement data, contrasting sharply with Idaho's 4-unit week.

On the import side per USDA movement reports, Mexico led at 346 units (10,000-lb), Canada at 27 units (546% above the 5-year median, up 131% on the week) and Peru at 6 units.

Data note: 34 series covering Imperial Valley have not updated in more than two weeks. Treat any figure from those series as stale.