Idaho-Eastern Oregon Jumbos $2.00 Above Washington on 50-lb Sacks

Idaho-Eastern Oregon yellow jumbos hold mostly $16.00 and Washington yellow jumbos mostly $14.00, both on 50-lb sacks, per USDA shipping-point reports dated September 4. Neither moved week over week. The $2.00 spread on the same pack between these two Northwest storage-crop origins is the active FOB differential as Oregon's trailing 28-day shipment total runs 100% above the five-year median.

• Oregon domestic shipments: 3,457 units (10,000-lb units) over the past 28 days, up 47,581% compared to the prior 28-day window and 100% above the five-year median of trailing 28-day totals, per USDA movement reports.
• Canada onion imports: 72 units (10,000-lb units), week of September 3, up 136% week over week and 228% above the five-year median, per USDA movement reports.
• Utah shipments: 400 units (10,000-lb units), 213% above the three-year median, per USDA movement reports.
• Colorado shipments: 13 units (10,000-lb units), down 96.8% week over week and 94% below the four-year median, per USDA movement reports.
• Washington exports: 130 units (10,000-lb units), up 28% week over week and 102% above the five-year median, per USDA movement reports.
• Peru yellow jumbos: mostly $27.00-28.00, 40-lb cartons, per USDA shipping-point reports dated September 4.

Idaho-Eastern Oregon runs 52% above the five-year median on 50-lb jumbos and Washington 56% above, per USDA shipping-point data.

Markon reported September 3 that fresh-run onions are available in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Utah, with new-crop harvests continuing across multiple regions and markets steady.

Data note: Georgia, New Mexico, Michigan and Wisconsin series have not updated in over two weeks. The Georgia yellow jumbo quote of mostly $25.00-26.00, 40-lb cartons, carries that caveat.