Origins
Near normalGeorgia onion prices
Georgia onions are quoted mostly $25.00-26.00 FOB per 40 lb carton for yellow jumbo in 40 lb cartons, as of Sep 4, 2026, per USDA shipping-point reports.
Data through Sep 4, 2026 · source last checked Sep 7, 2026 · page revised Sep 7, 2026
Cite
- Yellow jumbo, 40 lb cartons
- Sweet jumbo, 40 lb cartons
- USDA mostly / low-high range for Yellow jumbo, 40 lb cartons
About this data
- Source
- USDA AMS shipping-point onion FOB reports (FV130) and Daily Movement (FV170)
- Series
- Onion FOB price at a benchmark variety, pack and size
- Basis
- FOB shipping point, low-high range
- Geography
- Georgia
- Unit
- $/40 lb carton
- Last observation
- Sep 4, 2026
- Update frequency
- USDA reports on business days
Mostly $25.00-26.00 per 40 lb carton, 9% above the 4-yr median. Comparison midpoint: $25.50.
Yellow jumbo, 40 lb cartons mostly $25.00-26.00 per carton as of Sep 4, 9% above the 4-yr median. Prices have advanced year over year and through the past month. Week-to-week trading has been flat.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week over week | $25.50 | $25.50 | 0.0% |
| Month over month | $25.50 | $23.50 | +8.5% |
| Year over year | $25.50 | $23.00 | +10.9% |
| vs 4-yr median | $25.50 | $23.50 | +8.5% |
Previous weeks
Week of Aug 28, 2026
Georgia yellow jumbo in 40 lb cartons are mostly $25.00-26.00 FOB as of Aug 28, per USDA shipping-point reports, running 9% above the 4-yr median. Month-over-month, prices are up 8.5%.
Week of Aug 21, 2026
Georgia yellow jumbo in 40 lb cartons mostly $24.00-25.00, up 4.3% from a month ago and 2% above the 5-yr median.
An earlier week
Yellow jumbo 40-lb cartons mostly $24.00-25.00, 2% above the 5-year median. Price is up 4.3% month over month and 6.5% year over year.
An earlier week
Georgia's yellow jumbo, mostly $24.00-25.00, 40-lb cartons, up $1.00 on the week. Pricing sits 2% above the 5-year median.
About Georgia onion prices
Vidalia growing region. "Vidalia" is a legally protected origin name; used here only as the AMS region descriptor, never as this newsletter's branding.
Season. Georgia onions typically ship April to September. Outside that window there is no fresh shipping-point quote, normal crop rotation, not a data gap.
Common questions
What is the current Georgia onion price?
mostly $25.00-26.00 FOB per 40 lb carton for yellow jumbo in 40 lb cartons, as of Sep 4, 2026, per USDA shipping-point reports. That is the benchmark combination this page tracks; the chart above carries every variety, size and pack Georgia currently quotes, and the weekly movers board compares it against the other shipping-point origins.
When does the Georgia onion season run?
Georgia onions typically ship April to September. Outside that window there is no fresh shipping-point quote for the origin, which is ordinary crop rotation rather than a gap in the data. The onion calendar lays out how the domestic origins hand off to each other through the year.
What does FOB mean on these prices?
Free on board at the shipping point: the price of the onions loaded onto a truck at the packing shed, before freight. A delivered price adds the haul from the origin to the receiver, which is often the larger number of the two on a long lane. What does FOB mean has the full definition, and how freight changes the delivered price covers the second half.