# Yellow onion prices Yellow onion FOB across origins, USDA shipping-point reports _Data through Jul 24, 2026 · source last checked Jul 27, 2026 · page revised Jul 27, 2026_ > Mostly $23.00-24.00 per 40 lb carton, 2% below the 5-yr median. Comparison midpoint: $23.50. Yellow onions mostly $15.00-16.00, medium 50-lb sacks, down $1.00 on the week to $15.50. Prices remain 40.9% above year-ago levels and 15% above the 5-year median. ## The table and current price track Georgia jumbo, 40 lb cartons. | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Week over week | $23.50 | $23.50 | 0.0% | | Month over month | $23.50 | $23.50 | 0.0% | | Year over year | $23.50 | $23.00 | +2.2% | | vs 5-yr median | $23.50 | $24.00 | -2.1% | ## About Yellow onion prices Yellow is the default cooking onion and the variety with the deepest commercial base of the four: it is grown at nearly every origin this site tracks, from the Idaho-Eastern Oregon and Columbia Basin storage crops through the summer desert districts and the Vidalia crop in Georgia. Its pungency and firm skin make it the best keeper of the four varieties, which is why the fall storage crop that carries the market from harvest through spring is planted mostly in yellow. Yellow onions ship in the same 50-lb and 25-lb sacks and 40-lb cartons as the rest of the market. Because yellow has the widest planting base and the most continuous shipping-point coverage of the year, its price is the one the trade watches first, with red and white often read against it rather than the other way around. ## About this data - Source: USDA AMS shipping-point onion FOB reports (FV130) - Series: Yellow onions, FOB - Basis: FOB shipping point, low-high range - Geography: Across US growing origins - Unit: $/40 lb carton - Last observation: Jul 24, 2026 - Update frequency: USDA reports on business days --- Cite: Yellow benchmark onion FOB prices are 2% below the five-year median for the corresponding calendar week (USDA shipping-point reports). Know Your Onions, data through Jul 24, 2026. https://knowyouronions.news/variety/yellow Canonical URL: https://knowyouronions.news/variety/yellow