Idaho-Eastern Oregon Jumbos $16.00-18.00 on 183.5% Volume Surge
Idaho-Eastern Oregon yellow jumbo, 50-lb sacks, was quoted at $16.00-18.00 per USDA shipping-point reports as of August 7, 113% above the 5-year median for this period. Idaho shipments jumped 183.5% week over week to 121 units (10,000-lb loads), 45% above the seasonal average. Volume moved hard into the new-crop window without pulling FOBs back toward historical norms.
- Washington exports rose 115.2% week over week to 81 units (10,000-lb loads), 33% above the 5-year median, per USDA movement reports.
- Mexico imports crossed 212 units (10,000-lb loads, week of August 6), up 43% on the week and 98% above the 5-year median, per USDA border-crossing movement reports.
- New Mexico yellow jumbo, 50-lb sacks, was quoted at mostly $18.00-20.00 per USDA shipping-point reports as of August 7.
- California yellow jumbo, 50-lb sacks, was quoted at mostly $15.00 per USDA shipping-point reports as of August 7. California shipments were flat on the week at 533 units (10,000-lb loads), 78% above the 5-year median.
- Washington onion shipments rose 38% on the week to 318 units (10,000-lb loads), 58% above the 5-year median, per USDA movement reports. The Washington yellow jumbo quote of $25.00, 40-lb cartons, is from July 31 and is 10 days old at publication.
- Georgia yellow jumbo, 40-lb cartons, was quoted at mostly $23.00-24.00 per USDA shipping-point reports as of August 7, the highest domestic jumbo FOB in the current report.
Data note: Oregon and Columbia Basin series are flagged as not updated in over two weeks. Both origins are in their active domestic season window.
Know Your Onions reports public USDA Agricultural Marketing Service shipping-point, movement, terminal-market and retail-ad data. It is not trading, contracting, legal, or financial advice. FOB prices are reported as USDA publishes them, as a mostly or low-high range with the pack named; we do not forecast prices, movement, or crop transitions.
