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August 17, 2026

Oregon Domestic Shipments 87% Below the Five-Year Median

Oregon domestic shipments came in at 15 (10,000-lb units) for the week, 87% below the five-year median per USDA movement reports, as export volume from the same origin ran at 309 units, 452% above the five-year median. Idaho-Eastern Oregon shipments reached 228 units for the week, up 88% week over week and 141% above the five-year median, with yellow jumbo FOBs holding at mostly $16.00 per 50-lb sacks per USDA shipping-point reports.

Chart: export/benelux

  • Canada imports: 15 (10,000-lb units) at the border for the week of Aug. 13, up 247% week over week from the prior week and 116% above the five-year median per USDA border-crossing reports.
  • Peru imports: 18 (10,000-lb units) for the week of Aug. 12, 200% above the five-year median and down 25% week over week per USDA border-crossing reports.
  • Georgia yellow jumbo, 40-lb cartons: mostly $24.00-25.00 per USDA shipping-point reports (Aug. 14), the highest-quoted price across domestic origins and packs reported this week.
  • New Mexico yellow jumbo, 50-lb sacks: mostly $18.00-20.00 per USDA shipping-point reports (Aug. 13), the top domestic 50-lb sack quote.
  • Washington yellow medium, 50-lb sacks: 80% above the five-year median per USDA shipping-point reports, down 4% week over week.
  • California yellow jumbo, 50-lb sacks: mostly $15.00 per USDA shipping-point reports (Aug. 14), flat on the week and 50% above the five-year median.

Imperial Valley series: 29 feeds have not updated in over two weeks. Any figure from that origin should be treated as stale until the feed resumes.


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.

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