The Board
The weekly onion board
This week's biggest shipping-point FOB moves, week over week, largest first
Data through Nov 4, 2026 · source last checked Nov 5, 2026 · page revised Nov 5, 2026
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- Idaho-Eastern Oregon
- Washington
- New York
- Peru
About this data
- Source
- USDA AMS shipping-point onion FOB reports (FV130)
- Series
- Biggest week-over-week onion FOB moves
- Basis
- FOB shipping point, low-high range
- Geography
- Across US growing origins
- Unit
- $
- Calculation
- Week over week
- Last observation
- Nov 4, 2026
- Update frequency
- USDA reports on business days, board computed weekly
Biggest move this week: Washington yellow colossal, 50 lb sacks, down $1.00 on the week to mostly $12.00-13.00.
Washington yellow colossal, 50-lb sacks, fell $1.00 on the week to mostly $12.00-13.00. Idaho-Eastern Oregon yellows tracked the decline: colossal and jumbo each down $1.00 to mostly $13.00-14.00 and mostly $12.00, super colossal off $1.00 to mostly $14.00-15.00. Washington white medium gained $0.50 to $20.00-24.00, while Washington yellow sizes slipped $0.50.
| Origin | Variety | Size, pack | USDA range this week | Week over week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | Yellow | Colossal, 50 lb sacks | mostly $12.00-13.00 | -$1.00 |
| Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Yellow | Colossal, 50 lb sacks | mostly $13.00-14.00 | -$1.00 |
| Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Yellow | Jumbo, 50 lb sacks | mostly $12.00 | -$1.00 |
| Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Yellow | Super colossal, 50 lb sacks | mostly $14.00-15.00 | -$1.00 |
| Washington | White | Medium, 50 lb sacks | $20.00-24.00 | +$0.50 |
| Washington | Yellow | Jumbo, 50 lb sacks | mostly $11.00 | -$0.50 |
| Washington | Yellow | Medium, 50 lb sacks | mostly $9.00 | -$0.50 |
| Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Yellow | Medium, 50 lb sacks | $9.00-11.00 | -$0.50 |
| Washington | Red | Jumbo, 25 lb sacks | $9.00-10.00 | +$0.00 |
| Washington | Red | Medium, 25 lb sacks | mostly $9.00 | +$0.00 |
| Washington | White | Jumbo, 50 lb sacks | $22.00-25.00 | +$0.00 |
| Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Red | Jumbo, 25 lb sacks | mostly $11.00 | +$0.00 |
| Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Red | Medium, 25 lb sacks | $8.00-10.00 | +$0.00 |
| Idaho-Eastern Oregon | White | Jumbo, 50 lb sacks | mostly $24.00 | +$0.00 |
| Idaho-Eastern Oregon | White | Medium, 50 lb sacks | mostly $20.00-22.00 | +$0.00 |
Prices marked mostly are USDA's mostly range: the range where the bulk of reported sales occurred. Rows without mostly show the full low-high spread, and single figures mean USDA reported one price.
Previous weeks
An earlier week
Washington yellow colossal declined $1.00 on the week to mostly $12.00-13.00, 50-lb sacks. Idaho-Eastern Oregon yellow jumbo declined $1.00 to mostly $12.00-13.00, 50-lb sacks. Washington white medium firmed $0.50 to $20.00-24.00, 50-lb sacks. Most other yellows eased $0.50.
An earlier week
Washington yellow colossal, 50 lb sacks, down $1.00 on the week to mostly $12.00-13.00, led this week's moves. Idaho-Eastern Oregon yellow jumbo matched the decline, settling at mostly $12.00-13.00. Yellow medium and jumbo sizes in Washington slipped $0.50, as did Idaho-Eastern Oregon colossal and super colossal. Washington white medium edged up $0.50 to $20.00-24.00.
Week of Oct 30, 2026
Washington yellow colossal fell $1.00 to mostly $13.00-14.00, 50 lb sacks, with all Washington yellows off a dollar across the lineup: jumbo to mostly $11.00-12.00 and medium to mostly $9.00-10.00, both 50 lb sacks. Idaho-Eastern Oregon yellows were mixed, jumbo down $1.00 to mostly $13.00, 50 lb sacks, but medium up $0.50 to mostly $10.00-11.00. Reds retreated $0.50 to $1.00 across both origins. Washington whites held flat.
An earlier week
Washington yellow fell uniformly this week across all sizes, with colossal down $1.00 to mostly $13.00-14.00, 50-lb sacks. Idaho-Eastern Oregon's yellow jumbo, and red and white mediums, each lost $1.00. Declines of $0.50 touched reds and whites in larger packs at both origins, while Idaho-Eastern Oregon yellow medium gained $0.50 for the week's sole uptick.
How to read this board
This board ranks the biggest week-over-week moves in USDA shipping-point FOB prices among onion origins that are currently quoting, largest absolute move first. It is a price-change board, not a price list: an origin holding steady at a high price will not appear near the top, and an origin that has finished its season drops off entirely rather than showing a stale figure. For a single origin's full history see the origin pages, and for one variety across origins see the variety pages.
Right now 4 origins are quoting shipping-point prices. Across their benchmark combinations the spread runs from mostly $11.00 at Washington to mostly $26.00-28.00 at Peru, which is the gap the chart above plots week by week. A wide spread usually means the origins are at different points in their seasons rather than that one is mispriced: a district finishing its storage crop and a district just starting a new one rarely trade at the same level.
Of the 15 moves listed, 1 is higher on the week, 7 lower and 7 unchanged. Direction across the board matters more than any single row: a week where most origins move the same way is usually a demand or freight story that reaches the whole market, while a week of moves in both directions is more often local, a district clearing a lot or a new crop arriving. What moves onion prices covers the recurring causes, and the onion calendar covers which origins should be quoting at all in a given month.
Common questions
What is the current price of onions?
There is no single onion price: USDA quotes each shipping-point origin separately, by variety, size and pack. Right now 4 origins are quoting, ranging from mostly $11.00 at Washington to mostly $26.00-28.00 at Peru for their benchmark combinations, as of Nov 4, 2026. The table above carries the full board.
How often does this board update?
It rebuilds with each USDA shipping-point release, so the rows reflect the most recent published quotes rather than a weekly snapshot taken on a fixed day. An origin drops off the board when it stops quoting, which is ordinarily the end of its season rather than a gap in the data.
What does the week-over-week column measure?
The change in dollars between this origin's latest quote and its quote a week earlier, for the same variety, size and pack. It is stated in dollars rather than percent on purpose: a weekly percentage on a narrow FOB range reads as a much larger move than it is, and it would be easy to confuse with the vs-normal readings used elsewhere on the site.