# The weekly onion board This week's biggest shipping-point FOB moves, week over week, largest first _Data through Aug 28, 2026 · source last checked Aug 31, 2026 · page revised Aug 31, 2026_ > Biggest move this week: Washington yellow medium, 50 lb sacks, down $2.50 on the week to mostly $10.00-11.00. Washington yellow medium, 50 lb sacks, down $2.50 on the week to mostly $10.00-11.00. Idaho-Eastern Oregon white medium, 50 lb sacks, up $1.50 to $20.00-22.00. Washington yellow jumbo, 50 lb sacks, down $1.00 to mostly $14.00. Idaho-Eastern Oregon white jumbo, 50 lb sacks, and Georgia yellow jumbo, 40 lb cartons, each gained $1.00, to $22.00-24.00 and mostly $25.00-26.00. ## The numbers | Origin | Variety | Size, pack | USDA range this week | Week over week | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Washington | Yellow | Medium, 50 lb sacks | mostly $10.00-11.00 | -$2.50 | | Idaho-Eastern Oregon | White | Medium, 50 lb sacks | $20.00-22.00 | +$1.50 | | Washington | Yellow | Jumbo, 50 lb sacks | mostly $14.00 | -$1.00 | | Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Red | Medium, 25 lb sacks | mostly $11.00 | +$1.00 | | Idaho-Eastern Oregon | White | Jumbo, 50 lb sacks | $22.00-24.00 | +$1.00 | | Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Yellow | Medium, 50 lb sacks | mostly $12.00 | -$1.00 | | Georgia | Yellow | Jumbo, 40 lb cartons | mostly $25.00-26.00 | +$1.00 | | Washington | White | Jumbo, 50 lb sacks | mostly $22.00-23.00 | +$0.50 | | Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Red | Jumbo, 25 lb sacks | mostly $12.00 | -$0.50 | | Washington | Red | Jumbo, 25 lb sacks | mostly $12.00-13.00 | +$0.00 | | Washington | Red | Medium, 25 lb sacks | mostly $11.00 | +$0.00 | | Washington | White | Medium, 50 lb sacks | mostly $19.00-21.00 | +$0.00 | | Washington | Yellow | Colossal, 50 lb sacks | mostly $16.00 | +$0.00 | | Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Yellow | Colossal, 50 lb sacks | mostly $17.00 | +$0.00 | | Idaho-Eastern Oregon | Yellow | Jumbo, 50 lb sacks | mostly $16.00 | +$0.00 | ## 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](/origin), and for one variety across origins see the [variety pages](/variety). Right now 3 origins are quoting shipping-point prices. Across their benchmark combinations the spread runs from mostly $14.00 at Washington to mostly $25.00-26.00 at Georgia, 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, 5 are higher on the week, 4 lower and 6 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](/guides/what-moves-onion-prices) covers the recurring causes, and [the onion calendar](/guides/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 3 origins are quoting, ranging from mostly $14.00 at Washington to mostly $25.00-26.00 at Georgia for their benchmark combinations, as of Aug 28, 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. ## 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 period: Week over week - Last observation: Aug 28, 2026 - Update frequency: USDA reports on business days, board computed weekly --- Cite: The week's biggest onion FOB movers, from USDA shipping-point reports, as of Aug 28, 2026. Know Your Onions. https://knowyouronions.news/board/weekly-movers Canonical URL: https://knowyouronions.news/board/weekly-movers