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# California Jumbo Sacks $15.00-17.00, 68% Above the Five-Year Median

_Aug 3, 2026_

> California yellow jumbo 50-lb sacks held $15.00-17.00 flat on the week, 68% above the five-year median; Idaho shipments fell 78% week over week to 43 units but remain 451% above normal seasonal pace.

_Numbers as of Aug 3, 2026 pull._

$15.00-17.00 on California yellow jumbo, 50-lb sacks, held flat on the week per USDA shipping-point reports through July 31, a range sitting **68% above the five-year median** for this period. Yellow mediums, also 50-lb sacks, came in softer on the week but remain 53% above their five-year median, keeping both California size categories well above historical norms.


[Chart: California onion FOB by variety, size and pack](https://knowyouronions.news/origin/california) ([data](https://knowyouronions.news/origin/california.md) — chart image: https://knowyouronions.news/charts/issues/onion/2026-08-03/origin/california.png)


- **Idaho shipments** (movement): 43 (10,000-lb units), **down 77.7% week over week** from the prior week's level, per movement reports. Shipments remain 451% above the five-year median, indicating last week's pace was the seasonal outlier, not this week's.
- **Washington exports** (movement): 38 (10,000-lb units), down 70.6% week over week and 65% below the five-year median, per movement reports.
- **Washington yellow jumbo**, 50-lb sacks: mostly $15.00 per USDA shipping-point reports, below the California range on the same size and pack.
- **New Mexico yellow jumbo**, 50-lb sacks: $18.00-20.00 per USDA shipping-point reports, leading the domestic 50-lb jumbo field.
- **Georgia yellow jumbo**, 40-lb cartons: mostly $23.00-24.00 per USDA shipping-point reports.
- **Peru imports** (border crossings): 12 (10,000-lb units), up 112% week over week per movement reports; still 68% below the five-year median.

Mexico led import channels at 148 (10,000-lb units, week of July 30) per border-crossing movement reports. Canada posted 6 (10,000-lb units, week of July 30), down 70.8% week over week and 25% below its five-year median.

**Data note:** Oregon, Columbia Basin and Idaho-Eastern Oregon are among 33 series that have not updated in over two weeks. Treat any figure from those series as stale.

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