Idaho-Eastern Oregon Yellow Jumbos $15.00-16.00, 63% Above Median

Idaho-Eastern Oregon yellow jumbos at mostly $15.00-16.00, 50-lb sacks, per USDA shipping-point reports dated October 2, are running 63% above the five-year median in the opening weeks of storage-crop season. Washington yellow jumbos held at mostly $13.00, 50-lb sacks on the same date, 58% above the five-year median. Both Northwest origins eased on the week.

• Idaho-Eastern Oregon white medium and white jumbo, 50-lb sacks: White medium is 88% above the five-year median per USDA shipping-point data, off 2% week over week. White jumbo runs 65% above the five-year median, also off 2% on the week. USDA verbatim price ranges for these two series are not in the current digest, so no dollar range is quoted here.
• Canada onion imports: 50 units (10,000-lb), week of October 1, down 66% week over week and now 22% below the five-year median. This lane had been running well above historical norms in recent weeks.
• Peru yellow jumbo, 40-lb cartons: Mostly $26.00-28.00 per USDA shipping-point, October 2. Import movement at 309 units (10,000-lb), week of October 1, 68% above the five-year median, off 4% on the week.
• Idaho onion exports: 44 units (10,000-lb), week of October 1 per movement reports, 156% above the five-year median, off 2% on the week.
• Mexico onion imports: 1 unit (10,000-lb), week of October 1, 96% below the five-year median. This lane remains near zero.

Oregon onion exports: 502 units (10,000-lb) over the trailing 28 days per movement reports, 69% above the five-year median of 28-day totals, down 25% from the prior 28-day period.

Data note: Twelve series have not updated in over two weeks, including Michigan onion movement, Central Wisconsin yellow medium 50-lb sacks and New York red 25-lb jumbo and medium sacks. Figures from those specific series are stale.