# Idaho-Eastern Oregon onion prices Idaho-Eastern Oregon onions are quoted mostly $17.00 FOB per 50 lb sack for yellow colossal in 50 lb sacks, as of Aug 28, 2026, per USDA shipping-point reports. _Data through Aug 28, 2026 · source last checked Aug 31, 2026 · page revised Aug 31, 2026_ > Mostly $17.00 per 50 lb sack, 36% above the 5-yr median. Comparison midpoint: $17.00. Yellow colossal, 50 lb sacks, mostly $17.00 on Aug 28, up 3.0% month over month and 36% above the 5-year median. Year over year, the price added $8.50. Yellow jumbo stands at $16.00 and yellow medium at $12.00. ## The table and current price track Yellow colossal, 50 lb sacks. | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Week over week | $17.00 | $17.00 | 0.0% | | Month over month | $17.00 | $16.50 | +3.0% | | Year over year | $17.00 | $8.50 | +100.0% | | vs 5-yr median | $17.00 | $12.50 | +36.0% | ## About Idaho-Eastern Oregon onion prices Treasure Valley of Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon, reported as one combined district. **Season.** Idaho-Eastern Oregon onions typically ship August to April. Outside that window there is no fresh shipping-point quote, normal crop rotation, not a data gap. ## Common questions ### What is the current Idaho-Eastern Oregon onion price? mostly $17.00 FOB per 50 lb sack for yellow colossal in 50 lb sacks, as of Aug 28, 2026, per USDA shipping-point reports. That is the benchmark combination this page tracks; the chart above carries every variety, size and pack Idaho-Eastern Oregon currently quotes, and the [weekly movers board](/board/weekly-movers) compares it against the other shipping-point origins. ### When does the Idaho-Eastern Oregon onion season run? Idaho-Eastern Oregon onions typically ship August to April. Outside that window there is no fresh shipping-point quote for the origin, which is ordinary crop rotation rather than a gap in the data. The [onion calendar](/guides/the-onion-calendar) lays out how the domestic origins hand off to each other through the year. ### What does FOB mean on these prices? Free on board at the shipping point: the price of the onions loaded onto a truck at the packing shed, before freight. A delivered price adds the haul from the origin to the receiver, which is often the larger number of the two on a long lane. [What does FOB mean](/guides/what-does-fob-mean) has the full definition, and [how freight changes the delivered price](/guides/how-freight-changes-the-delivered-price) covers the second half. ## About this data - Source: USDA AMS shipping-point onion FOB reports (FV130) and Daily Movement (FV170) - Series: Onion FOB price at a benchmark variety, pack and size - Basis: FOB shipping point, low-high range - Geography: Idaho-Eastern Oregon - Unit: $/50 lb sack - Last observation: Aug 28, 2026 - Update frequency: USDA reports on business days --- Cite: Idaho-Eastern Oregon benchmark onion FOB prices are 36% above the five-year median for the corresponding calendar week (USDA shipping-point reports). Know Your Onions, data through Aug 28, 2026. https://knowyouronions.news/origin/idaho-eastern-oregon Canonical URL: https://knowyouronions.news/origin/idaho-eastern-oregon