Origins
Well above normalIdaho-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
Cite
- Yellow colossal, 50 lb sacks
- Yellow jumbo, 50 lb sacks
- Yellow medium, 50 lb sacks
- Red jumbo, 25 lb sacks
- Red medium, 25 lb sacks
- Yellow super colossal, 50 lb sacks
- USDA mostly / low-high range for Yellow colossal, 50 lb sacks
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
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.
| 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% |
Previous weeks
Week of Aug 21, 2026
Mostly $17.00 per 50 lb sack for yellow colossal, flat week over week as of Aug 21 but up 94.3% year over year from $8.75. The price sits 31% above the 5-year median of $13.00.
An earlier week
Idaho-Eastern Oregon yellow colossal at mostly $17.00 per 50 lb sack, 31% above the 5-yr median. The market has nearly doubled year over year, up 94.3% from $8.75. Yellow jumbo trades at $16, super colossal at $19, medium at $13 per 50 lb sack, red jumbo at $12.50 per 25 lb sack, and red medium at $10.
An earlier week
Idaho-Eastern Oregon yellows mostly $17.00, 50-lb sacks, off $1.00 on the week but up $10 from a month ago. Colossal at $17, super colossal at $19, jumbo at $16, and medium at $13. The overall level sits 31 percent above the five-year median.
An earlier week
Idaho-Eastern Oregon yellows mostly $17.00-19.00, 50-lb sacks, up $4.25 on the week from $12.75. Yellow super colossal and colossal $18.00-18.50, jumbo $17.00, medium $13.25. Prices stand 64 percent above the 3-year median. Reds trade lower: jumbo $12.625 in 25-lb sacks, medium $10.00.
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 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 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 has the full definition, and how freight changes the delivered price covers the second half.