Origins
Well above normalWashington onion prices
Washington onions are quoted mostly $14.00 FOB per 50 lb sack for yellow jumbo 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 jumbo, 50 lb sacks
- Yellow medium, 50 lb sacks
- Red jumbo, 25 lb sacks
- Red medium, 25 lb sacks
- Yellow colossal, 50 lb sacks
- White jumbo, 50 lb sacks
- USDA mostly / low-high range for Yellow jumbo, 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
- Washington
- Unit
- $/50 lb sack
- Last observation
- Aug 28, 2026
- Update frequency
- USDA reports on business days
Mostly $14.00 per 50 lb sack, 56% above the 5-yr median. Comparison midpoint: $14.00.
Washington yellow jumbo, 50 lb sacks, mostly $14.00 as of Aug 28. Prices pulled back from $15.00 on the week and stand 56% above the five-year median of $9.00. Year-over-year the market has doubled from $7.00.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week over week | $14.00 | $15.00 | -6.7% |
| Month over month | $14.00 | $15.00 | -6.7% |
| Year over year | $14.00 | $7.00 | +100.0% |
| vs 5-yr median | $14.00 | $9.00 | +55.6% |
Previous weeks
Week of Aug 21, 2026
Washington yellow jumbo is mostly $15.00, 50 lb sacks, flat week over week but up $8.00 from a year ago. Prices stand 58% above the 5-yr median, per USDA shipping-point reports through Aug 21.
An earlier week
Yellow jumbo, 50 lb sacks mostly $15.00, unchanged week over week and month over month. The level is 50% above the 5-year median of $10.00. Year over year, prices have risen $8.00 to $15.00 from $7.00.
An earlier week
Washington yellows mostly $15.00, 50-lb sacks, firmed $4.00 over the past month and sit 50% above the five-year median. The year-over-year gain is steeper: up $8.00 from last year's $7.00. Whites move highest at mostly $23.00, 50-lb sacks, while reds trade lower: jumbo in 25-lb sacks mostly $13.00.
An earlier week
Washington yellow jumbo, 50 lb sacks, mostly $15.00, up $1.00 on the month and $7.50 on the year, running 50% above the 5-year median. Red jumbo and medium are $13.50 and $11.50, 25 lb sacks, and yellow colossal is $17.00, 50 lb sacks.
About Washington onion prices
Columbia Basin (reported combined with Umatilla Basin, Oregon) plus the Walla Walla district.
Season. Washington onions typically ship August to May. Outside that window there is no fresh shipping-point quote, normal crop rotation, not a data gap.
Common questions
What is the current Washington onion price?
mostly $14.00 FOB per 50 lb sack for yellow jumbo 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 Washington currently quotes, and the weekly movers board compares it against the other shipping-point origins.
When does the Washington onion season run?
Washington onions typically ship August to May. 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.