Shipments of Texas onions in 2020 totaled 6.05 million packages, up from 4.99 million packages in 2019 and also higher than the 5.71 million packaged shipped in 2018.

Last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that the lower Rio Grande Valley shipped 225,640 40-pound cartons of onions, with heaviest shipments in March and April. Shipments of organic Texas onions in 40-pound cartons totaled 5,684 cartons, or about 2.5% of total volume of Texas onions marketed in 40-pound cartons.

For Texas onions sold in 50-pound sacks, the USDA reported lower Rio Grande Valley shipments in 2020 totaled 5.25 million sacks. Organic Texas onions sold in 50-pound sacks were reported by the USDA at 5,336 cartons, or about 1% of total shipments of Texas onions sold in 50-pound sacks.

Onion shipments from the San Antonio-Winter Garden-Laredo region were reported at 564,610 cartons, according to the USDA, with no organic onion shipments listed.

Average market prices for Texas yellow onions last year were in a fairly narrow range from $10.50-12.88 per carton/sack (sacks and cartons were combined for the average price). In 2019, the average shipping point price per carton for all Texas onions ranged from $12.75-16 per carton/sack, according to the USDA.

Texas yellow jumbo prices last year averaged $12.75-18 per carton/sack, compared with $14-24 per carton/sack in 2019.

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