Onions were sold at Nashik's one of the biggest wholesale markets, APMC Lasalgaon, in the of Rs 2,400- 2,500 per quintal, up by Rs 200- 300, market sources said.
An average price ranged between Rs 1,850 and Rs 1,950 at Lasalgaon market.
Prices shot up in last one month owing to delay in monsoon (almost by a month) and less arrivals in the market due lower onion production, which was affected due hailstorm in during March and April, committee sources added.
The current arrival of onion in the APMC markets in Nashik district is kharif production, which has been adversely affected this year due to hailstorm.