Farmers halted the auction of onions at the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Lasalgaon, the country's largest wholesale onion market in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Monday.

According to sources, the auction started as usual at the market. But when onions started fetching Rs 10-12 per kg and Rs 1,000 average price, angry farmers led by Maharashtra Rajya Kanda Utpadak Sanghatana stopped the proceedings.