Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Average Producer Prices Colorado Potatoes
Average producer prices Colorado potatoes provide a farm-level reference for grower economics and market analysis. MassGain preserves crop year, market class, source, timing, and methodology and compares the series with production, storage, sales pace, and shipping-point markets.
Market Data
How to read this market
Colorado potato producer-price data records farm-level average values by crop year, region, market class, unit, sales channel, source, and publication vintage. The market object is the reported producer average and the population it represents.
Use the data to benchmark grower economics and revenue assumptions while comparing acreage, production, storage, sales pace, and shipping-point markets. Keep statewide averages separate from current spot quotes.
Data Module
Colorado Potato Producer Prices
Market objectreported producer average
Primary measureaverage farm value
Key dimensionscrop year, region, market class, unit
Commercial usegrower and lender benchmarking
Controlspopulation, timing, revisions
Compare withproduction, storage, shipping-point prices
Analysis
Why this matters
A producer average can move slowly or differ from current cash conditions because it blends business executed across time and may include contract sales. That does not make it wrong; it makes it a different market object.
Commercial interpretation should match crop year and sales channel before using the average in procurement or credit analysis.
Signal 01
Usable Crop Uncertainty Index
UCUI translates crop and market complexity into a simple uncertainty signal. Higher readings indicate greater uncertainty—not necessarily higher prices.
Understand uncertainty. Anticipate risk. Act earlier.
UCUI is designed to analyze potato-industry publications and data signals across regions, varieties, weather, disease, storage, supply, and demand.
WeatherHigh
DiseaseHigh
StorageMedium
SupplyMedium
Single-day snapshot based on a scan of 11,500+ web and social signals. Get historical and real-time data by clicking the button below.
The MassGain Daily
Today’s market analysis.
A daily editorial synthesis of physical potato data, crop signals, market reporting, and what participants should watch next.
September 10, 2026Latest MassGain publication
Potato prices quiet at $30/cwt as regional harvest damage buzzes beneath the surface
Market indicators are stable, but reporting from Europe and select growing areas shows real, localized crop stress — a reminder that steady headline prices can mask uneven physical risk.
Signal 02
MassGain Potato Index
Independent physical-pricing intelligence and market-trend analysis for procurement, forecasting, contracting, and scenario planning.
Core Russet Carton Median
312.45 USD/MT
Latest qualifying physical-market observation
+4.75 (+1.55%)
Price discovery for the physical potato market
MPI is designed to track physical pricing data, price trends, deltas, and divergences across regions and potato types.
Series window45 days
Current public coverageCore russet cartons
Primary source basisQualifying USDA physical rows
UnitUSD per metric tonne
Single-day snapshot based on most recent 45 days worth of data. Limited to US Russets only. Get more complete, global data about all varieties by clicking the button below.
Signal 03
MassGain Spot Reference
An independent spot reference designed for price discovery, contract discussions, procurement comparisons, and risk modeling.
Russet Burbank — U.S. Midsize
305 USD/MT
Demonstration reference format
+1.6% WoW · Confidence: High
A trusted benchmark for pricing, contracts, and risk
MSR is intended to use real transactions and verifiable physical-market data to support negotiations, price checks, contracting, and risk models.
ProductRusset Burbank
SpecificationU.S. midsize, 40–70 count
Reference typePhysical spot benchmark
StatusIn development
Based on most recent 45 days worth of data. Limited to US Russets only. Get more complete, global data about all varities by clicking the button below. Full access also includes historical data -- including depreciated NYMEX/CBOE/EEX spot references -- projections, trends, and AI-driven insights.
The MassGain Product Ladder
From insight to intelligence to action
Four integrated products built for the physical potato market, delivered through public pages, reports, exports, dashboards, and API access.
1
Content
Original research, commentary, aggregated news, and market updates.
- What matters right now?
- What is happening out there?
2
UCUI™
Usable Crop Uncertainty Index: an AI-powered signal of crop risk and market uncertainty.
- Understand uncertainty
- Anticipate risk
- Act earlier
3
MPI™
MassGain Potato Index: independent physical-pricing intelligence and trend analysis.
- Price discovery
- Regional trends
- Procurement planning
4
MSR™
MassGain Spot Reference: an independent benchmark for price discovery and risk modeling.
- Contracts
- Negotiations
- Risk models
Content + UCUI + MPI + MSR + API access
Get historical series, regional detail, constituent data, exports, alerts, and direct data access.
Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for Colorado growers, processors, lenders, and market analysts comparing average producer prices for Colorado potatoes. MassGain organizes producer or farm-level observations by crop year, region, variety or market class, unit, sales channel, reference period, source, and revision status.
Average producer prices can differ from current spot quotes because they may blend contract and open-market sales, products, delivery periods, or reporting populations. Users can compare the reported producer value with acreage, production, storage, sales pace, shipping-point prices, and neighboring regions. Growers can benchmark realized marketing outcomes, lenders can evaluate revenue assumptions, and processors can understand supplier economics. MassGain does not treat a statewide average as the price available to every grower or buyer; it provides the methodology and market context required to interpret the number.
Use Case
A lender reviews a Colorado grower's revenue projection using a statewide average producer price. MassGain shows the average includes a different crop-year mix than the grower's contracted russets, so the lender substitutes the matched series and keeps the statewide figure as context.
FAQs
What are average producer prices for Colorado potatoes?
They are reported farm- or producer-level average values for a defined Colorado population, product coverage, period, and methodology.
Why can producer averages differ from spot prices?
They may blend contracts, varieties, grades, periods, and sales channels and can be published with a lag.
How does MassGain use the series?
It preserves the source and methodology and compares the average with production, storage, sales pace, and matched market prices.
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Data and Methodology
Professional market-data standards
MassGain is building transparent public market infrastructure. Each live metric will identify its date, unit, coverage, methodology, and source basis.
Data provenance
MassGain uses public, licensed, contributed, and independently derived physical-market information. Source availability and publication schedules vary.
Timing and revisions
Figures may reflect the latest available observation rather than a same-day transaction. Source data and MassGain calculations may be corrected, restated, or revised.
Not transactional pricing
MassGain figures are informational reference values and do not constitute executable bids, offers, settlements, or guarantees that a transaction can occur at the displayed value.
No individualized advice
Content and data are provided for informational and analytical purposes and do not constitute financial, investment, legal, trading, or individualized procurement advice.
Independent publication
Certain observations may be derived from USDA reports. MassGain is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USDA.
Commercial use and licensing
Public display does not grant rights to reproduce, redistribute, republish, or incorporate MassGain indices or references into commercial products or contracts without authorization.