Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Commercial Potato Price Per Ton
Commercial potato price per ton gives buyers a common unit for evaluating physical-market and supplier values. MassGain preserves the underlying product, quality, region, freight, market stage, and delivery basis so normalized numbers remain commercially meaningful.
Market Data
How to read this market
Commercial potato price-per-ton data normalizes supplier and market observations to a stated ton basis while preserving the original unit, product, quality, region, market stage, freight, and delivery terms. The market object is the matched commercial price.
Use the data to compare quotes, contracts, and historical series and to isolate unit, freight, quality, and supplier effects. A common weight basis improves arithmetic comparability but does not erase physical-market differences.
Data Module
Commercial Potato Price per Ton
Market objectnormalized commercial price
Primary measurecurrency per ton
Key dimensionsproduct, grade, region, basis
Commercial usequote and contract comparison
Controlsshort ton versus metric tonne
Compare withfreight, quality, market reference
Analysis
Why this matters
Per-ton normalization can make a comparison look cleaner than it really is. A delivered premium lot may remain economically different from a farmgate standard-grade load even after both are expressed in the same unit.
Commercial interpretation should normalize unit, product, and basis in sequence and isolate the remaining supplier-specific residual.
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 commercial buyers comparing potato prices per ton across supplier quotes, contracts, farmgate markets, wholesale markets, and delivered purchases. MassGain standardizes the weight basis while preserving product, variety, grade, quality, region, market stage, currency, freight, storage obligations, and delivery timing.
A commercial per-ton figure is most useful when it represents the same physical requirement. Buyers can compare current and historical values, separate raw-potato movement from delivery or packaging costs, and calculate the residual between supplier pricing and the matched market. Finance can build consistent cost forecasts and analysts can compare regions without losing the original source units. MassGain does not imply that a ton of packed fresh potatoes and a ton of bulk processing potatoes are economically equivalent. It provides the unit and basis controls needed for a defensible commercial comparison.
Use Case
A processor receives per-cwt and per-ton supplier quotes for the same delivery month. MassGain normalizes the units, aligns freight and quality terms, and shows that the apparent price gap is mostly basis rather than supplier margin.
FAQs
What is a commercial potato price per ton?
It is a normalized physical purchase or market value stated per ton under a defined product and commercial basis.
Which ton should be used?
MassGain preserves whether the source uses a short ton or metric tonne and applies the correct conversion.
Why does delivery basis matter?
Farmgate, FOB, and delivered values include different freight and handling obligations.
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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.