Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Peeled Potato Prices
Peeled potato prices reflect suitable raw potatoes plus trimming and peeling loss, labor, water, energy, sanitation, packaging, refrigeration, and freight. MassGain gives buyers an independent raw-material benchmark so offers can be compared on net usable weight and conversion economics rather than case price alone.
Market Data
How to read this market
Peeled potato prices are finished-input prices that combine suitable raw potatoes with grading and trim loss, peeling yield, labor, water, energy, sanitation, processing aids, packaging, refrigeration, freight, shelf-life requirements, and service. Raw-potato value is only one component.
MassGain provides an independent regional benchmark for the agricultural layer. Procurement can normalize peeled-potato offers by net usable weight, size or cut specification, defects, shelf life, service, and freight before separating commodity movement from conversion and logistics costs.
Data Module
Peeled potato price context
Raw materialrelevant regional potato benchmark
Yieldpeeling and trimming loss
Processinglabor, water, energy, and sanitation
Delivered productpack, shelf life, freight, and service
Decision usetender, renewal, and menu-cost review
Analysis
Why this matters
Peeled-product invoices can move differently from raw potatoes because processing yield and cold-chain costs change independently. A lower case price can also be misleading when usable weight or trim variance differs. The commercially relevant comparison is cost per usable prepared-pound, with the potato benchmark treated as one cost layer.
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 is for food processors, meal manufacturers, foodservice suppliers, and procurement teams that buy peeled potatoes and need to understand the finished-input price beyond the underlying raw-potato market. Peeled potato prices include suitable raw material, grading and trimming loss, peeling yield, labor, water, energy, sanitation, preservatives or processing aids, packaging, cold-chain handling, freight, shelf-life requirements, and order volume. MassGain’s potato data suite gives buyers an independent benchmark for the agricultural component and the regional supply conditions that influence it.
That separation is important because raw-potato prices and peeled-product invoices may move differently. A processor may face higher waste from poor size distribution or defects even when the headline potato market is stable. Conversely, a supplier may cite a broad potato increase that does not match the variety, region, crop period, or quality used in the peeled specification. MassGain helps procurement align the correct external benchmark, then request a clear bridge for conversion, packaging, yield, and logistics.
Teams can use this framework in tenders, contract renewals, standard-cost planning, menu costing, and supplier comparisons. Offers should be normalized by net usable weight, cut or size specification, shelf life, defect tolerance, service level, and freight. MassGain does not estimate a supplier’s proprietary peeling cost or replace receiving inspections. It provides the market evidence needed to validate the raw-material portion and compare peeled potato offers on delivered, usable-product economics.
Use Case
A prepared-meals company receives two peeled-potato bids. Supplier A has the lower case price but a shorter shelf life and higher trim variance; Supplier B costs more but provides tighter sizing and more usable weight. MassGain shows the relevant raw-potato market rose only modestly, not by the amount claimed in Supplier A’s escalation. Procurement normalizes net yield, waste, freight, shelf life, and the supported commodity movement, then selects Supplier B for core volume and renegotiates Supplier A’s adjustment formula.
FAQs
What determines peeled potato prices?
Raw potatoes, peeling yield, trimming loss, labor, water, energy, sanitation, packaging, shelf life, cold-chain freight, and volume all contribute.
Why can peeled potato prices move differently from raw potato prices?
Yield, defects, labor, processing, packaging, refrigeration, and logistics may change independently or pass through on a different schedule.
How should peeled potato offers be compared?
Buyers should normalize net usable weight, size specification, defects, shelf life, service, freight, and the relevant regional raw-potato benchmark.
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Data and Methodology
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