Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Assessed Market Price
Potato assessed market price is a methodology-based estimate of representative value when completed trades are sparse or fragmented. MassGain preserves the supporting trades, bids, offers, adjustments, coverage, and confidence so users can apply the assessment without assuming universal executability.
Market Data
How to read this market
A potato assessed market price is a methodology-based estimate of representative physical-market value when completed trades are sparse, fragmented, delayed, or private. The object should specify product, geography, quality, delivery period, assessment window, evidence hierarchy, normalization, and confidence.
Use assessments by reviewing the supporting trades, firm bids, firm offers, verified indications, comparable markets, and documented judgment. Preserve adjustments and market coverage so the point estimate does not imply more precision or executability than the evidence supports.
Data Module
Potato Assessed Market Price
ObjectMethodology-based representative value estimate
EvidenceTrades, bids, offers, verified indications
ScopeProduct, region, quality, delivery period
ControlsAssessment window, normalization, coverage, confidence
Commercial useThin-market benchmarking and scenario work
WatchpointAssessed value is not automatically executable
Analysis
Why this matters
Assessed prices matter most when the physical market is thin, which is also when they are easiest to overinterpret. The absence of trades increases the need for judgment and simultaneously reduces confidence.
Commercial users should distinguish a stable assessment supported by broad indications from one built on a narrow or widening market. Confidence and constituent evidence should move with the headline, not sit outside the decision.
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 16, 2026Latest MassGain publication
Potato market steady for now; Russia’s smaller crop is the salient risk
Spot prices are flat and USDA terminal reports read ‘market steady,’ but a renewed forecast for a smaller Russian harvest and recent regional harvest stress leave seasonal import timing and storage losses as the key uncertainty.
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 procurement leaders, benchmark users, processors, lenders, and market analysts that need to understand an assessed potato market price. An assessed price estimates representative market value when completed transaction data is limited, fragmented, delayed, or commercially private. MassGain helps users see the defined product, geography, delivery period, evidence hierarchy, assessment window, normalization, contributor breadth, and expert-judgment rules behind the published value.
An assessment can combine completed trades, firm bids, firm offers, verified indications, and comparable-market evidence under a transparent methodology. The strength of the result depends on data quality, market depth, dispersion, and whether the evidence actually represents the intended potato channel. MassGain preserves every observation and adjustment, distinguishes normal from distressed or exceptional activity, and links the assessment with crop conditions, available supply, freight, and historical relationships. Procurement can test supplier claims, finance can support forecasts or valuations, and governance teams can review changes and corrections. The assessment should communicate confidence rather than create false precision in a thin market. MassGain does not claim every assessed value is executable for every participant. It provides the structured evidence, audit trail, and physical-market context needed to apply assessed prices responsibly.
Use Case
A late-storage processing market has only one completed trade, two firm offers, and a wide bid-offer range. MassGain normalizes the delivery terms, identifies one offer as emergency supply, and produces a reduced-confidence assessment with constituent disclosure. Procurement uses the range for scenario planning rather than treating the point value as a guaranteed purchase price.
FAQs
What is an assessed potato market price?
It is a methodology-based estimate of representative value using defined market evidence when transparent trades are limited.
What evidence can support an assessment?
Completed trades, firm bids, firm offers, verified indications, comparable markets, and documented judgment may contribute.
How does MassGain communicate assessment uncertainty?
It preserves constituents, adjustments, coverage, dispersion, confidence, methodology, and exceptional-market flags.
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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.