Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Auction Price Data
Potato auction price data captures completed lots by location, date, variety, grade, quality, package, volume, fees, terms, and participation. Procurement and analysts can separate actual trades from bids or unsold offers and compare normalized auction results with regional benchmarks without over-weighting distressed or small lots.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato auction-price data records observable clearing prices for defined lots sold at a particular location and time. The market object is the completed auction lot by variety, grade, quality, package, volume, buyer or seller fees, delivery terms, participation, and session context.
Use the data to distinguish completed trades from opening bids, withdrawn lots, or unsold offers and to normalize each result against regional wholesale, farmgate, processor, or delivered benchmarks. Qualify small, distressed, or buyer-pickup lots before using them as broader market evidence.
Data Module
Potato Auction Price Data
Market objectcompleted auction lot
Primary measureclearing price
Key dimensionslot, grade, volume, location
Commercial useobservable price evidence
Market contextfees, urgency, participation, terms
Compare withmatched regional benchmarks
Analysis
Why this matters
Auction prices can diverge from negotiated contracts because urgency, lot size, mixed quality, fees, and pickup terms differ. A deeply discounted clearance lot may say more about that seller's constraints than about the regional potato market.
Commercial interpretation should weight the observation according to representativeness and executable volume. Transparent does not automatically mean benchmark-quality.
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 and market-intelligence teams that use potato auction prices as observable market evidence. Auction data can provide transparent clearing values, but each result must be qualified by the auction location, date, lot size, variety, grade, quality, buyer and seller fees, delivery terms, and level of participation. MassGain helps users determine whether a sale represents the broader market or an isolated disposal event.
The suite can standardize auction units, currencies, package formats, and commercial bases and compare each lot with regional wholesale, farmgate, processor, or delivered benchmarks. Users can separate completed trades from withdrawn lots, opening bids, and unsold offers. Volume, session timing, urgency, and quality can be examined alongside crop conditions and local availability. Procurement can use this evidence to challenge or confirm supplier quotes without treating a small distressed lot as the new benchmark.
MassGain does not operate auctions or guarantee that reported prices can be replicated for larger volumes. It provides the context needed to understand what actually cleared, why it cleared at that level, and how much weight the observation deserves in pricing, contracting, and market commentary.
Use Case
A buyer sees auction potatoes trade below regional wholesale quotes. MassGain shows the auction lots were small, mixed grade, buyer-pickup, and sold near the end of the session. After normalizing fees, quality, and freight, the apparent discount largely disappears, so procurement does not reset its supplier benchmark.
FAQs
What does potato auction price data show?
It shows observed clearing prices for defined lots sold under stated auction rules and timing.
Why may auction prices differ from contracts?
Lot quality, urgency, fees, pickup terms, size, and participant mix can create a different market basis.
How does MassGain qualify auction observations?
It adds lot details, volume, fees, freight, quality, session context, and matched regional benchmarks.
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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.