Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Basic Price Versus Delivered Price
Potato basic price versus delivered price compares the underlying product value at origin with the total amount paid at destination. Building the bridge through freight, fuel, packaging, handling, duties, shrink, and service helps buyers see whether a quote moved because of the commodity, logistics, or both.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato basic price versus delivered price compares the underlying product value at origin or another defined market stage with the total price paid at destination. Delivered price can include freight, fuel, packaging, handling, accessorials, duties, insurance, shrink, and service requirements.
Use the data by matching the potato product, origin, grade, package, crop period, and delivery terms before building the cost bridge. This shows whether a higher delivered quote comes from commodity movement, logistics, or both.
Data Module
Basic versus delivered context
Basic priceproduct value at origin or base market
Freighttransport and fuel cost
Handlingpackaging and accessorials
Riskinsurance, shrink, and delay
Delivered pricetotal destination value
Decision usesourcing and supplier-cost validation
Analysis
Why this matters
A lower basic price does not guarantee lower delivered economics. A distant source can lose its commodity advantage once freight, transit risk, and handling are included.
The decomposition is also useful in negotiations because it identifies which layer actually changed. Commodity inflation and logistics inflation require different evidence and often different contract treatment.
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
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for potato distributors, wholesalers, importers, and commercial teams that need to understand the difference between a basic product price and the price delivered to a buyer’s location. The basic potato price generally represents value at a defined origin or market stage, while the delivered price may include freight, fuel, handling, packaging, accessorials, insurance, duties, shrink, and service requirements.
MassGain helps users construct a valid bridge between the two. It anchors the potato component to the correct region, variety, grade, package, crop period, and shipping basis, then allows the additional delivery costs to be evaluated separately. This prevents teams from treating a high delivered quote as pure commodity inflation or comparing an origin price in one market with a fully landed price in another.
The comparison supports supplier bids, customer escalators, origin allocation, margin reviews, and contract design. A lower basic price may produce a higher delivered cost when freight lanes are constrained, while a nearby premium origin may offer better shelf life, lower shrink, and more reliable service. MassGain does not provide binding carrier rates or prescribe a final delivered price. It supplies the matched physical-market baseline needed to identify which cost layer moved, validate supplier explanations, and compare sourcing options on the economics that actually reach the destination.
Use Case
A wholesaler compares an Idaho origin quote with a Colorado delivered offer for an eastern warehouse. MassGain confirms Idaho has the lower basic potato price, but current freight, accessorials, and expected transit shrink make Colorado cheaper at destination. The buyer awards the branch volume to Colorado while retaining Idaho for western locations.
FAQs
What is the difference between basic and delivered potato price?
The basic price covers a defined product value at origin or market stage; delivered price includes agreed destination costs.
Which costs can create the delivered-price spread?
Freight, fuel, handling, packaging, duties, insurance, accessorials, shrink, and service may contribute.
Why compare the two prices separately?
Separating commodity and delivery components shows what actually changed and supports fair sourcing comparisons.
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Data and Methodology
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