Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Contract Settlement Price
Potato contract settlement price is the benchmark-derived value used to reconcile or invoice a defined contract period. MassGain preserves source observations, timestamps, constituents, methodology, and revision status so restaurant procurement can reproduce the calculation and catch cutoff, unit, freight-basis, or series mismatches.
Market Data
How to read this market
A potato contract settlement price is the benchmark-derived value used to reconcile or invoice a contract for a defined period. It should follow the agreement’s specified market series, region, product, unit, observation window, averaging or weighting method, lag, caps or floors, and revision rules.
MassGain preserves source observations, timestamps, constituent data, methodology, and revision status so procurement can reproduce the settlement. This helps identify errors such as using the wrong cutoff, a delivered series instead of FOB, a preliminary value, or a benchmark from the wrong potato market.
Data Module
Contract settlement context
Benchmarkexact contractual market series
Observation windowdates included in the calculation
Methodaverage, weighting, lag, caps, or floors
Revision statuspreliminary versus final values
Decision useinvoice approval, accrual, audit, and dispute review
Analysis
Why this matters
Settlement disputes are often methodological rather than market disagreements. Small differences in dates, units, freight basis, or revisions can materially alter the result. Reproducibility is therefore the key control: both parties should be able to trace the settlement back to the same defined observations and calculation rules.
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 QSR and restaurant procurement teams that need to verify the price used to close, reconcile, or invoice a potato contract for a defined period. A potato contract settlement price should be based on the benchmark, observation window, unit, region, product exposure, and calculation rules specified in the agreement. MassGain’s potato data suite provides the historical observations, constituent detail, methodology, revision status, and market-disruption context needed to reproduce that result and determine whether the settlement reflects the intended physical market.
Settlement accuracy matters because small definition differences can create meaningful invoice errors. A supplier may use the wrong monthly average, an observation published after the cutoff, a fresh-market series instead of a processing benchmark, or a value expressed in a different unit or freight basis. MassGain helps procurement trace each input, normalize the data, apply contractual caps, floors, lags, or weighting, and distinguish a final benchmark from a preliminary or revised value.
The process supports invoice approval, accrual reconciliation, audit review, and dispute resolution. It creates a clear record showing how the settlement was calculated and which source values were used. MassGain does not interpret legal obligations or replace the agreement’s governing terms. It supplies the transparent market data and calculation evidence required to validate the settlement consistently and prevent a clerical or methodological mismatch from becoming an unsupported price change.
Use Case
A restaurant chain’s quarterly fry invoice uses a settlement price 5% above procurement’s calculation. MassGain reveals that the supplier included one post-cutoff weekly observation and used a delivered series instead of the contract’s specified regional FOB benchmark. Procurement rebuilds the calculation from the correct observations, applies the agreed one-month lag, and obtains a credit while documenting the verified settlement for finance.
FAQs
What determines a potato contract settlement price?
The contract should define the benchmark, region, product, observation window, unit, weighting, lag, caps, floors, and revision rules.
Why can two settlement calculations differ?
They may use different cutoff dates, source series, units, freight bases, preliminary values, revisions, or averaging methods.
How does MassGain help validate settlement?
It preserves source observations, methodology, timestamps, constituent data, and revision status so the contractual calculation can be reproduced.
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Data and Methodology
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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.
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Independent publication
Certain observations may be derived from USDA reports. MassGain is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USDA.
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