Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Delivered Margin Analysis
Potato delivered margin analysis measures the contribution remaining after a matched sale is compared with the full delivered cost to serve that customer or destination. MassGain provides regional potato and market references so commodity, logistics, and operating margin can be analyzed separately.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato delivered margin analysis measures the gross or contribution margin remaining after a potato or potato-product sale is compared with the full delivered cost to serve that customer or destination. The bridge should separate product acquisition, pack or conversion, freight, handling, storage, shrink, service, and selling price.
MassGain provides regional potato and destination-market references so distributors can distinguish commodity margin from logistics and operating margin. Users can compare customers, routes, origins, and pack formats on a consistent delivered basis.
Data Module
Delivered margin context
Sales pricerealized value at destination
Product costpotato or finished-product acquisition
Freightlane-specific transport expense
Handlingwarehouse, pack, and service cost
Lossshrink, claims, and markdowns
Decision usecustomer, route, and sourcing margin
Analysis
Why this matters
A strong selling price can coexist with weak delivered margin when freight or handling rises faster than the commodity spread. Conversely, a softer potato market can improve margin even if customer prices are unchanged.
MassGain helps identify which layer moved. That matters for action: a commodity problem calls for sourcing or pricing review, while a lane-specific margin leak may be solved through logistics, packaging, or customer terms.
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 potato distributors, wholesalers, lenders, and commercial teams that need to understand the margin remaining after potatoes reach the customer or branch. Potato delivered margin analysis compares the selling price with the full delivered cost, including origin potato value, package, freight, handling, accessorials, shrink, storage, duties where relevant, and service requirements. MassGain’s potato data suite provides matched regional and product benchmarks so users can avoid measuring margin from an incomplete or mismatched cost base.
The analysis is useful when nominal gross margin appears stable while route, package, or inventory economics have changed. A lower origin price may be offset by higher freight or shrink, while a supplier premium may create better fill rate and lower emergency cost. MassGain helps users separate commodity, logistics, and commercial effects by destination and product and compare current spreads with historical relationships.
The framework supports branch pricing, supplier negotiations, credit analysis, customer profitability, and origin allocation. MassGain does not reveal private company earnings or prescribe customer prices. It provides the independent market structure needed to calculate delivered margin consistently, identify which cost component caused compression or expansion, and distinguish a sustainable commercial spread from one created by temporary market or logistics conditions.
Use Case
A wholesaler sees margin decline at two branches even though customer prices are unchanged. MassGain shows the origin potato market is stable, but lane rates and transit shrink have increased for one source. The company shifts eastern volume to a closer region and restores margin without applying a blanket price increase across all branches.
FAQs
What does potato delivered margin measure?
It measures selling price less the complete landed cost of the matched potato product and destination.
Which costs should be included?
Origin value, package, freight, handling, accessorials, shrink, storage, duties, and service may all matter.
How does MassGain improve delivered-margin analysis?
It supplies matched potato-market benchmarks and separates commodity, logistics, and destination effects.
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Data and Methodology
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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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