Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Delivered Sales by Region
Potato delivered sales by region tracks destination-level transaction values and volume while preserving origin, product, freight, package, and timing. Tracing each delivered market back to source and lane conditions helps distributors identify whether a regional premium reflects local scarcity, logistics, or broader potato inflation.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato delivered sales by region tracks destination-level transaction values and volume while preserving the origin, product, freight, package, and timing behind each sale. Regional delivered prices are composite outcomes of source-market conditions and local distribution economics.
Use the data to compare territories, branch replacement cost, and customer pricing. Tracing the delivered value back to origin markets and freight helps identify whether a regional premium reflects local scarcity, logistics, product mix, or broader potato inflation.
Data Module
Delivered regional sales context
Destinationbranch or sales region
Productvariety, grade, size, and package
Origin mixsource markets serving the region
Freightdelivered lane economics
Sales valuerealized destination price
Decision useregional pricing and sourcing allocation
Analysis
Why this matters
Delivered sales can diverge regionally even when origin prices are stable. Local inventory gaps, freight, customer mix, and available origins can create destination premiums that should not be applied nationally.
The useful comparison is replacement economics by territory. If one region tightens while others remain balanced, both procurement and customer pricing should stay targeted to the exposed geography.
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 page is for distributors, wholesalers, processors, and commercial teams that need to understand delivered potato sales by region. Regional delivered sales data combines what buyers actually pay at destination with the origin mix, freight, package, grade, timing, and market conditions behind the transaction. MassGain organizes these observations so users can compare territories without confusing differences in logistics or product specification with differences in the potato market itself.
The regional view supports branch pricing, sales strategy, procurement allocation, and margin analysis. A higher delivered value in one market may reflect local scarcity, longer freight, premium package demand, or a different origin rather than broad national inflation. MassGain helps users trace the delivered price back to source-market conditions and compare it with historical regional spreads. Teams can identify where price increases are sustainable, where an alternate origin could reduce cost, and where customer pricing should remain unchanged. The result is a destination-level commercial picture that connects sales revenue with replacement cost and practical sourcing options.
Use Case
A wholesaler sees delivered potato sales strengthen in Atlanta while Chicago remains flat. MassGain shows Atlanta's increase is driven by a local inventory gap and longer replacement lanes, not a national origin-price move. Sales raises prices only in the exposed territory, while procurement redirects an inbound load to protect margin and service.
FAQs
What does delivered potato sales data include?
It can include destination price, product, origin, grade, package, freight basis, volume, and sales period.
Why can delivered sales differ by region?
Local inventory, customer demand, freight, origin mix, package, and supply availability create different destination economics.
How does MassGain connect sales with sourcing?
It traces delivered values back to origin benchmarks, lane costs, availability, and regional replacement options.
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Data and Methodology
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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.
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