Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Factory Gate Price
A potato factory gate price is the value of a processed potato product as it leaves the manufacturing facility under stated terms. Buyers can compare plants and products on a common basis, then add destination logistics separately to build a clean delivered-cost bridge.
Market Data
How to read this market
A potato factory gate price is the value of a defined processed potato product as it leaves the manufacturing facility under stated commercial terms. It should identify plant, product format, pack, customer basis, contract period, and which downstream freight or services are excluded.
Use factory-gate data to isolate plant and product economics from route-specific delivery costs. Compare it with regional raw-potato benchmarks, conversion inputs, packaging, energy, and historical finished-product spreads before building a delivered-cost comparison.
Data Module
Potato Factory Gate Price
ObjectProcessed-product price at plant exit
DimensionsPlant, product, pack, contract period
Included costsConversion and stated plant-level terms
Commercial useSupplier bids and margin bridges
ComparisonRaw potato, FOB, delivered price
WatchpointDownstream freight may be excluded
Analysis
Why this matters
Factory-gate pricing matters because it separates manufacturing economics from logistics. Two plants can quote different factory prices yet reverse order after destination freight, while the same factory price can conceal very different raw-material and conversion pressures.
Interpret movement through a cost bridge: raw potatoes, yield, oil or energy, labor, packaging, utilization, and product mix. That shows whether a change is agricultural, operational, or commercial.
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 food processors, procurement teams, distributors, finance leaders, and commercial analysts that need to benchmark potato-product prices at the factory gate. A factory gate price represents the value of goods leaving the processing facility before some downstream freight, distribution, or customer-specific services are added. MassGain helps users define the product, plant, pack, contract period, delivery term, and included costs before comparing offers.
Factory gate pricing reflects more than raw potatoes. Conversion yield, oil, energy, labor, packaging, plant utilization, product mix, quality, and processor margin all contribute. MassGain supplies the external regional potato benchmark needed to isolate the agricultural component and compare it with the finished product’s historical spread. Procurement can normalize processor bids, finance can review plant-level selling prices and margins, and distributors can build a transparent delivered-cost bridge. The result is a clean comparison point that prevents factory price, FOB price, and delivered price from being mixed and helps users identify whether a change originates in raw materials, conversion, plant constraints, or downstream logistics.
Use Case
A distributor compares factory-gate frozen-fry offers from two plants. MassGain maps each plant to its potato region and normalizes pack and product specifications. After adding destination freight, the higher factory price delivers the lower landed cost to eastern branches, while the cheaper plant remains best for western demand.
FAQs
What is a potato factory gate price?
It is the price of a defined potato product as it leaves the processing facility under stated terms.
What is usually excluded?
Downstream freight, distribution, customer service, duties, and destination handling may be excluded.
Why compare factory-gate prices separately?
It separates plant and product economics from route-specific logistics and customer costs.
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