Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Fob Shipping Point Sales
Potato FOB shipping point sales describes transactions priced at a named origin before buyer-paid freight and destination costs, subject to the sale terms. Preserving product, origin, package, crop period, and timing gives wholesalers a clean commodity anchor for landed-cost and alternate-origin comparisons.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato FOB shipping point sales describe transactions priced at a named origin before buyer-paid freight and other destination costs, subject to the specific sale terms. Comparable observations should preserve origin, variety, grade, size, package, crop period, and transaction timing.
Use FOB data as the origin-market anchor for landed-cost analysis. Pairing it with lane freight, transit shrink, and destination demand shows whether a lower shipping-point price actually creates a better delivered sourcing option.
Data Module
FOB shipping point context
Originnamed shipping region
Productvariety, grade, size, and package
FOB valueorigin transaction price
Timingcrop and shipment period
Freight bridgebuyer-paid transport to destination
Decision usesourcing, supplier, and landed-cost analysis
Analysis
Why this matters
FOB and delivered prices can move differently because freight and destination conditions have separate economics. A stable origin market can coexist with higher customer invoices if lanes tighten.
That makes FOB data useful for isolating the commodity component of a delivered quote. The comparison also shows when an alternate origin’s apparent discount disappears after transport is included.
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
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Four integrated products built for the physical potato market, delivered through public pages, reports, exports, dashboards, and API access.
1
Content
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2
UCUI™
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- Understand uncertainty
- Anticipate risk
- Act earlier
3
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MassGain Potato Index: independent physical-pricing intelligence and trend analysis.
- Price discovery
- Regional trends
- Procurement planning
4
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- Contracts
- Negotiations
- Risk models
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for potato growers, packers, shippers, wholesalers, and analysts that need to understand FOB shipping-point sales. FOB shipping-point pricing generally reflects the product value at the named origin, with the buyer assuming specified freight and transit responsibilities after shipment. MassGain organizes these sales by region, variety, grade, size, package, crop period, and market timing so users can compare origin markets consistently.
The distinction between FOB and delivered sales is essential. A lower FOB value may not produce a lower destination cost once freight, fuel, accessorials, transit loss, and service risk are included. MassGain helps users compare shipping-point sales with historical regional ranges, crop and storage conditions, market depth, and practical alternate origins. Growers can assess selling opportunities, packers can benchmark transactions, and buyers can build transparent landed-cost models. The result is a clearer origin-market reference that identifies whether price movement began in the potatoes themselves or appeared later through transportation and destination conditions.
Use Case
A wholesaler compares FOB russet carton sales from Idaho and Colorado for two branches. MassGain confirms Idaho is cheaper at origin, but current lane rates make Colorado the lower delivered-cost source for the eastern branch. Procurement splits the award by destination and preserves the FOB benchmarks for supplier negotiation.
FAQs
What does FOB shipping point mean?
It generally means the transaction is priced at the named origin, with freight and risk responsibilities defined by the sale terms.
Why can FOB and delivered prices move differently?
Freight, fuel, accessorials, transit loss, local inventory, and destination demand can change after the origin sale.
How does MassGain use FOB sales data?
It standardizes origin-market observations and connects them with crop, storage, historical, and landed-cost context.
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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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