Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Inventory Mark to Market
Potato inventory mark to market compares carrying value with a current physical-market reference adjusted for product, quality, age, location, commitments, and selling costs. Lot-level valuation helps distributors and lenders identify stale book values without applying one headline price to every inventory cohort.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato inventory mark to market compares the carrying value of stored potatoes with a current physical-market reference adjusted for product, quality, age, location, crop period, commitments, and expected selling costs. Different lots should be valued separately because their realizable markets can diverge.
Use the data to identify stale book values, quality-related discounts, or replacement-cost changes and document the market evidence behind internal valuation decisions. Regional benchmarks should be qualified by shelf life, shrink, freight, and buyer access.
Data Module
Inventory mark-to-market context
Book valuecurrent carrying amount
Market benchmarkmatched regional value
Qualitygrade, condition, and shelf life
Agecrop and storage cohort
Selling costsfreight, shrink, and handling
Decision usevaluation, collateral, and margin review
Analysis
Why this matters
Inventory can lose realizable value without a broad market-price decline if age or quality limits the available buyer set. Conversely, a tight replacement market can increase the economic value of strong, usable stock.
The analytical challenge is selecting a genuinely executable market reference. Emergency trades or unrelated grades should not be used to revalue an entire inventory book.
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 potato distributors, wholesalers, storage operators, lenders, and finance teams that need to revalue inventory as physical-market conditions change. Potato inventory mark to market compares the carrying or book value of stored product with a current, relevant market reference, adjusted for quality, location, crop age, package, commitments, and expected selling costs.
MassGain helps users avoid applying one headline price to every inventory lot. Potatoes in storage can differ materially by variety, grade, condition, remaining shelf life, buyer channel, and freight access. A current regional benchmark may therefore need adjustments for shrink, quality deterioration, repacking, delivery timing, or the availability of contracted customers. Historical ranges and market-depth signals also help distinguish a representative valuation from an isolated emergency trade.
The analysis supports monthly close, borrowing-base certificates, margin reviews, risk reporting, and sales decisions. Distributors can identify lots whose replacement or realizable value has changed, while lenders can test whether collateral assumptions remain current. MassGain does not determine accounting treatment or provide an official appraisal. It supplies transparent physical-market evidence that users can combine with internal inventory records and valuation policy to detect stale prices, document adjustments, and understand where market movement could create gains, losses, or liquidity pressure.
Use Case
A distributor carries stored russet cartons from two crop periods at the same book value. MassGain shows the older lot has a lower current market range because of shortened shelf life and higher expected shrink. Finance records a targeted valuation adjustment, while the newer contracted inventory remains unchanged.
FAQs
What is potato inventory mark to market?
It is the comparison of inventory carrying value with a current, matched physical-market value.
Why should inventory lots be valued separately?
Variety, quality, age, package, location, contracts, shelf life, and selling costs affect realizable value.
Does MassGain determine the accounting entry?
No. It provides market evidence that finance teams apply under their own accounting and valuation policies.
Put this market intelligence to work
Get historical data, regional detail, benchmarks, alerts, exports, and API access tailored to your procurement
and market-analysis needs.
Data and Methodology
Professional market-data standards
MassGain is building transparent public market infrastructure. Each live metric will identify its date, unit, coverage, methodology, and source basis.
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.
No individualized advice
Content and data are provided for informational and analytical purposes and do not constitute financial, investment, legal, trading, or individualized procurement advice.
Independent publication
Certain observations may be derived from USDA reports. MassGain is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USDA.
Commercial use and licensing
Public display does not grant rights to reproduce, redistribute, republish, or incorporate MassGain indices or references into commercial products or contracts without authorization.