Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Market Sector Weighted Price
Potato market sector weighted price data combines defined potato sectors into an auditable composite reference. MassGain preserves component prices, sector weights, geography, periods, and rebalances so users can see whether movement reflects broad inflation or one market segment.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato market-sector-weighted-price data combines explicitly defined price references from fresh, processing, seed, foodservice, retail, export, or other sectors using documented weights. The market object is the composite basket and each sector's contribution.
Use the data to distinguish broad price movement from changes concentrated in one large sector and to compare the market basket with the buyer's actual purchase mix.
Data Module
Potato Market Sector Weighted Price
Market objectweighted sector price basket
Primary measurecomposite price movement
Key dimensionssector, weight, geography, period
Commercial usecategory and benchmark analysis
Governanceeligibility, weights, rebalances
Compare withbuyer-specific exposure and components
Analysis
Why this matters
A sector-weighted index can move strongly even when the user's market is stable if one large sector dominates the basket. Composite relevance depends on exposure match.
Commercial interpretation should publish sector contributions and distinguish price movement from changes in weights or missing observations.
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 procurement and market-intelligence teams constructing a potato market sector weighted price across fresh, processing, seed, foodservice, retail, export, or other defined channels. MassGain requires explicit sector definitions, eligible products, price sources, transaction basis, volume or value weights, geography, period, and rebalance rules.
It preserves each component price and weight so the aggregate can be decomposed and audited. Users can see whether movement reflects broad inflation or a shift concentrated in one large sector, compare the index with their own purchase mix, and test alternative weighting schemes. Procurement can build a representative external benchmark, finance can explain category variance, and analysts can monitor structural changes in market composition.
The suite also flags when a sector lacks current observations or when changing weights create movement unrelated to matched prices. MassGain does not publish one universal official potato price. It provides a transparent composite framework that makes the basket, methodology, and contribution of every sector visible.
Use Case
A sector-weighted potato index rises 7%, but MassGain shows most movement comes from frozen-processing prices, which carry a large market weight. A fresh-market buyer builds a purchase-mix-weighted version showing only a 2% relevant increase and avoids using the broad index in supplier negotiations.
FAQs
How is a sector weighted price built?
Eligible sector prices are combined using documented volume, value, or other representative weights.
Why can the composite differ from a buyer’s experience?
The market basket may not match the buyer’s products, regions, terms, or spending mix.
How does MassGain keep the index auditable?
It preserves component observations, weights, rebalance dates, gaps, revisions, and contribution calculations.
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Data and Methodology
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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.