Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Packout Percentage
Potato packout percentage is the share of incoming potatoes that meets the grade, size, quality, and customer specification required for the intended sale or process. MassGain connects packout with crop quality, defects, sorting, grade prices, rejection, and downgrade value so procurement can compare suppliers on effective cost per saleable unit.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato packout percentage is the share of incoming potatoes that meets the grade, size, quality, and customer specification needed for the intended sale or process. The object should preserve supplier or origin, crop year, variety, product specification, incoming weight basis, and the disposition of rejects or downgraded potatoes.
Use packout with regional crop quality, grade prices, sorting cost, rejection, and byproduct or downgrade value. This translates gross purchase volume into saleable output and supports supplier comparison on effective cost rather than invoice price.
Data Module
Potato Packout Monitor
Originsupplier and crop region
Productgrade, size, variety, or pack
Inputincoming gross potato volume
Outputsaleable or specification-compliant volume
Contextdefects, sorting, downgrade value
Decision useusable-cost benchmarking
Analysis
Why this matters
A low-priced lot can be expensive if packout is weak because freight, handling, and conversion are spread across fewer saleable units. Packout can also diverge by product: a lot may perform poorly for premium retail yet well for a flexible foodservice pack. The right denominator is the output the buyer can actually sell.
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
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for growers, packers, processors, procurement teams, and finance analysts that need to monitor potato packout percentage. Packout is the share of incoming potatoes that meets the grade, size, quality, and customer specifications required for sale or processing into the intended product. MassGain helps users connect packout with crop conditions, variety, defects, size distribution, storage age, handling, and regional market prices.
Packout is a critical bridge between gross tonnes and usable commercial supply. A large crop can still create tight markets when only a small portion meets premium retail, foodservice, or processing requirements. Lower packout also raises effective cost because the purchase, freight, labor, and handling expense is spread over fewer saleable units. MassGain compares packout by region, supplier, crop year, product, and facility and connects it with grade premiums, rejection rates, byproduct value, and historical patterns. Procurement can compare suppliers on usable cost, growers can understand realized value, and finance can distinguish raw-price movement from quality-driven yield loss. The result is a market-aware packout measure that shows how much incoming crop becomes valuable product and where the remaining volume is downgraded, diverted, or lost.
Use Case
A packer buys a lower-priced lot that appears attractive by tonne. MassGain shows expected packout is 72% versus 88% for a premium origin, and the downgrade outlet is weak. After freight, sorting, and saleable yield, the premium lot produces the lower cost per finished carton.
FAQs
What is potato packout percentage?
It is the share of incoming potatoes that meets the specifications for the intended sale or processing outcome.
Why does packout affect effective cost?
Lower packout spreads purchase, freight, labor, and handling across fewer saleable units.
How does MassGain benchmark packout?
It connects supplier and regional packout with crop quality, grades, prices, rejects, and downgrade value.
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Data and Methodology
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