Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Price by Container Type
Potato price by container type separates the underlying potato value from packaging and logistics. MassGain compares cartons, sacks, totes, bins, bulk, and retail formats after net weight, material, labor, handling, freight utilization, deposits, return logistics, damage, and service are normalized.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato price-by-container-type data separates the underlying potato value from packaging and logistics associated with cartons, sacks, totes, bins, bulk loads, retail bags, and other formats. The market object is the specified potato product delivered in a defined container with net weight, material, deposit or return terms, palletization, handling, freight, and service recorded.
Use the data to normalize supplier quotes to delivered usable cost and compare container economics rather than invoice price alone. Include packaging material, labor, freight utilization, damage, return logistics, deposits, cleaning, and cycle time where relevant.
Data Module
Potato Price by Container Type
Market objectpackaged potato offer
Primary measurespotato value plus container cost
Key dimensionscontainer, net weight, route, terms
Commercial usepackaging and delivered-cost comparison
Cost layersmaterial, labor, handling, freight
Compare withbulk equivalent and usable product
Analysis
Why this matters
Container premiums can move independently of the potato market when paperboard, resin, labor, pooling, or freight changes. Treating the full invoice difference as commodity inflation can misstate the raw market.
Commercial interpretation should decompose packaging and service from potato value. A higher invoice price in a reusable tote can still deliver lower total handling cost for a high-volume customer.
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 benchmarking potato price by container type. MassGain organizes transactions and quotes for cartons, sacks, totes, bins, bulk loads, retail bags, and other formats by net product weight, container material, deposit or return terms, packing labor, palletization, freight utilization, damage, handling, and customer service.
It separates the value of the potatoes from packaging and logistics so users can compare a 50-pound carton with a bulk tote or reusable bin on a common delivered usable basis. Buyers can determine whether a container premium reflects real material and service cost, suppliers can evaluate pack economics, finance can forecast packaging exposure, and operations can assess handling and shrink.
The suite also links container availability and price with resin, paperboard, labor, pooling, route, and seasonal pack demand. MassGain does not provide executable prices or recommend packaging systems. It provides a transparent decomposition of the commercial basis, helping teams avoid treating container-driven price differences as changes in the underlying potato market.
Use Case
A distributor compares potatoes quoted in cartons, woven sacks, and reusable totes. MassGain normalizes net weight, packaging cost, tote deposit, pallet utilization, handling labor, shrink, and backhaul. The reusable tote has the highest invoice price but the lowest delivered handling cost for high-volume customers.
FAQs
Why do potato prices differ by container?
Materials, labor, net weight, handling, freight efficiency, deposits, damage, and service differ.
How should returnable containers be compared?
Deposit, loss, cleaning, return freight, cycle time, and utilization should be included.
How does MassGain isolate potato value?
It separates product price from packing, container, pallet, handling, freight, and service components.
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Data and Methodology
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