Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Price Per Pound
Potato price per pound can connect bulk potato markets with familiar commercial units, but raw, packed, processed, and delivered pounds are different economic objects. MassGain normalizes the weight while keeping the market and cost layers needed for valid procurement comparisons.
Market Data
How to read this market
potato price per pound expresses a matched potato-market value on the requested unit basis while preserving the original market definition. A converted number is useful only when origin, product, grade, crop period, market channel, quality, and delivery basis remain attached.
For procurement & market intelligence teams using this page for pricing / benchmarking, MassGain should be used to match the observation to relevant regional potato markets and the relevant product, timing, and transaction basis. The data becomes decision-ready when it is compared with historical ranges, crop or storage conditions, demand, contracts, freight, and practical alternate supply rather than treated as a universal potato signal.
Data Module
Potato Price Per Pound context
Per Poundnormalized requested unit
Source marketoriginal geography and transaction basis
Productvariety, grade, end use, and package
Timingcrop period and observation date
Adjustmentsfreight, quality, yield, currency, or packaging
Decision usecomparison, budgeting, and delivered cost
Analysis
Why this matters
Unit conversion improves readability but does not remove basis differences. Farm-level bulk, processing-contract, wholesale, and delivered prices can all share the same denominator while representing different economic objects.
The commercial interpretation should therefore focus on fit and transmission: which physical condition affects which supplier, plant, customer, or contract, and on what timetable. MassGain should be used to preserve those distinctions, compare related markets, and apply the signal only where the geography, product, timing, and transaction basis actually align.
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 foodservice buyers, processors, distributors, and analysts that need potato prices expressed per pound. Per-pound pricing is useful for case-cost models, ingredient comparisons, menu economics, and converting bulk agricultural quotes into a familiar commercial unit. MassGain supports that conversion while preserving region, potato type, grade, crop period, package, market channel, and delivery basis.
A per-pound number can describe very different things. Raw processing potatoes at origin, washed retail product, frozen fries, and a delivered foodservice carton each include different levels of conversion, packaging, freight, and service. MassGain helps users distinguish the raw-potato benchmark from the finished or delivered price and understand which adjustments remain. Procurement teams can connect the result to serving cost, processors can compare raw-material economics with yield, and distributors can evaluate replacement cost by package. The page provides a common unit without implying that every potato pound has the same value or commercial characteristics.
Use Case
A restaurant procurement team receives a frozen-fry increase quoted per case and wants to understand the potato component per pound. MassGain converts the matched regional raw-potato benchmark, while the buyer separately models recovery, oil, packaging, and freight. The analysis shows that only part of the finished-product increase is supported by potato movement.
FAQs
How is potato price per pound calculated?
A matched source price is converted by weight while retaining its region, product, unit, and delivery basis.
Does raw potato price per pound equal frozen-product cost?
No. Processing yield, oil, labor, packaging, storage, freight, and service must also be considered.
Why use per-pound pricing?
It helps connect bulk market values with cases, ingredients, servings, and other operating units.
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Data and Methodology
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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.
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Independent publication
Certain observations may be derived from USDA reports. MassGain is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USDA.
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