Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Shipping Point Market Report
A potato shipping point market report summarizes the active origin market by product, price, shipment pace, quality, weather, storage, and availability. Comparing the primary shipping point with history and alternate origins helps buyers see whether a move is broad or confined to one size, pack, or district.
Market Data
How to read this market
A potato shipping point market report describes the current origin market for potatoes being packed and offered from a defined producing region. Useful data includes prices, varieties, grades, sizes, packages, shipment pace, quality, weather, storage position, and reported availability.
Use the report to identify which products or sizes are actually driving market movement and to compare the primary shipping point with alternate origins. Historical seasonal context helps distinguish a routine crop transition from a durable shortage.
Data Module
Shipping point market context
Origindefined producing or packing region
Productvariety, grade, size, and package
Pricecurrent origin-market range
Movementshipment pace and availability
Conditionsweather, storage, and quality
Decision usesourcing, promotion, and origin transition
Analysis
Why this matters
Shipping-point headlines can hide narrow scarcity. A region may look firm because one large-count russet size is tight while smaller sizes and other origins remain balanced.
The commercial response should therefore follow the affected specification. Buyers can preserve scarce product for customers that require it and shift flexible demand elsewhere rather than treating one origin move as a category-wide shortage.
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, grower-shippers, procurement teams, and category managers that need a current origin-market briefing. A potato shipping point market report summarizes prices, varieties, grades, sizes, packages, shipment pace, quality, weather, storage position, and availability at defined producing and packing regions. MassGain’s potato data suite organizes those observations with historical seasonal context and comparable alternate origins.
The report helps users determine whether a price movement is broad or limited to one size, pack, or district. It can show when an early-crop premium is likely to fade, when stored supply is tightening, or when shipment delays are caused by weather rather than a permanent crop shortage. Buyers can connect the origin signal with freight and destination demand before changing branch or customer prices.
The intelligence supports daily sourcing, supplier negotiation, promotion planning, origin transitions, and contingency buying. MassGain does not guarantee every reported offer is executable or replace direct supplier confirmation. It provides a structured, time-stamped view of the shipping-point market so users can compare like with like, identify the constituents driving the headline, and avoid reacting to isolated quotes.
Use Case
A wholesaler sees large russet carton prices rise at its primary Idaho shipping point. MassGain shows the increase is concentrated in 70-count product while smaller sizes and Colorado supply remain stable. Procurement preserves the scarce size for customers that require it and shifts flexible branch demand to the alternate origin.
FAQs
What does a potato shipping point market report include?
It can include origin prices, product specifications, quality, shipments, weather, storage, availability, and seasonal context.
Why can one shipping point move differently from another?
Crop timing, size distribution, quality, storage, packing capacity, local demand, and weather vary by region.
How does MassGain make the report actionable?
It connects origin conditions with historical ranges, alternate markets, freight, and destination needs.
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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.