Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Size Distribution Analytics
The potato size distribution analytics view shows the share of a lot within defined diameter, length, weight, or count-size bands. Wholesalers and processors can forecast pack-out, product recovery, and specification shortages that a simple average size would hide.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato size-distribution data describes the share of a lot within defined diameter, length, weight, or count-size bands. The market object is the complete size mix by supplier, origin, variety, grade, storage cohort, package, and receiving market.
Use the data to forecast pack-out, processing recovery, package counts, and shortages or surpluses in specific commercial sizes. Compare distributions with contract tolerances, customer demand, regional prices, inventory, and sorting loss rather than relying on one average size.
Data Module
Potato Size Distribution Analytics
Market objectlot size distribution
Primary measureshare by defined size band
Key dimensionssupplier, origin, variety, grade
Commercial usepack-out and product planning
Measurementdiameter, length, weight, count
Compare withdemand, contracts, yield, inventory
Analysis
Why this matters
Average size can remain stable while the commercially important tails change materially. A lot can contain too few large russets or too many small potatoes even when its mean appears normal.
Commercial interpretation should focus on the bands that drive customer and process value. Size scarcity can therefore create a premium inside a generally well-supplied potato market.
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.
October 26, 2026Latest MassGain publication
Flat headline prices mask a regional squeeze on carton russets
MassGain’s physical indicators are unchanged, but USDA shipping‑point reports and terminal quotes show premiums for 40–70s russets. UCUI remains NORMAL even as European yields and UK storage quality draw attention.
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 distributors, wholesalers, processors, and procurement teams that need to understand the full size distribution of a potato lot rather than relying on one average. Size mix determines pack-out, customer suitability, cut yield, count per package, freight efficiency, and the availability of premium specifications. MassGain organizes size data by supplier, origin, variety, grade, storage cohort, package, and receiving market.
The suite can compare count, weight, and percentage across defined diameter, length, or count-size bands. Users can connect those distributions with wholesale prices, contract tolerances, sorting loss, finished-product yield, and customer demand. A lot with an acceptable average can still be commercially weak if too much volume sits outside the required band. Distributors can identify where incoming mix will create shortages or excess by pack. Procurement can evaluate quality-adjusted bids. Processors can predict recovery for fries, chips, or prepared products.
MassGain does not replace physical sizing equipment or customer specifications. It provides the market and analytical layer needed to compare distributions consistently, detect shifts before claims emerge, and value each lot according to the mix of saleable or processable sizes it actually contains.
Use Case
A wholesaler receives normal total volume but repeatedly runs short of large foodservice russets. MassGain shows arrivals are increasingly concentrated in smaller sizes, even though average weight remains stable. The team changes replenishment by origin and protects large-size customers before the shortage appears in total inventory.
FAQs
Why analyze a full potato size distribution?
Averages can hide shortages or surpluses in the specific bands that determine pack-out and customer value.
How can size be expressed?
Diameter, length, weight, count size, or percentages within agreed bands can all be used.
How does MassGain add value?
It links size mix with contracts, prices, pack-out, yield, customer demand, inventory, and origin.
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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.