Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Weekly Price Direction Indicator
A potato weekly price direction indicator summarizes whether comparable physical prices moved up, down, or remained stable. MassGain aligns product, region, grade, basis, and market stage and adds transaction breadth, volume, and confidence so one isolated trade does not define the market.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato weekly-price-direction-indicator data summarizes whether matched physical prices are strengthening, weakening, or stable after product, region, grade, size, unit, delivery basis, and market stage are aligned. The market object is recent direction plus the breadth and confidence supporting it.
Use the data to combine transaction movement, bids, offers, ranges, volume, and regional breadth and to connect the signal with crop, storage, shipments, and buyer activity.
Data Module
Potato Weekly Price Direction Indicator
Market objectrecent physical-price direction
Primary measureup, down, or stable signal
Key dimensionsproduct, region, week, market stage
Commercial usenear-term market monitoring
Confidencebreadth, volume, matched evidence
Compare withcrop, stocks, buyer activity
Analysis
Why this matters
One premium transaction can turn a naive weekly comparison upward even when most matched markets are unchanged. Direction is stronger when multiple regions and transactions confirm it.
Commercial interpretation should include breadth and confidence and avoid treating the indicator as a forecast of the next week.
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 using a potato weekly price direction indicator to summarize whether matched physical prices are strengthening, weakening, or stable. MassGain combines current and prior-week observations only after aligning product, region, grade, size, unit, delivery basis, and market stage.
It can incorporate transaction direction, bid-offer movement, range midpoint, volume, market breadth, and confidence while keeping the underlying evidence visible. Users can distinguish a broad directional move from one premium lot, assess whether momentum is accelerating or fading, and connect the signal with shipments, crop conditions, storage, buyer activity, and seasonal patterns.
Procurement can time coverage reviews, finance can update near-term assumptions, and analysts can communicate market direction without reducing a thin market to false precision. MassGain does not predict future prices or treat the indicator as a trading signal. It provides a transparent, reproducible summary of recent physical-market movement and clearly labels mixed, sparse, or specification-specific conditions.
Use Case
A weekly indicator turns upward after three stable weeks. MassGain shows matched prices rose in four regions with increasing transaction breadth, while one region remained flat. Procurement advances a planned coverage review but does not assume a sustained trend until the signal persists.
FAQs
What does a weekly price direction indicator show?
It summarizes whether comparable potato-market evidence moved up, down, or remained stable over the week.
Why include breadth and volume?
A move supported by more regions and transactions is stronger than one isolated observation.
Does the indicator forecast next week?
No. It describes recent direction and the confidence of the supporting physical evidence.
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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.