Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Wholesale Lot Prices
Potato wholesale lot prices are offer or transaction values for defined truckload, pallet, or mixed-lot quantities with specific origin, grade, size, package, age, condition, and delivery terms. MassGain places each lot against matched regional references so buyers can test whether a discount survives freight, shrink, shelf life, and quality risk.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato wholesale lot prices are transaction or offer values for defined truckload, pallet, or mixed-lot quantities with specific origin, variety, grade, size, package, crop age, condition, volume, and delivery terms. The lot-level market can diverge from broader benchmarks because seller urgency or product condition matters.
MassGain places each lot against matched regional and wholesale references so buyers can judge whether a discount is genuine or compensation for age, quality, limited delivery, or other risk.
Data Module
Wholesale lot context
Lot sizetruckload, pallet, or mixed quantity
Originproduction source
Specificationvariety, grade, size, and pack
Conditioncrop age and quality risk
Market discountspread versus matched benchmark
Decision useopportunistic purchase and inventory allocation
Analysis
Why this matters
A discounted lot can be attractive only if the buyer can turn it fast enough to preserve usable value. Age, condition, shrink, shelf life, or restricted delivery can erase the apparent price advantage.
MassGain helps separate market opportunity from distressed inventory. The analytical test is total resale or processing value after freight, shrink, and timing rather than the headline lot price alone.
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 is for potato distributors, wholesale produce buyers, and category managers who purchase in truckload, pallet, or mixed-lot quantities and need to judge whether a quoted lot is competitive for its exact specification. Potato wholesale lot prices can vary sharply with origin, variety, grade, size profile, package, lot volume, crop age, storage condition, shipping basis, and how urgently the seller needs to move inventory. MassGain’s potato data suite places each offer beside matched regional benchmarks, recent wholesale ranges, crop and storage signals, and comparable shipping-point or terminal markets.
The lot-level view matters because an unusually low price may represent short-dated inventory, an off-size distribution, cosmetic defects, a restricted delivery window, or product that creates more shrink after arrival. A higher-priced lot may offer stronger pack-out, longer shelf life, better service, or a location advantage that lowers freight. MassGain supplies the external market context; the wholesaler adds receiving history, shrink, lane cost, customer specifications, and inventory needs.
This framework supports daily buying, opportunistic inventory purchases, bid comparisons, and margin decisions. MassGain does not inspect individual lots or guarantee availability. It helps buyers distinguish a genuine market opportunity from a discount whose quality, timing, or logistics costs erase the apparent savings.
Use Case
A regional produce wholesaler is offered three truckloads of russet cartons below its normal weekly price. MassGain shows the offer is genuinely discounted versus matched wholesale lots, but the potatoes are older storage crop with a narrow delivery window. The buyer checks recent shrink on similar lots, assigns the product to high-turn foodservice branches, negotiates a further allowance for condition risk, and declines volume that would remain in inventory beyond its expected shelf life.
FAQs
What defines a comparable wholesale potato lot?
Origin, variety, grade, size, package, volume, crop period, condition, delivery timing, and freight basis should all match.
Why can one wholesale lot trade below the market?
Age, condition, off-size product, seller urgency, limited delivery windows, or excess local inventory can create a discount.
How does MassGain help evaluate a discounted lot?
It compares the offer with matched regional markets while helping buyers account for shrink, shelf life, freight, and usable resale value.
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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.
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.
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