Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Wholesale Market Grade Data
Potato wholesale market grade data identifies the quality class attached to a wholesale observation, including defects, condition, size, package, origin, and inspection basis. Grade-specific pricing helps buyers compare usable economics instead of treating premium, commercial, and off-grade potatoes as interchangeable.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato wholesale market grade data identifies the quality class attached to a wholesale observation, including grade, defects, condition, cleanliness, size, package, origin, and inspection basis. Grade metadata is essential because premium, commercial, and off-grade potatoes are not economically interchangeable.
Use the data to compare like-for-like prices and to estimate the quality-adjusted cost of usable product. Linking grade-specific values with pack-out, shrink, customer suitability, and regional availability helps determine whether a premium reflects genuine quality or simply a different market basis.
Data Module
Wholesale grade data context
Gradeapplicable quality classification
Conditiondefects and inspection findings
Size and packcommercial presentation
Originproducing region
Pricematched wholesale value
Decision usequote normalization and quality-adjusted costing
Analysis
Why this matters
Grade can move independently of the overall market. Abundant commercial-grade supply may depress a broad average while premium product remains tight, or a higher-priced lot may actually deliver a lower cost per saleable case because pack-out is stronger.
The analytical mistake is comparing prices before quality. Grade-specific benchmarking turns what looks like a price premium into a measurable tradeoff between purchase cost, shrink, and customer value.
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 wholesalers, distributors, packers, retailers, and data teams that need structured grade information from wholesale markets. Potato wholesale market grade data identifies the quality class attached to an observation or transaction, including applicable defects, condition, size, cleanliness, pack, origin, and inspection basis. MassGain’s potato data suite helps keep grade differences visible so users do not compare premium product with commercial or off-grade potatoes as though they were interchangeable.
Grade strongly affects price, pack-out, shrink, customer suitability, and resale options. A market can appear weak because lower-grade volume is abundant while premium grade remains tight, or a supplier quote can look expensive because it reflects stronger quality and lower expected waste. MassGain connects grade-specific prices with regional availability, historical premiums, shipment timing, and destination demand.
The analysis supports bid normalization, supplier review, customer pricing, inventory valuation, and quality-adjusted benchmarking. MassGain does not conduct inspections or certify grade. It provides the market framework needed to standardize grade metadata, understand the commercial value of quality differences, and determine whether a price premium or discount is supported by observable wholesale conditions.
Use Case
A wholesaler compares two red-potato offers. One is cheaper but carries a commercial grade and a wider defect range; the other is premium grade with stronger pack-out. MassGain shows the quality-adjusted cost per saleable case favors the higher headline price, so procurement awards core volume there.
FAQs
What belongs in wholesale potato grade data?
Grade, defect tolerances, condition, size, cleanliness, package, origin, inspection basis, and date should be defined.
Why should prices be compared within grade?
Different quality classes have different pack-out, shrink, customer suitability, and market value.
How does MassGain support grade-adjusted analysis?
It connects grade-specific prices with history, availability, product use, and expected usable yield.
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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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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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