Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Wholesale Quantity and Price Range
Potato wholesale quantity and price range links reported volume with the low, high, midpoint, or prevailing price for a matched product and market. Using quantity alongside price helps buyers distinguish a representative market move from a thin offer or emergency transaction.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato wholesale quantity and price range data links reported market volume with the low, high, midpoint, or prevailing price for a defined product. The observation should preserve origin, variety, grade, size, package, destination, and transaction status.
Use quantity alongside price to judge market depth. A high price supported by meaningful recurring volume is more representative than an isolated small lot, while low total offered volume can signal tightness even when the quoted range appears stable.
Data Module
Quantity and price context
Productmatched potato specification
Volumequantity offered or traded
Price rangelow, high, midpoint, or prevailing
Market depthbreadth of participating volume
Timingobservation date and freshness
Decision usebenchmark validation and negotiation
Analysis
Why this matters
Price without volume can exaggerate thin-market noise. A small emergency transaction at the top of the range may be real but not representative of what a normal buyer can source at scale.
The reverse also matters: a stable price based on very little available volume can conceal emerging scarcity. Market depth should therefore influence how much confidence users place in any quoted range.
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, terminal-market buyers, distributors, category managers, and pricing analysts that need to interpret both the quantity offered and the reported price range. Potato wholesale quantity and price range data shows how much product is associated with low, high, or prevailing values for a defined origin, variety, grade, size, package, and market period.
MassGain helps users see whether a headline range represents a deep market or a few unusual lots. A high asking price attached to limited volume should not carry the same weight as repeated transactions across substantial quantities. Likewise, a narrow price range can hide weak availability if only small volumes are offered. The platform connects quantity and price observations with shipment pace, arrivals, inventory, historical dispersion, crop timing, and alternate origins.
The analysis supports daily buying, benchmark validation, supplier negotiations, and customer pricing. Users can identify whether the market is broadly repricing, whether the midpoint is representative, and where scarcity is concentrated by specification. MassGain does not assume every reported quantity is immediately available or every price is a completed transaction. It provides the volume and market-depth context needed to judge how much confidence belongs in a quoted range and whether a commercial decision should use the low, midpoint, high, or a more qualified benchmark.
Use Case
A wholesaler receives a supplier increase based on the high end of a terminal range. MassGain shows that the high price applies to two small lots, while most comparable volume trades near the midpoint. Procurement benchmarks the contract to the volume-supported range and accepts a premium only for the supplier's genuinely scarce size specification.
FAQs
What does wholesale quantity and price range data show?
It connects reported volume with the low, high, midpoint, or prevailing prices for a defined potato market.
Why does quantity matter when interpreting a price?
A price tied to meaningful volume is usually more representative than an isolated small lot or emergency offer.
How does MassGain assess the range?
It compares volume, transaction status, history, arrivals, inventory, product specifications, and market depth.
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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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