Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Shepody Potato Prices
Shepody potato prices benchmark a processing variety on a matched basis for origin, crop period, solids, size, storage, contract status, unit, and delivery. Procurement teams can normalize quality and freight and compare offers with regional processing markets and substitutes.
Market Data
How to read this market
Shepody potato-price data benchmarks a processing variety by origin, crop period, solids, size and length profile, storage condition, contract status, unit, and delivery basis. The market object is a matched Shepody lot or assessment rather than a generic processing-potato quote.
Use the data to validate supplier offers, normalize freight and quality, and compare Shepody with regional processing benchmarks and approved substitutes. Thin spot observations should be qualified by volume, urgency, and specification before being treated as representative.
Data Module
Shepody Potato Prices
Market objectmatched Shepody price
Primary measuresquote, trade, benchmark basis
Key dimensionsorigin, quality, solids, delivery
Commercial usevariety-specific price benchmarking
Normalizationunit, freight, crop period
Compare withprocessing recovery and substitutes
Analysis
Why this matters
Shepody quotes can diverge sharply because variety-specific spot trade may be thin and quality-sensitive. One urgent load can print above the broader processing market without establishing a durable price level.
Commercial interpretation should compare cost per usable processing output. A higher headline price may be justified by stronger solids, length, or delivered economics.
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 teams, processors, growers, and market analysts that need reliable Shepody potato prices. Shepody is a processing variety whose value depends on region, crop period, quality, solids, size and length profile, storage condition, contract status, and delivery basis. MassGain helps users identify the correct market reference instead of applying a broad potato price to a variety-specific exposure.
The suite organizes Shepody observations by origin, unit, grade, delivery window, spot or contract basis, and included freight or storage. It compares those values with processing-potato benchmarks, crop conditions, acreage, storage inventories, processor demand, and approved substitutes. Procurement can test whether a supplier quote is consistent with the relevant regional market. Growers can compare realized values. Finance can build a variety-specific budget rather than using a blended raw-potato assumption.
Shepody markets may be thin, and reported quotes can reflect small urgent lots or quality differences. MassGain does not guarantee that every observation is executable. It provides source, timing, definition, and physical-market context so users can distinguish genuine variety scarcity from a mismatched product, region, or commercial basis.
Use Case
A frozen-potato processor receives a Shepody quote above its regional benchmark. MassGain shows the offer includes delivery and unusually strong length and solids, while the benchmark is farmgate average quality. After normalizing freight and recovery, the premium is commercially reasonable.
FAQs
What determines a Shepody potato price?
Region, crop year, quality, solids, size, contract status, storage, unit, and delivery basis determine value.
Why can Shepody quotes be volatile?
Thin trade, processor urgency, local shortages, quality variation, and small spot lots can move reported prices sharply.
How does MassGain normalize Shepody prices?
It aligns product, origin, timing, unit, freight, quality, contract basis, and processing 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.
Commercial use and licensing
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