Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Table Potato Prices
Table potato prices describe potatoes sold for direct consumer or foodservice use rather than industrial processing or seed. MassGain aligns origin, variety, grade, size, appearance, package, crop period, storage, and freight so buyers can benchmark like-for-like products and isolate narrow premiums from broader market movement.
Market Data
How to read this market
Table potato prices refer to potatoes sold for direct consumer or foodservice use. Comparable observations should align origin, variety, grade, size, appearance, package, crop period, storage condition, and delivery basis.
Use the data to benchmark like-for-like table products and determine whether a price change is broad or confined to a specific size, pack, or origin. Shipping-point and wholesale values can be combined with freight and pack-out to estimate delivered usable cost.
Data Module
Table potato price context
Originproducing region
Varietyconsumer potato type
Gradequality classification
Sizecount or size band
Packageretail or foodservice format
Decision usebuying, promotion, and branch pricing
Analysis
Why this matters
Table potatoes should not be benchmarked against processing or seed markets. Their price formation reflects visual quality, size distribution, package demand, and consumer-market conditions that can diverge from industrial potato economics.
Within the table market, narrow shortages are common. One size can carry a premium while adjacent sizes remain stable. Buyers should therefore identify the exact specification causing the increase and test substitution or pack changes before treating the move as category-wide inflation.
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 packers, distributors, retailers, foodservice buyers, growers, and fresh-market analysts that need to benchmark table potato prices. Table potatoes are sold for direct consumption rather than industrial processing, and their value depends on origin, variety, grade, size, appearance, package, crop maturity, storage condition, and delivery basis. MassGain helps users compare these attributes consistently.
A broad potato price may be a poor reference for table supply because processing contracts, seed, or bulk industrial potatoes follow different buyers and specifications. MassGain organizes shipping-point and wholesale observations by product and region, adds historical seasonal ranges, and connects price movement with harvest timing, storage quality, pack-out, freight, and local demand. Buyers can identify whether a premium is tied to one size, package, or origin and compare practical alternatives on delivered usable cost. Growers and packers can use the same evidence to evaluate marketing windows and customer demand. The result is a transparent table-potato benchmark that supports daily buying, supplier negotiation, promotion planning, and branch pricing without confusing consumer-grade product with unrelated potato channels.
Use Case
A retailer receives a category-wide increase on table potatoes. MassGain shows that the pressure is concentrated in small yellow potatoes for five-pound bags, while larger white and russet formats remain stable. The buyer accepts the narrow adjustment, shifts promotional emphasis, and avoids repricing the entire table-potato assortment.
FAQs
What are table potatoes?
They are potatoes marketed for direct consumer or foodservice use rather than industrial processing or seed.
Why do table potato prices vary?
Variety, grade, size, appearance, package, origin, season, storage, and freight all influence value.
How does MassGain improve table-potato comparisons?
It aligns product, region, package, timing, quality, and delivery basis and adds historical context.
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Data and Methodology
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Timing and revisions
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