The potato board, readable.
USDA shipping point FOB prices by origin, variety, pack and carton count, normalized to a per-hundredweight board, plus the volumes shipped and crossed from Canada, and a weekly board of what moved. One brief a week. No forecasts, no buy signals.
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Data through Oct 16, 2026 · updated Oct 17, 2026
Latest issue · Oct 16, 2026
Idaho Norkotah 70-Count at $23.00, $6.00 Over the Columbia Basin
Idaho Norkotah 70-count reached $23.00 this week, opening a $6.00 gap over the Columbia Basin at mostly $17.00. Idaho 40s and 50s are at $24.00, 92% above the five-year median per USDA shipping point reports.
Read the brief →Furthest from the 5-yr median, either direction
The full board →Shipment and import volume, furthest from the 5-yr median
The data
Origins
FOB prices by growing origin: Idaho, the Columbia Basin, the San Luis Valley, Wisconsin, the Red River Valley, California, Florida and more, plus Canadian imports, with each origin's shipment volume.
15 pagesVarieties
FOB prices by variety across origins: russet, red, yellow, white and long white, plus the red-versus-russet price spread per hundredweight.
6 pagesPacks & counts
FOB prices by pack and count: 50 lb russet cartons graded 40- to 100-count, 50 lb sacks, baled consumer bags and bulk totes, all normalized to a per-hundredweight board so packs compare apples to apples, plus the US No. 1 to US No. 2 grade discount on the same potato.
4 pagesThe Board
The weekly board: this week's biggest FOB movers per hundredweight, largest move first.
1 pageWhy prices are moving
Why potato prices are rising or falling right now at the benchmark spec, updated every week the data moves.
2 pagesCurrent price
The current benchmark potato price in one sentence: the USDA range, the move and what drives it.
1 page