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.
Data through Aug 20, 2026 · updated Aug 21, 2026
Latest issue · Aug 10, 2026
Columbia Basin Norkotah 60-Count Firms to $17.00, Up 17% on the Week
Columbia Basin russet Norkotah 60-count up 17% on the week to $17.00 per 50 lb carton, sitting 24% below the 5-yr median. Michigan volume surges 533% week over week. Wisconsin 70-count holds at mostly $21.00, the high on the belt.
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.
5 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.
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.
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