SLV Norkotah 70-Count at $8.00, $2.00 Below Idaho

San Luis Valley russet Norkotah 70-count at mostly $8.00-8.00, 50 lb carton, $2.00 below Idaho's mostly $10.00-10.00 on the same count and pack, per USDA shipping point reports for the week of June 12. The Columbia Basin is at $11.00-11.00 and Wisconsin russet Norkotah 70-count is at mostly $13.00-15.00, both 50 lb carton, putting the origin range on the same count and pack from $8.00 to mostly $13.00-15.00 across four quoting districts. Valley exports at 77,098 cwt, 141% above the 5-year median per movement data, are tracking with the discount to the other storage-crop origins.

Other notable moves:

• California shipments: 132,274 cwt, 228% above the 5-year median per movement data.
• North Carolina: 8,928 cwt, up 200% week over week and 663% above the 5-year median per movement data. Southern new-crop origins are arriving in volume.
• Red River Valley red, size B, 50 lb sack: $13.50, 52% above the 5-year median per USDA shipping point reports, flat on the week.
• Idaho russet Burbank, non-size A, baled 5×10-lb film bags: $3.00, 51% below the 5-year median per USDA shipping point reports, flat on the week.
• Columbia Basin exports: 6,735 cwt, up 90% week over week and 138% above the 5-year median per movement data. The Norkotah 70-count FOB is holding at $11.00-11.00, 50 lb carton.
• Maine: 18,905 cwt, up 34% on the week and 245% above the 5-year median per movement data.

Red River Valley red, size A, 50 lb carton is quoted at mostly $12.00-12.50 as of June 5. That figure has not refreshed to the June 12 report date.

Data note: 125 price and movement series, including Florida, Arizona, Kansas and the import crossing series, have not updated in more than two weeks. Any Florida or import figures in the digest should be treated as stale.