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Idaho potato prices

Shipping point FOB prices and shipment volume for Idaho, USDA reports

Data through Jul 16, 2026 · source last checked Jul 17, 2026 · page revised Jul 20, 2026

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About this data
Source
USDA AMS shipping point potato FOB reports (FV130) and Daily Movement (FV170)
Series
Potato FOB price at a benchmark variety, pack and size
Basis
FOB shipping point, low-high range
Geography
Idaho
Unit
$/50 lb carton
Last observation
Jul 16, 2026
Update frequency
USDA reports on business days

$11.50/50 lb carton, 4% below the 3-yr median. Comparison midpoint: $11.50/50 lb carton.

Upper Valley cartons at $11.50, up 25 cents on the week. Prices rose $3.00 from $8.50 a month ago. Current levels sit 4% below the three-year median and are down 50 cents year-over-year.

The numbers
PeriodCurrentPriorChange
Week over week$11.50/50 lb carton$11.25/50 lb carton+2.2%
Month over month$11.50/50 lb carton$8.50/50 lb carton+35.3%
Year over year$11.50/50 lb carton$12.00/50 lb carton-4.2%
vs 3-yr median$11.50/50 lb carton$12.00/50 lb carton-4.2%

About Idaho potato prices

Upper Snake River Valley — Twin Falls-Burley and the Upper Valley; the nation's #1 russet region.

Season. Idaho potatoes typically ship March through November, based on where USDA movement volumes concentrate over the year. Outside that window fresh shipping point quotes thin out, which is normal crop rotation, not a data gap.