Origins
Not currently quotedMichigan potato prices
Shipping point FOB prices and shipment volume for Michigan, USDA reports
Data through Jul 2, 2026 · source last checked Nov 4, 2026 · page revised Nov 3, 2026
Cite
- Michigan
- USDA mostly / low-high range
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
- Michigan
- Unit
- $/5×10 lb bale
- Last observation
- Jul 2, 2026
- Update frequency
- USDA reports on business days
Michigan is not currently quoting shipping point prices. Smaller and seasonal potato districts quote intermittently, so a gap is normal rotation, not a data error. Last reported FOB: mostly $10.50-11.00, russet unsized, Baled 5 × 10-lb film bags, Jul 2, 2026.
Michigan is not currently quoting shipping point prices. The last reported FOB was mostly $10.50-11.00, russet unsized, Baled 5 × 10-lb film bags, on Jul 2, 2026.
Previous weeks
An earlier week
Michigan baled bags at 10.75 per 50 lb master, up 25 cents on the month.
About Michigan potato prices
Michigan's potato quotes, covered by USDA's Benton Harbor market news office, are a storage russet district, the one Midwest or Eastern origin that quotes russets the way Idaho, the Columbia Basin, the San Luis Valley and Wisconsin do further west. Every quote this site has on record for Michigan is a russet.
Michigan is also the one origin on this site that ships almost entirely in baled consumer bags rather than 50 lb cartons or sacks, split close to evenly between its two baled-bag formats. That makes it a consumer-bag benchmark for russets east of the Mississippi, distinct from the carton-and-count trade that defines the four western storage regions. As a storage origin it digs in the fall and draws down its cellars over months rather than shipping a short fresh-crop window. Compare it with the western storage regions on the russet page, keeping in mind that a Michigan quote is a bagged retail-style price, not a foodservice carton price.
Against the national benchmark. The quotes on this page are Michigan's alone. For the single figure the trade quotes as the market, potato prices today follows Idaho's 70-count russet carton per carton, per hundredweight, per pound and per potato, with the date of USDA's latest quote.
Season. Michigan potatoes typically ship October through May, 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.
Common questions
What is the current price of Michigan potatoes?
Michigan is not quoting shipping point prices right now. Its last USDA quote, on Jul 2, 2026, was Norkotah russets in 5×10 lb bales at mostly $10.50-11.00/5×10 lb bale ($21.00-22.00/cwt, $0.21-0.22/lb). Shipments are still moving: USDA logged 31,233 cwt out of Michigan on Oct 27, 2026. The weekly board lists every origin quoting this week.
When does Michigan quote potato prices?
On this site's record since 2021, Michigan shipping point quotes run from November through May, and Michigan has not quoted in August or September in any year on record. Each district quotes on its own crop calendar, so a quiet stretch is the normal rotation, not a gap in the data.
Why do Michigan potato prices change?
Michigan ships out of storage for most of the year, so its price moves in steps through the storage season as shippers and buyers read how much is left in the cellars and how it is keeping, and the new crop sets the next level once digging starts. In the 12 months to Jul 2, 2026, the russet unsized 5×10 lb bale midpoint ran from $10.50/5×10 lb bale (Nov 25, 2025) to $10.75/5×10 lb bale (Jul 2, 2026), and it changed on 1 of its 149 report days; the biggest one-day move was +$0.25/5×10 lb bale on Jul 2, 2026. What moves potato prices covers the supply side in more depth.
How many potatoes does Michigan ship?
USDA's Daily Movement reports logged 2.8 million cwt of fresh Michigan potato shipments in the 12 months to Oct 27, 2026, across 71 report days, 17% more than the 12 months before. By type, that volume was 86% russet, 9% yellow and 4% round white. The latest day on record, Oct 27, 2026, logged 31,233 cwt. A hundredweight (cwt) is 100 lb.