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The weekly potato board
This week's biggest shipping point FOB moves, week over week per cwt, largest first
Source last checked Aug 28, 2026 · page revised Aug 28, 2026
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About this data
- Source
- USDA AMS shipping point potato FOB reports (FV130)
- Series
- Biggest week-over-week potato FOB moves
- Basis
- FOB shipping point, per hundredweight
- Geography
- Across US growing origins
- Calculation
- Week over week
- Update frequency
- USDA reports on business days, board computed weekly
Biggest move this week: Columbia Basin russet 40–50-count norkotah, now mostly $20.00/50 lb carton ($40.00/cwt), a +$5.00/cwt move on the week.
Columbia Basin russet 40-50-count norkotah gained $5.00/cwt this week to mostly $20.00/50 lb carton, the largest move on the board. Idaho russet 60-count norkotah was up $4.00/cwt to mostly $20.00/50 lb carton. Minnesota reds and Wisconsin russets each eased $2.00/cwt.
| Origin, variety and count | Price (per pack) | Per cwt | Week over week (per cwt) | USDA report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Basin russet 40–50-count norkotah | mostly $20.00/50 lb carton | $40.00/cwt | +$5.00/cwt | IF_FV130 |
| Idaho russet 60-count norkotah | mostly $20.00/50 lb carton | $40.00/cwt | +$4.00/cwt | IF_FV130 |
| Minnesota red size a | $11.50-13.00/10×5 lb bale | $23.00-26.00/cwt | -$2.00/cwt | IF_FV130 |
| Minnesota red size a | $11.50-13.00/50 lb carton | $23.00-26.00/cwt | -$2.00/cwt | IF_FV130 |
| Minnesota red size a | $9.50-11.00/50 lb sack | $19.00-22.00/cwt | -$2.00/cwt | IF_FV130 |
| Minnesota red size a | $15.00-18.00/cwt | — | -$2.00/cwt | IF_FV130 |
| Wisconsin russet 100-count norkotah | mostly $12.00-13.00/50 lb carton | $24.00-26.00/cwt | -$2.00/cwt | IF_FV130 |
| Wisconsin russet 80-count norkotah | mostly $17.00-18.00/50 lb carton | $34.00-36.00/cwt | -$2.00/cwt | IF_FV130 |
| Columbia Basin russet 60–70-count norkotah | mostly $18.00/50 lb carton | $36.00/cwt | +$2.00/cwt | IF_FV130 |
| Idaho russet 40–50-count norkotah | mostly $20.00/50 lb carton | $40.00/cwt | +$2.00/cwt | IF_FV130 |
| Idaho russet 70-count norkotah | mostly $19.00/50 lb carton | $38.00/cwt | +$2.00/cwt | IF_FV130 |
| Idaho russet 10 oz minimum norkotah | mostly $16.00/50 lb sack | $32.00/cwt | +$2.00/cwt | IF_FV130 |
| Columbia Basin russet 10 oz minimum norkotah | $8.50-10.00/50 lb sack | $17.00-20.00/cwt | +$1.50/cwt | IF_FV130 |
| Idaho russet 10 oz minimum burbank | $8.00-10.00/50 lb sack | $16.00-20.00/cwt | +$1.50/cwt | IF_FV130 |
| Minnesota red size b | $20.00-23.00/50 lb carton | $40.00-46.00/cwt | +$1.00/cwt | IF_FV130 |
Previous weeks
An earlier week
Wisconsin russet 70-count norkotah gained $8.00/cwt to $42.00/cwt, leading a broad board rally. Most origins and counts firmed $2.00 to $6.00/cwt on the week. Minnesota reds slipped $1.00/cwt, the sole softness in the table.
Week of Aug 10, 2026
Columbia Basin russet 40–50-count norkotah rose to mostly $13.00/50 lb carton, up $3.00/cwt on the week. Wisconsin bales firmed $1.50/cwt, while Columbia Basin russet 100-count norkotah and Idaho Burbank 40–70-count each moved up $1.50/cwt. The week saw broad strength, with gains ranging from $0.50 to $3.00/cwt across origins.
How to read this weekly potato report
This board is the week's potato report in one table: the quotes that moved most across every origin, variety and pack currently reporting to USDA, ranked by the size of the move rather than by price level.
Read a row from the left. The first column names what is being quoted, an origin, a variety and a size or count, because a potato price means nothing without its spec attached. The second is the price as USDA published it, per pack, as a range. The third puts that same quote on a per-hundredweight basis so a 50 lb carton, a baled 10 by 5 lb consumer bag and a 2,000 lb bulk tote sit on one scale. The fourth is the week-over-week change on that per-cwt basis, and it is what the board sorts on. The last names the USDA shipping point report the quote came from.
The sort runs on the size of the move, not its direction, so a row can reach the top for falling as easily as for rising. Read the sign in the week-over-week column before reading the rank. Large steps usually trace to something structural rather than to the market as a whole repricing: a district starting or finishing its crop, a shift in the size or grade mix being quoted, or freight.
The board is rebuilt with each weekly brief off the same USDA reports that feed every price page here. For the longer history behind any row, follow it to its origin, variety or pack page.