Sep 11, 2026
Basin Norkotah 60-Count Firms to $20.00, Even With Idaho 70-Count
Basin Norkotah 60-count firmed to mostly $20.00, 50 lb carton, up 11% on the week, reaching parity with Idaho 70-count FOBs as fall harvest runs. Idaho exports fell 84% week over week.
Numbers as of Sep 11, 2026 pull
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Columbia Basin russet Norkotah 60-count firmed to mostly $20.00, 50 lb carton, up 11% on the week per USDA shipping point reports and now 43% above the five-year median. The Basin quote reached parity with Idaho russet Norkotah 70-count FOBs at $20.00-21.00 for the same pack. Wisconsin and the San Luis Valley are both quoting mostly $20.00 on their Norkotah 70-counts, putting all four major origins within a dollar of each other as fall harvest runs across Idaho, the Columbia Basin, Wisconsin and the Red River Valley.
Notable moves:
- Idaho russet Norkotah 70-count: $20.00-21.00, 50 lb carton, flat on the week per USDA shipping point reports. Running 44% above the five-year median.
- San Luis Valley russet Norkotah 70-count: mostly $20.00-21.00, 50 lb carton per USDA shipping point reports. Matching Idaho's range.
- Wisconsin russet Norkotah 70-count: mostly $20.00, 50 lb carton per USDA shipping point reports. At parity with the Basin 60-count.
- Minnesota red Size A: $12.00-14.00, 50 lb carton per USDA shipping point reports. Markon's Sep 10 update reported adequate volume on all sizes from Minnesota, with harvest expected to run into early October.
Movement:
- Maine shipments: 4,085 cwt, up 782.3% week over week per USDA movement data. Volume still running 9% below the four-year median.
- Michigan shipments: 35,287 cwt, 165% above the four-year median, up 3% on the week per USDA movement data.
- San Luis Valley exports: 33,434 cwt, 70% above the five-year median per USDA movement data.
- Idaho exports: 2,955 cwt, down 84.4% week over week and 52% below the five-year median per USDA movement data. No confirmed cause has been published.
- Kansas shipments: 1,780 cwt, down 74.1% week over week. Still running 94% above the three-year median per USDA movement data.
- Canadian import crossings: 15,532 cwt for the week of Sep 9 per USDA movement data.
Data note: 167 series including California have not updated in over two weeks. California movement and FOB data should be treated as stale.