# Basin Norkotah 60-Count Firms to $20.00, Even With Idaho 70-Count _Sep 11, 2026_ > 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._ 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. [Chart: Idaho russet Norkotahs, 70-count 50 lb cartons (FOB)](https://therussetreport.com/current-price/potatoes) ([data](https://therussetreport.com/current-price/potatoes.md) — chart image: https://therussetreport.com/charts/issues/potato/2026-09-11/current-price/potatoes.png) **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. --- Canonical URL: https://therussetreport.com/issues/2026-09-11