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Cotton (Kapas) Price at Babra Mandi

Agmarknet report for Tuesday, 13 October 2026 2 days ago · Amreli, Gujarat

Modal price · main variety
₹9,525per quintal
▲ +₹75 (0.8%) since 12 Oct

Shanker 6 (B) 30mm FIne (FAQ) · ₹95.25 per kg

In short

What the prices show

On 13 Oct, the price was ₹9,525 per quintal, up 0.8% from ₹9,450 on 12 Oct. Over the last 30 days the price moved between ₹8,725 on 30 Sep and ₹9,875 on 14 Sep. A year earlier, on 11 Oct 2025, the price was ₹7,210; it is now 32% higher.

Price movement

How the price moved

▲ +₹75 (0.8%) since 12 Oct▲ +₹590 (6.6%) since 6 Oct▲ +₹75 (0.8%) since 12 Sep▲ +₹2,315 (32.1%) since 11 Oct 2025

Modal price of the main variety: Shanker 6 (B) 30mm FIne (FAQ). Changes and the chart follow this variety, so they compare like with like.

₹95.25 per kg. Wholesale market price; shops charge more.

Prices by variety on 13 Oct 2026

VarietyGradeMinMaxModal
Shanker 6 (B) 30mm FIneFAQ₹8,700₹10,350₹9,525

Modal price = the price most trade happened at that day. Prices per quintal.

Price chart (per quintal)

₹7,859₹8,444₹9,029₹9,614₹10,1991 Aug1 Sep1 OctAvg ₹9,133▲ ₹9,875▼ ₹8,075
₹6,442₹7,438₹8,434₹9,431₹10,427Nov 2025Jan 2026Mar 2026May 2026Jul 2026Sep 2026Avg ₹8,196▲ ₹9,875▼ ₹6,810
₹6,814₹7,530₹8,246₹8,962₹9,6792026Avg ₹7,917▲ ₹9,282▼ ₹7,078

Records from 2025. The all-years chart shows monthly averages.

Reports in the last 30 days

This market reported on 22 of the last 30 days.

DateModalMinMax
13 Oct₹9,525₹8,700₹10,350
12 Oct₹9,450₹8,605₹10,300
10 Oct₹9,425₹8,750₹10,105
9 Oct₹9,325₹8,850₹9,800
8 Oct₹9,400₹8,750₹10,050
7 Oct₹9,450₹8,700₹10,200
6 Oct₹8,935₹8,250₹9,620
5 Oct₹9,225₹8,700₹9,750
3 Oct₹8,925₹8,550₹9,300
2 Oct₹8,825₹8,200₹9,450
1 Oct₹8,950₹8,550₹9,350
30 Sep₹8,725₹8,300₹9,150
25 Sep₹9,675₹9,200₹10,150
24 Sep₹9,575₹9,100₹10,050
23 Sep₹9,725₹9,250₹10,200
22 Sep₹9,100₹8,200₹10,000
21 Sep₹9,475₹8,850₹10,100
19 Sep₹9,575₹9,050₹10,105
18 Sep₹9,370₹8,600₹10,180
17 Sep₹9,775₹9,200₹10,350
16 Sep₹9,785₹9,250₹10,320
15 Sep₹9,525₹8,700₹10,350
14 Sep₹9,875₹9,250₹10,500

Cotton at other markets

MarketStateModalDate
DhariGujarat₹9,75514 Oct
RajulaGujarat₹9,16314 Oct
The Agricultural Produce Market Committee - AmreliGujarat₹9,75513 Oct
AmirgadhGujarat₹9,25513 Oct
AnjarGujarat₹9,60014 Oct
BhavnagarGujarat₹8,79214 Oct
BhesanGujarat₹9,50014 Oct
BodeliuGujarat₹8,65014 Oct
ChansamaGujarat₹8,56014 Oct
ChotilaGujarat₹9,00014 Oct
Dasada PatadiGujarat₹9,65814 Oct
DhandhukaGujarat₹9,50014 Oct

Cotton prices at every market in Gujarat · Cotton prices across India · All prices at Babra

Questions

Cotton at Babra: questions

What is the cotton price at Babra?

The latest report is from 13 Oct 2026: ₹9,525 per quintal for the Shanker 6 (B) 30mm FIne variety. Babra has not reported it today yet; every price here shows its own date.

What do the minimum, maximum and modal prices mean?

The minimum and maximum are the lowest and highest prices at which the produce sold that day. The modal price is the price at which most of it sold, so it is the best single figure; our charts and changes use it.

How do I turn the quintal price into a price per kg?

A quintal is 100 kg, so divide by 100: ₹9,525 per quintal is ₹95.25 per kg.

Why does Babra list several varieties?

Markets report prices by variety and grade. So that changes compare like with like, the changes and charts here follow Shanker 6 (B) 30mm FIne, the variety Babra reports most often; the table lists every variety.

How often does Babra report cotton prices?

On 22 of the last 30 days. Markets report on the days they trade and send their data, often later the same day or the next day; Sundays and holidays usually have none. We check for new reports every 20 minutes and show each price with its own date.

Where do these prices come from?

Agmarknet, the Government of India's agricultural marketing portal (Directorate of Marketing and Inspection), collects the prices that market committees report each trading day; we take them from data.gov.in.

Source: Agmarknet (Directorate of Marketing & Inspection, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare), via data.gov.in under the Government Open Data Licence – India. Prices as reported by the market committees; 1 quintal = 100 kg. Markets do not report every day; each price shows its own date. We read the source at 08:50 IST on 15 Oct 2026.