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Cotton (Kapas) Price at Padampur Mandi

Agmarknet report for Thursday, 15 October 2026 yesterday · Ganganagar, Rajasthan

Modal price · main variety
₹9,025per quintal
▲ +₹45 (0.5%) since 14 Oct

American (FAQ) · ₹90.25 per kg

In short

What the prices show

On 15 Oct, the price was ₹9,025 per quintal, up 0.5% from ₹8,980 on 14 Oct. Over the last 30 days the price moved between ₹8,270 on 3 Oct and ₹9,025 on 15 Oct. That is the highest price in our records, which start in 2024. A year earlier, on 15 Oct 2025, the price was ₹7,160; it is now 26% higher.

Last week

Cotton at Padampur last week

Last week (5 Oct to 11 Oct 2026), the Cotton price at Padampur averaged ₹8,538 per quintal over 6 report days, up 1.9% from ₹8,378 the week before.

During the week it ranged from ₹8,315 on 5 Oct to ₹8,725 on 10 Oct.

In the same week last year it averaged ₹7,411, so last week was 15.2% higher.

Last week's full market report

Price movement

How the price moved

▲ +₹45 (0.5%) since 14 Oct▲ +₹513 (6.0%) since 8 Oct▲ +₹1,865 (26.0%) since 15 Oct 2025

Modal price of the main variety: American (FAQ). Changes and the chart follow this variety, so they compare like with like.

₹90.25 per kg. Wholesale market price; shops charge more.

Prices by variety on 15 Oct 2026

VarietyGradeMinMaxModal
AmericanFAQ₹8,200₹9,080₹9,025
DesiFAQ₹8,200₹8,750₹8,750

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

Price chart (per quintal)

₹8,179₹8,425₹8,670₹8,916₹9,16124 Sep1 Oct8 OctAvg ₹8,595▲ ₹9,025▼ ₹8,270
₹6,830₹7,467₹8,104₹8,741₹9,378Nov 2025Jan 2026Mar 2026May 2026Jul 2026Sep 2026Avg ₹7,648▲ ₹9,025▼ ₹7,065
₹7,040₹7,498₹7,957₹8,415₹8,87420252026Avg ₹7,632▲ ₹8,620▼ ₹7,209

Records from 2024. The all-years chart shows monthly averages.

Reports in the last 30 days

This market reported on 24 of the last 30 days.

DateModalMinMax
15 Oct₹9,025₹8,200₹9,080
14 Oct₹8,980₹8,000₹9,062
13 Oct₹8,966₹8,500₹9,054
12 Oct₹9,000₹8,750₹9,090
10 Oct₹8,725₹8,695₹8,818
9 Oct₹8,590₹8,411₹8,639
8 Oct₹8,512₹8,321₹8,614
7 Oct₹8,635₹8,570₹8,700
6 Oct₹8,450₹8,385₹8,597
5 Oct₹8,315₹8,265₹8,385
3 Oct₹8,270₹8,221₹8,376
2 Oct₹8,291₹8,261₹8,376
1 Oct₹8,300₹8,284₹8,371
30 Sep₹8,391₹8,333₹8,587
29 Sep₹8,521₹8,201₹8,641
28 Sep₹8,492₹8,430₹8,521
26 Sep₹8,631₹8,500₹8,749
25 Sep₹8,601₹8,511₹8,609
24 Sep₹8,586₹8,560₹8,618
23 Sep₹8,595₹8,545₹8,605
22 Sep₹8,636₹8,581₹8,759
21 Sep₹8,671₹8,500₹8,700
19 Sep₹8,387₹8,326₹8,415
17 Sep₹8,700₹8,700₹8,700

Cotton at other markets

MarketStateModalDate
GajsinghpurRajasthan₹9,07515 Oct
Raisingh NagarRajasthan₹9,00015 Oct
RawlaRajasthan₹8,58315 Oct
Sri KaranpurRajasthan₹9,12315 Oct
SuratgarhRajasthan₹8,89015 Oct
AnupgarhRajasthan₹8,89013 Oct
GharsanaRajasthan₹8,94514 Oct
SadulshaharRajasthan₹8,70013 Oct
Sri VijayanagarRajasthan₹8,85113 Oct
Sriganganagar (Grain)Rajasthan₹8,87513 Oct
BijaynagarRajasthan₹8,50015 Oct
GovindgarhRajasthan₹8,78915 Oct

Cotton prices at every market in Rajasthan · Cotton prices across India · All prices at Padampur

Guide

What moves these prices

What the kapas price in the mandi means, how the cotton season runs, how CCI buys at the minimum support price, what moves cotton prices, and the latest prices across markets.

Read the guide: Cotton (kapas) prices in India: the season, CCI and what moves prices

Questions

Cotton at Padampur: questions

What is the cotton price at Padampur?

The latest report is from 15 Oct 2026: ₹9,025 per quintal for the American variety. Padampur 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: ₹9,025 per quintal is ₹90.25 per kg.

Why does Padampur list several varieties?

Markets report prices by variety and grade. So that changes compare like with like, the changes and charts here follow American, the variety Padampur reports most often; the table lists every variety.

How often does Padampur report cotton prices?

On 24 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 01:50 IST on 16 Oct 2026.