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Cotton (Kapas) Price at Suratgarh Mandi

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

Modal price · main variety
₹8,890per quintal
▲ +₹35 (0.4%) since 14 Oct

American (FAQ) · ₹88.90 per kg

In short

What the prices show

On 15 Oct, the price was ₹8,890 per quintal, the same as on 14 Oct. Over the last 30 days the price moved between ₹8,245 on 5 Oct and ₹8,890 on 15 Oct. That is the highest price in our records, which start in 2024. A year earlier, on 14 Oct 2025, the price was ₹7,305; it is now 22% higher.

Last week

Cotton at Suratgarh last week

Last week (5 Oct to 11 Oct 2026), the Cotton price at Suratgarh averaged ₹8,518 per quintal over 6 report days, down 1.0% from ₹8,602 the week before.

During the week it ranged from ₹8,245 on 5 Oct to ₹8,690 on 10 Oct.

In the same week last year it averaged ₹7,602, so last week was 12.0% higher.

Last week's full market report

Price movement

How the price moved

▲ +₹35 (0.4%) since 14 Oct▲ +₹235 (2.7%) since 8 Oct▲ +₹1,585 (21.7%) since 14 Oct 2025

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

₹88.90 per kg. Wholesale market price; shops charge more.

Prices by variety on 15 Oct 2026

VarietyGradeMinMaxModal
AmericanFAQ₹8,500₹9,035₹8,890

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

Price chart (per quintal)

₹8,168₹8,377₹8,587₹8,796₹9,0061 Oct8 OctAvg ₹8,638▲ ₹8,890▼ ₹8,245
₹6,538₹7,220₹7,903₹8,586₹9,268Nov 2025Jan 2026Mar 2026May 2026Jul 2026Sep 2026Avg ₹7,588▲ ₹8,890▼ ₹6,790
₹6,921₹7,431₹7,941₹8,451₹8,96120252026Avg ₹7,536▲ ₹8,678▼ ₹7,109

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

Reports in the last 30 days

This market reported on 18 of the last 30 days.

DateModalMinMax
15 Oct₹8,890₹8,500₹9,035
14 Oct₹8,855₹8,505₹8,995
13 Oct₹8,870₹8,595₹9,000
12 Oct₹8,740₹8,465₹8,880
10 Oct₹8,690₹8,300₹8,835
9 Oct₹8,615₹8,340₹8,750
8 Oct₹8,655₹8,370₹8,840
7 Oct₹8,545₹8,340₹8,750
6 Oct₹8,355₹8,115₹8,505
5 Oct₹8,245₹7,900₹8,370
2 Oct₹8,445₹8,150₹8,615
1 Oct₹8,510₹8,235₹8,600
30 Sep₹8,650₹8,450₹8,730
29 Sep₹8,730₹8,500₹8,835
28 Sep₹8,675₹8,500₹8,730
26 Sep₹8,650₹8,560₹8,740
25 Sep₹8,745₹8,595₹8,815
24 Sep₹8,620₹8,550₹8,671

Cotton at other markets

MarketStateModalDate
GajsinghpurRajasthan₹9,07515 Oct
PadampurRajasthan₹9,02515 Oct
Raisingh NagarRajasthan₹9,00015 Oct
RawlaRajasthan₹8,58315 Oct
Sri KaranpurRajasthan₹9,12315 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 Suratgarh

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 Suratgarh: questions

What is the cotton price at Suratgarh?

The latest report is from 15 Oct 2026: ₹8,890 per quintal for the American variety. Suratgarh 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: ₹8,890 per quintal is ₹88.90 per kg.

Why does Suratgarh 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 Suratgarh reports most often; the table lists every variety.

How often does Suratgarh report cotton prices?

On 18 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.