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Wheat (Gehu) Price at Banthara Mandi

Agmarknet report for Thursday, 15 October 2026 yesterday · Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Modal price · main variety
₹2,727per quintal
▲ +₹29 (1.1%) since 14 Oct

Dara (FAQ) · ₹27.27 per kg

In short

What the prices show

On 15 Oct, the price was ₹2,727 per quintal, up 1.1% from ₹2,698 on 14 Oct. Over the last 30 days the price moved between ₹2,569 on 26 Sep and ₹2,727 on 15 Oct. A year earlier, on 14 Oct 2025, the price was ₹2,586; it is now 5% higher.

Last week

Wheat at Banthara last week

Last week (5 Oct to 11 Oct 2026), the Wheat price at Banthara averaged ₹2,660 per quintal over 7 report days, up 1.7% from ₹2,616 the week before.

During the week it ranged from ₹2,641 on 5 Oct to ₹2,689 on 11 Oct.

In the same week last year it averaged ₹2,628, so last week was 1.2% higher.

Last week's full market report

Price movement

How the price moved

▲ +₹29 (1.1%) since 14 Oct▲ +₹43 (1.6%) since 8 Oct▲ +₹103 (3.9%) since 15 Sep▲ +₹141 (5.4%) since 14 Oct 2025

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

₹27.27 per kg. Wholesale market price; shops charge more.

Prices by variety on 15 Oct 2026

VarietyGradeMinMaxModal
DaraFAQ₹2,550₹2,830₹2,727

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

Price chart (per quintal)

₹2,473₹2,547₹2,621₹2,694₹2,7681 Aug1 Sep1 OctAvg ₹2,623▲ ₹2,727▼ ₹2,500
₹2,171₹2,357₹2,542₹2,727₹2,913Nov 2025Jan 2026Mar 2026May 2026Jul 2026Sep 2026Avg ₹2,527▲ ₹2,810▼ ₹2,240
₹2,344₹2,519₹2,694₹2,869₹3,04420252026Avg ₹2,629▲ ₹2,947▼ ₹2,409

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

Reports in the last 30 days

This market reported on 30 of the last 30 days.

DateModalMinMax
15 Oct₹2,727₹2,550₹2,830
14 Oct₹2,698₹2,550₹2,820
13 Oct₹2,702₹2,560₹2,800
12 Oct₹2,675₹2,550₹2,800
11 Oct₹2,689₹2,550₹2,800
10 Oct₹2,650₹2,550₹2,800
9 Oct₹2,648₹2,550₹2,800
8 Oct₹2,684₹2,550₹2,790
7 Oct₹2,645₹2,550₹2,790
6 Oct₹2,663₹2,550₹2,800
5 Oct₹2,641₹2,550₹2,830
4 Oct₹2,639₹2,550₹2,830
3 Oct₹2,627₹2,550₹2,830
2 Oct₹2,577₹2,550₹2,600
1 Oct₹2,632₹2,550₹2,820
30 Sep₹2,625₹2,550₹2,800
29 Sep₹2,619₹2,550₹2,800
28 Sep₹2,594₹2,550₹2,800
27 Sep₹2,627₹2,550₹2,800
26 Sep₹2,569₹2,550₹2,800
25 Sep₹2,658₹2,550₹2,800
24 Sep₹2,643₹2,550₹2,800
23 Sep₹2,617₹2,550₹2,800
22 Sep₹2,605₹2,550₹2,800
21 Sep₹2,595₹2,550₹2,800
20 Sep₹2,594₹2,550₹2,800
19 Sep₹2,592₹2,550₹2,800
18 Sep₹2,622₹2,550₹2,800
17 Sep₹2,623₹2,550₹2,820
16 Sep₹2,612₹2,550₹2,820

Wheat at other markets

MarketStateModalDate
LucknowUttar Pradesh₹2,66015 Oct
AchaldaUttar Pradesh₹2,40015 Oct
AchneraUttar Pradesh₹2,69515 Oct
AitUttar Pradesh₹2,60515 Oct
AkbarpurUttar Pradesh₹2,46315 Oct
AliganjUttar Pradesh₹2,52715 Oct
AnandnagarUttar Pradesh₹2,40015 Oct
AtarraUttar Pradesh₹2,46415 Oct
AuraiyaUttar Pradesh₹2,57015 Oct
AyodhyaUttar Pradesh₹2,57215 Oct
AzamgarhUttar Pradesh₹2,59315 Oct
BaberuUttar Pradesh₹2,60015 Oct

Wheat prices at every market in Uttar Pradesh · Wheat prices across India · All prices at Banthara

Guide

What moves these prices

When wheat is harvested and bought at the minimum support price, how flour mills and government open market sales affect prices, how varieties like Sharbati differ, and the latest wheat prices across markets.

Read the guide: Wheat prices in India: harvest, procurement and what moves prices

Questions

Wheat at Banthara: questions

What is the wheat price at Banthara?

The latest report is from 15 Oct 2026: ₹2,727 per quintal for the Dara variety. Banthara 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: ₹2,727 per quintal is ₹27.27 per kg.

Why does Banthara list several varieties?

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

How often does Banthara report wheat prices?

On 30 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.