Market Report: 17 Aug to 23 Aug 2026
How egg, cardamom and mandi crop prices moved this week. Every figure is worked out from the prices the official sources published; nothing is estimated.
Egg rates this week
The India average NECC egg rate was ₹5.35 per egg this week (the average of 7 days of NECC rates), down 1.2% from ₹5.42 the week before.
A year earlier, in the same week, it averaged ₹5.26: this week is 1.8% higher.
The biggest rise was in Ajmer (+1.4%, to ₹5.14); the biggest fall in Pune (-3.9%, to ₹5.46).
The cheapest market this week was Raipur at ₹4.83 per egg and the dearest Chennai at ₹5.94, across 24 NECC markets.
Over 17 full years (2009-2025), August egg rates have averaged 5.8% below their year's average; the cheapest month is usually April and the dearest December.
| Market | This week | Week before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pune | ₹5.46 | ₹5.69 | -3.9% |
| Vijayawada | ₹5.19 | ₹5.38 | -3.5% |
| Hospet | ₹5.16 | ₹5.30 | -2.7% |
| Bengaluru | ₹5.76 | ₹5.90 | -2.4% |
| Mumbai | ₹5.59 | ₹5.73 | -2.4% |
| Visakhapatnam (Vizag) | ₹5.05 | ₹5.16 | -2.2% |
| Raipur | ₹4.83 | ₹4.93 | -2.1% |
| Mysuru | ₹5.78 | ₹5.90 | -2.1% |
Average NECC rate per egg over the days each market had a rate; the markets that moved most.
Cardamom auctions this week
Spices Board licensed auctioneers held 12 small cardamom e-auctions on 6 days this week. 674.1 tonnes arrived and 632.6 tonnes were sold (94% of arrivals).
The average price, weighted by the quantity sold, was ₹3,099 per kg, down 0.8% from ₹3,123 the week before; the best lot fetched ₹4,295 per kg.
Quantity sold was 22% more than the week before (520.4 tonnes).
| Day | Auctions | Sold (tonnes) | Average | Best lot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Aug 2026 | 2 | 59.4 | ₹3,129 | ₹4,252 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 2 | 131.9 | ₹3,099 | ₹4,042 |
| 19 Aug 2026 | 2 | 111.1 | ₹3,136 | ₹4,047 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 2 | 97.0 | ₹3,118 | ₹4,240 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | 2 | 144.2 | ₹3,101 | ₹4,295 |
| 22 Aug 2026 | 2 | 89.0 | ₹3,010 | ₹3,957 |
Today's cardamom auction prices · How cardamom auctions and grades work
How this report is made
This report is written automatically every week from official price data: NECC's suggested egg prices, the Spices Board's small cardamom e-auction results, and mandi prices that market committees report to Agmarknet (Directorate of Marketing & Inspection), which we read from data.gov.in under the Government Open Data Licence – India. It states what the prices did; it does not guess why. Our methodology page explains how we collect and check every price.
“The daily egg prices suggested by NECC, on its official website or through any other medium (including verbal, print and digital media) are merely suggestive and not mandatory. The suggested prices are published solely for the reference and information of the trade and industry. NECC does not by itself or through any person enforce compliance or adherence with such suggested egg prices in any manner whatsoever. If any person not authorized by NECC chooses to disseminate NECC suggested prices through any medium, such person must also include the above clarification while disseminating NECC suggested prices of eggs.”