Cotton mandi prices near Ludhiana

Prices checked yesterday at 11:46 pm

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The latest price at every mandi within reach (each with its date), and where you'd take home the most after the trip.

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Best for you now

Budalada, 100 km away

₹8,400 a quintal

Mandi price
₹8,400
Transport for about 130 km by road change
−₹131
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹8,269

Reported on 10 Nov.

It's also where the most cotton arrives nearby.

1 mandi within 100 km

  1. 1
    Budalada 100 km, usually 78 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹8,400
    On 10 Nov
    ▲ +₹100 since 4 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,269
    after ₹131 transport

You get: the latest price minus transport, about ₹1.50 a quintal per km for the first 50 km (tractor or pickup) and ₹0.70 after (truck), before the mandi's commission and charges. A small lot is costed as a hired pickup. Set your own rate above.

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Ludhiana, not from your village. Transport is costed on about 1.3 times that, as roads wind.

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Numbers match the list. Darker pays more; bigger is where more usually arrives.

Is the price rising?

Budalada, the biggest cotton mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹8,200 ₹8,300 ₹8,400 ₹8,500
2 Oct 10 Nov
Latest ₹8,400 a quintal on 10 Nov
Steady in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Budalada, in a usual year. Most cotton reaches the mandi in March. The price is usually lowest in February and highest in March.

0 200 t 400 t 600 t
₹6,000 ₹6,500 ₹7,000 ₹7,500 ₹8,000
June July August September October November December January February March April May
Tonnes arriving in the month (bars, left scale; darker: the most) Usual price, ₹ a quintal (line, its scale in the same colour) Each month averages 2 to 5 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026). 1 month with only one year of prices is left out.
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Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).