Rice steady at ₹3,690 a quintal
Rice's median across 134 mandis was ₹3,690 a quintal. Cheapest ₹2,007 at Naugarh APMC (Siddharth Nagar, Uttar Pradesh); dearest ₹9,500 at Fancy Bazaar APMC (Kamrup, Assam). Check your nearest mandi before you sell.
Key numbers
- Median
- ₹3,690
- Previous day
- ₹3,700
- Mandis
- 134
- Low – high
- ₹2,007 – ₹9,500
New Delhi: The price is about where it was on the previous market day (6 October 2026): ₹3,700 then, ₹3,690 now.
Rice prices came in from 134 mandis in 13 states today. The lowest was ₹2,007 and the highest ₹9,500; most of that gap is variety and quality.
Before you sell: compare two or three nearby mandis, add the cost of transport, and take the crop dried and graded — clean produce fetches a better price.
Rice: national median, day by day
- 3 Oct143 mandis
- 4 Oct105 mandis
- 5 Oct140 mandis
- 6 Oct130 mandis
- 7 Oct134 mandis
The number of reporting mandis changes daily; a day with far fewer or more mandis is a less reliable comparison.
Median by state
Every mandi →Highest- and lowest-paying mandis
Highest
- Fancy Bazaar APMCKamrup, Assam · Super Fine₹9,500
- Kanpur(Grain) APMCKanpur, Uttar Pradesh · Basmati Dawat₹8,754
- Gorakhpur APMCGorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh₹8,501
- Banthara APMCLucknow, Uttar Pradesh₹8,321
- Sitapur APMCSitapur, Uttar Pradesh · Common₹7,990
Lowest
- Naugarh APMCSiddharth Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · Common₹2,007
- Ayodhya APMCAyodhya, Uttar Pradesh · Common₹2,029
- Sehjanwa APMCGorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh · Common₹2,200
- Mandya APMCMandya, Karnataka · Broken Rice₹2,200
- Mandya APMCMandya, Karnataka · Jaya₹2,210
Modal price, ₹ a quintal. Variety and quality change the price.
This story was written automatically from Agmarknet's official/open data. Every number in it comes from that data — nothing is estimated. Spot a mistake? Write to kisansamacharofficial@gmail.com.
