Onion up 2.2% to ₹4,600
Onion's median across 562 mandis was ₹4,600 a quintal, against ₹4,500 on the previous market day. Cheapest ₹1,500 at Badnawar APMC (Dhar, Madhya Pradesh); dearest ₹12,000 at Kamakhyanagar APMC (Dhenkanal, Odisha).
Key numbers
- Median
- ₹4,600
- Previous day
- ₹4,500
- Mandis
- 562
- Low – high
- ₹1,500 – ₹12,000
New Delhi: Against ₹4,500 on the previous market day (6 October 2026), the price is ₹100 higher (2.2%). 576 mandis reported that day, 562 today.
Median in the major states: Tamil Nadu ₹6,000, Keralam ₹5,800, Odisha ₹5,000, Himachal Pradesh ₹4,700, West Bengal ₹4,600 and Haryana ₹4,225.
Onion prices came in from 562 mandis in 25 states today. The lowest was ₹1,500 and the highest ₹12,000; 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.
Onion: national median, day by day
- 3 Oct631 mandis
- 4 Oct409 mandis
- 5 Oct590 mandis
- 6 Oct576 mandis
- 7 Oct562 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
- Kamakhyanagar APMCDhenkanal, Odisha · Onion₹12,000
- Palakkad MarketPalakad, Keralam · Small₹11,600
- Kottayam MarketKottayam, Keralam₹10,200
- Harippad MarketAlappuzha, Keralam · Small₹10,000
- Ettumanoor MarketKottayam, Keralam · Onion₹9,500
Lowest
- Badnawar APMCDhar, Madhya Pradesh · Onion₹1,500
- Shajapur APMCShajapur, Madhya Pradesh · Medium₹1,510
- Sagar(F&V) APMCSagar, Madhya Pradesh · Onion₹1,800
- Mahuva(Station Road) APMCBhavnagar, Gujarat · White₹1,830
- Kasganj APMCKasganj, Uttar Pradesh₹1,877
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.
