Rates in the Kunri mirch mandi are set every morning by what physically arrives at the yard and by who is buying that day. Rather than guessing, growers and buyers can read three signals that repeat every season.
1. Daily arrivals set the floor
When several hundred extra trolleys reach the yard on the same morning, buyers know they can wait — and the rate softens by the second round of bidding. When arrivals are steady, the same lot holds its rate through the day.
Before loading, ask us what arrivals look like. A one-day delay in a heavy-arrival week often earns more than the transport it costs.
2. Colour and moisture decide the premium
Two lots of the same variety can be two grades apart purely on drying. Deep, even red colour with 10–12% moisture clears at the top of the day's band; patchy colour or damp centres are discounted immediately, whatever the market average is.
- Moisture above 14% invites both discount and storage risk
- Broken and stalk-heavy lots move to grinding demand, not export demand
- Uniform sizing lets us consolidate your lot with a premium batch
3. Export enquiries pull the top end
Container demand for Grade A colour lots lifts the ceiling of the market even when the average rate is flat. That premium reaches growers who can supply consistent, clean, correctly-dried volume — which is exactly what a commission agent consolidates.
Hold or sell?
Hold when your lot is well dried, storage is dry and ventilated, and arrivals are heavy. Sell when moisture is borderline, the weather is turning humid, or you need working capital before the next sowing — storage losses cost more than a small rate gain.