Today's Idukki auction, and what eleven years of record say about it. Every Spices Board session since 2014. We do not predict prices. We show you what has followed, when today's conditions appeared before.
The same columns you read on the Spices Board site — date, auctioneer, lots, arrived, sold, max price, average price. Two auctions a day, two floors. We add two columns the Board gives you the numbers for but never works out.
| Date of Auction | Auctioneer | No. of Lots | Total Qty Arrived (Kgs) | Qty Sold (Kgs) | Max Price (Rs./Kg) | Avg. Price (Rs./Kg) | Cleared | vs month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct | Sugandhagiri Spices | 271 | 91,795.5 | 90,587.0 | 3,956.00 | 2,415.00 | 98.7% | -2.1% |
| South Indian Online | 238 | 67,215.3 | 60,392.3 | 3,519.00 | 2,382.00 | 89.8% | -3.5% | |
| 29 Oct | Speciality Food Parks | 300 | 110,328.7 | 108,078.3 | 3,982.00 | 2,514.00 | 98.0% | +1.9% |
| Speciality Food Parks | 268 | 110,328.7 | 108,078.3 | 3,982.00 | 2,514.00 | 98.0% | +1.9% | |
| Growersforever | 193 | 37,064.2 | 35,604.1 | 3,491.00 | 2,420.00 | 96.1% | -1.9% | |
| 28 Oct | RNS Spices | 270 | 88,529.6 | 87,649.0 | 3,709.00 | 2,523.00 | 99.0% | +2.3% |
| Idukki Mahila | 215 | 58,620.1 | 56,760.6 | 3,554.00 | 2,202.00 | 96.8% | -10.8% | |
| 27 Oct | Green House | 236 | 66,419.4 | 64,386.8 | 3,502.00 | 2,500.00 | 96.9% | +1.3% |
| Kerala Cardamom, Thekkady | 295 | 108,866.5 | 104,354.8 | 3,580.00 | 2,404.00 | 95.9% | -2.6% | |
| 26 Oct | Planters Assoc, Santhanpara | 108 | 23,561.3 | 22,516.2 | 3,559.00 | 2,574.00 | 95.6% | +4.3% |
| South Indian Green, Kochi | 256 | 72,754.8 | 64,864.8 | 3,599.00 | 2,502.00 | 89.2% | +1.4% | |
| 24 Oct | Header Systems | 267 | 88,300.9 | 81,191.2 | 3,537.00 | 2,460.00 | 91.9% | -0.3% |
| 22 Oct | Climate Natural | 134 | 27,315.5 | 27,160.6 | 3,666.00 | 2,303.00 | 99.4% | -6.7% |
| Planters Marketing Co-op | 293 | 104,143.2 | 102,133.8 | 3,756.00 | 2,292.00 | 98.1% | -7.1% | |
| 21 Oct | South Indian Online | 240 | 70,526.9 | 68,072.1 | 3,674.00 | 2,609.00 | 96.5% | +5.7% |
| Sugandhagiri Spices | 316 | 120,385.8 | 119,272.0 | 4,362.00 | 2,272.00 | 99.1% | -7.9% | |
| 19 Oct | Speciality Food Parks | 225 | 78,074.2 | 76,617.0 | 4,339.00 | 2,481.00 | 98.1% | +0.6% |
| Growersforever | 167 | 29,737.6 | 27,518.4 | 3,614.00 | 2,380.00 | 92.5% | -3.5% | |
| 17 Oct | RNS Spices | 380 | 117,852.2 | 109,824.0 | 3,734.00 | 2,602.00 | 93.2% | +5.5% |
| Idukki Mahila | 247 | 67,393.1 | 63,708.4 | 3,831.00 | 2,522.00 | 94.5% | +2.2% | |
| 16 Oct | Kerala Cardamom, Thekkady | 306 | 122,782.5 | 116,495.5 | 3,658.00 | 2,424.00 | 94.9% | -1.8% |
| Green House | 287 | 84,730.5 | 80,597.2 | 3,581.00 | 2,021.00 | 95.1% | -18.1% | |
| 15 Oct | South Indian Green, Kochi | 318 | 103,781.3 | 96,808.7 | 3,529.00 | 2,607.00 | 93.3% | +5.7% |
| Planters Assoc, Santhanpara | 126 | 26,812.1 | 24,254.9 | 3,491.00 | 2,508.00 | 90.5% | +1.6% |
Auctioneer names shortened to fit — hover any name for the Board's full registered title.
Cleared is Qty Sold divided by Qty Arrived — both numbers are on the Board's own sheet, but the ratio is the one that tells you whether buyers are competing. Anything under 92% means lots went home unsold. vs month puts each session against this month's average.
The daily sheet shows you today. It cannot tell you whether today is high or low, because that needs the years behind it.
Sugandhagiri Spices ₹2,415 · 271 lots
South Indian Online ₹2,382 · 238 lots
How to read these. Two auctions run each trading day, on two different floors. High lot is the best single lot that cleared; low session is the weakest floor average. Cleared is the share of everything offered that actually found a buyer — the clearest sign of how hard buyers are competing.
Auction figures cover uncleaned cardamom straight off the floor — mixed sizes, unsorted, unpacked. Our rates cover graded, hand-sorted material from 50 kg. The gap between them is not a markup; it is the market's own price on grading.
Cardamom is cheaper in some months than others, every year, regardless of what the market is doing overall. All years pooled, shown as rupees per kilo above or below the year's own average.
| Month | ₹/kg vs year avg | Same in % | Arrivals (M kg) | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | +₹187 | +7.3% | 28.5 | Dearest months |
| February | +₹30 | +1.2% | 25.7 | Around average |
| March | −₹132 | -5.1% | 23.1 | Cheapest months |
| April | −₹215 | -8.4% | 22 | Cheapest months |
| May | −₹245 | -9.5% | 21 | Cheapest months |
| June | −₹115 | -4.4% | 17.8 | Cheapest months |
| July | +₹71 | +2.8% | 21.3 | Around average |
| August | +₹227 | +8.8% | 26.9 | Dearest months |
| September | +₹195 | +7.6% | 28.9 | Dearest months |
| October | +₹39 | +1.5% | 33.1 | Around average |
| November | +₹164 | +6.4% | 29.9 | Dearest months |
| December | +₹236 | +9.2% | 31.6 | Dearest months |
Send your grade, quantity and delivery month. We will come back with the seasonal read for that window, the current auction position, and a locked quotation valid 72 hours. The seasonal analysis is yours whether you order or not.
Two auctions run each trading day, on different floors, rotating through the Board's registered auctioneers. Same belt, same crop, same buyers in the district — and a consistent gap in what they return.
| Auctioneer | ₹/kg vs same day | Cleared | kg per lot | Sessions | Sold (M kg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speciality Food Parks | +₹48 | 98.0% | 279 | 67 | 4.7 |
| South Indian Green, Kochi | +₹29 | 95.9% | 235 | 481 | 32.2 |
| Planters Marketing Co-op | +₹28 | 96.9% | 265 | 400 | 24.8 |
| Koko Spices | +₹26 | 96.5% | 241 | 27 | 0.8 |
| Mas Enterprises | +₹22 | 95.3% | 230 | 485 | 32.9 |
| Idukki Traditional | +₹20 | 97.6% | 220 | 465 | 21.9 |
| Kerala Cardamom, Thekkady | +₹19 | 97.5% | 255 | 468 | 28.6 |
| Processing & Mktg, Kumily | +₹15 | 98.0% | 230 | 74 | 5.1 |
| Vandanmedu Green Gold | +₹14 | 97.3% | 199 | 214 | 10.1 |
| RNS Spices | +₹10 | 96.6% | 261 | 99 | 6.3 |
| South Indian Online | +₹3 | 96.5% | 241 | 100 | 5.1 |
| State Trading Corp | −₹3 | 94.6% | 161 | 129 | 3.2 |
| Idukki Mahila | −₹4 | 97.7% | 231 | 93 | 4.3 |
| Green House | −₹7 | 94.3% | 206 | 467 | 18.8 |
| Sugandhagiri Spices | −₹8 | 94.7% | 216 | 464 | 22.4 |
| Header Systems | −₹16 | 94.5% | 227 | 479 | 29.0 |
| Climate Natural | −₹16 | 94.5% | 185 | 69 | 1.7 |
| Green Cardamom Trading | −₹24 | 100.0% | 264 | 154 | 7.4 |
| Spice More, Kumily | −₹25 | 94.9% | 254 | 280 | 15.3 |
| Growersforever | −₹33 | 92.2% | 154 | 448 | 11.9 |
| Planters Assoc, Santhanpara | −₹53 | 91.9% | 169 | 400 | 10.3 |
What the table is actually good for. Not floor-shopping for a discount. It tells you what to expect from each floor before you bid — whether lots run large or small, whether material typically clears, and roughly where that floor sits against the belt. If you are quoting against "yesterday's auction rate," it also tells you which floor that number came from.
Everything above describes the market. This is how to turn it into a decision — and what the record says you should never decide on alone.
This is the question the Board's daily sheet cannot answer: am I buying cheap or dear? Today is 34% of the way up this year's range, and -6.8% against the year's own average.
The day average, not the top lot. One exceptional lot tells you nothing about what you will pay.
Clearance. Below 92% means lots went home unsold — and that is your leverage.
Top lots run far above the session average. Grade decides your price more than the day does.
Against the month, the year, and the long seasonal pattern — not against yesterday alone.
Auction rate plus grading, processing, packing, freight and tax. The only number your profit is calculated from.
Auction rate is raw material at the floor. Your real cost adds grading, processing, packing, freight to your city and tax — and it changes with grade, quantity and destination. Send us those three and we will work out your landed cost against today's market, with a quotation locked for 72 hours.
What was measured, and what the numbers do and do not support.
Source and coverage. 5,863 auction sessions, 7 November 2014 to 30 October 2026, from Spices Board of India auction returns for the Idukki belt. Updated automatically each trading day.
Averaging method. Monthly and yearly figures are volume-weighted by quantity sold, not simple means of session averages, so a large session counts more than a small one. Seasonal figures are computed against each year's own mean, which removes the long-term trend and isolates the recurring pattern. A part-period is only ever compared against the same part of an earlier period.
What the auction returns do not contain. Three things a stockist needs that are simply not in this data: recovery yield (how much 8mm bold comes out of 100 kg of raw lot after husk, chaff, small pods and moisture loss); transaction costs (auctioneer commission, Board cess, sorting and sieving labour); and carrying costs (storage, and interest on working capital). The Board publishes lots, quantity and price. Everything else comes from processing experience.
Who publishes this, and why. Mani Spices Exports is a cardamom manufacturer and exporter in Idukki. We sell graded, sorted material, so we have an obvious commercial interest in you understanding what raw auction lots cost to turn into saleable stock. The method behind every figure is stated above so you can check it against the Board's published data and draw your own conclusions — including about us.
Figures last recalculated: 1 November 2026, 23:01 IST