Cotton Incorporated

Final Cotton Crop Quality Summary Reports

The reports contained in this section provide annual summaries of the quality data for the U.S. Cotton Crop.

Here’s how the 2023 data compares with the 2022 data.

U.S. Average	Final 2023	Final 2024
Total White Grade	92.1 %	89.0 %
Total Light Spotted Grade	7.1 %	9.9 %
Average Micronaire	4.52	4.44
Average Length (32/in)	36.4 (32/in)	36.3 (32/in)
(inches)	1.135 in	1.132 in
Average Length UI	81.64 %	81.46 %
Average Strength	30.84 (g/tex)	30.21 (g/tex)
Number of Bales Classed	11,321,939	13,465,354