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 2022	Final 2023
Total White Grade	95.0 %	92.1 %
Total Light Spotted Grade	4.4 %	7.1 %
Average Micronaire	4.34	4.52
Average Length (32/in)	36.9 (32/in)	36.4 (32/in)
(inches)	1.152 in	1.135 in
Average Length UI	81.44 %	81.64 %
Average Strength	30.67 (g/tex)	30.84 (g/tex)
Number of Bales Classed	13,558,453	11,321,939