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 2021 data compares with the 2020 data.

U.S. Average	Final 2020	Final 2021
Total White Grade	90.5 %	95.2 %
Total Light Spotted Grade	7.4 %	4.3 %
Average Micronaire	4.27	4.15
Average Length (32/in)	37.1 (32/in)	36.7 (32/in)
(inches)	1.158 in	1.144 in
Average Length UI	81.20 %	81.02 %
Average Strength	30.61 (g/tex)	30.63 (g/tex)
Number of Bales Classed	13,541,843	16,689,778