Cotton price action is down 100 to 120 points so far on Thursday. The US dollar index is $0.010 lower at $97.865. Crude oil is back up 62 cents at midday.
USDA’s Export Sales report from Thursday morning showed 123,349 RB of cotton sold for 2025/26 in the week of 4/30. That was 13.83% above the same week last year. There was also 48,400 RB in new crop sales in that week. Shipments were tallied at 327,531 RB, back down from last week’s 5-week high.
