# Cotton seed price

> Cotton seed Grand Exchange price right now (550 gp), with buy and sell prices, 24h volume, our own price history, buy limit, high alch profit and the GE tax.

Canonical: https://osrsgrandexchange.com/items/cotton-seed
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Members item. Item id 31545.

Examine: “A cotton plant seed - plant in a hops patch.”

## Price now

Prices as of 2026-11-02 00:20 UTC.

**Cotton seed is at its cheapest in 90 days.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 550 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 666–3,487 gp |
| 30-day average | 1,642 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | -17.7% / -30.3% / -58.9% |
| Instant buy | 600 gp (2026-10-30 07:30 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 500 gp (2026-10-30 08:15 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 13,513 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 650 / 625 gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 914 / 721 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 2,000 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 12 gp
- You receive: 588 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 88 gp
- Per buy limit: 176,000 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 3
- Low alch value: 2
- Profit per cast: -749 gp

Buying one at the instant-buy price plus a nature rune; fire runes assumed from a staff.

## Cotton seed price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 894 | 823 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 650 | 625 |

Range plotted: 477 to 1,128 gp, over 82 points.

## Cotton seed price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 662 gp and the highest buy average 13,413 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 11,520 | 10,980 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 914 | 721 |

Range plotted: 662 to 13,413 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Cotton seed worth in OSRS?

About 550 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 600 gp and the last instant sell 500 gp. Over the last 24 hours 13,513 were traded.

### What is the GE buy limit for Cotton seed?

2,000 every 4 hours.

### Is Cotton seed worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 3 coins. Buying one at 600 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 749 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Cotton seed?

12 gp each at 600 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 588 gp.

Item id 31545. Prices update every five minutes.

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