According to NYMEX - CME Group, the current price of cotton per pound (25 January 2013) is 82.89 cents.
That being the case, a 500 pound bale would be worth $414.45 usd.
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∙ 7y agoIt typically takes around 500 pounds of cotton to make one bale.
A bale of cotton in the United States typically weighs 500 pounds.
A typical cotton bale weighed around 500 pounds.
A bale of lint cotton typically weighs around 500 pounds.
Almost 500 pounds
A bale of cotton typically weighs around 227 kilograms or 500 pounds.
The weight of a bale of cotton can vary, but on average, a bale of cotton weighs around 226.8 kg (500 lbs).
The outbreak of war in Europe in 1914 prevented southern cotton growers from exporting their crop to European cotton mills. The "buy a bale of cotton" movement aimed to help growers by providing demand for their cotton. The campaign targeted people of comfortable means and urged them to buy a bale. With cotton selling at ten cents per pound, a 500-lb bale cost $50. The argument was that the cotton could then be warehoused until the next season, when the price of cotton would certainly have risen, and the buyer could sell his purchase for a ten to twenty percent profit. President Woodrow Wilson set an example by buying several bales in September 1914.
You can get roughly a Bale an acre. If you are luckys maybe a bale and half. You can pick by hand in a full day a bale, only if you are a good worker. That's 500 pounds of cotton.
A bale of cotton typically weighs around 226.8 kg (500 lbs) to 453.6 kg (1000 lbs), depending on the density and type of cotton.
A round bale of cotton typically weighs around 500 to 600 pounds. The weight can vary depending on factors such as the moisture content of the cotton and the size of the bale.
A cotton boll is the locks of fluff that grows cotton plant on it. then it is picked and used to make different pieces of clothes such as jeans or t-shirts...etc.