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Not that this is breaking news, but the price of fresh/boiled shrimp
Posted on 4/4/15 at 10:19 am
Posted on 4/4/15 at 10:19 am
It is just plain out of control. For anyone who complains about crawfish prices, you need to glance over at the shrimp and thank God we have the mud bugs.
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Posted on 4/4/15 at 10:38 am to LSU Wayne
I regularly see them for $5.99/lb around BR for 21-25ct.
I get jumbos for $8/lb and those things are massive.
What are you seeing?
I get jumbos for $8/lb and those things are massive.
What are you seeing?
Posted on 4/4/15 at 10:40 am to LSU Wayne
Shrimp prices > Crawfish prices
Posted on 4/4/15 at 10:41 am to Jones
5 years ago I'd buy 16-20 ct fresh for $2, now $5
Eta: off the boat price
Eta: off the boat price
This post was edited on 4/4/15 at 10:42 am
Posted on 4/4/15 at 10:50 am to yellowfin
Not too many shrimp boats in BR.
Was down by fouchon last year and they don't get much cheaper than 5/lb, even off the boat. I think they've taken advice from the drug dealing crawfish people.
Was down by fouchon last year and they don't get much cheaper than 5/lb, even off the boat. I think they've taken advice from the drug dealing crawfish people.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 11:10 am to Jones
The number of people shrimping has gone down since the spill.
That didn't help prices.
That didn't help prices.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 11:16 am to LSU Wayne
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It is just plain out of control. For anyone who complains about crawfish prices, you need to glance over at the shrimp and thank God we have the mud bugs.
Shrimp is still a better deal for the money. You only get 12-15% yield (peeled meat % on whole weight) on crawfish while you get 60% on shrimp.
Most people don't factor this in when buying crawfish/shrimp.
$3/lb live whole crawfish = $20/lb meat
$5/lb live whole shrimp = $8.50/lb meat
That's a simplistic analysis. Cooking shrinkage factor comes into play and shrimp has a little worse shrinkage than crawfish but overall they are still cheaper.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 11:22 am to BRgetthenet
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The number of people shrimping has gone down since the spill.
That didn't help prices.
It has more to do with a lower number of imports coming into the states in last few years than shrimper numbers. Although shrimper numbers are dwindling every few years as the older generations hang it up and younger generation goes into something more profitable.
This post was edited on 4/4/15 at 11:25 am
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