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The big 2024 crawfish low supply threat.
Posted on 1/12/24 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 1/12/24 at 3:39 pm
My local market has frozen Louisiana tails for $9.99lb this week.
Should I grab and hoard bunch like it's 2020 toilet paper?
I'm thinking about ten packs. Am I being overly cautious ?
Should I grab and hoard bunch like it's 2020 toilet paper?
I'm thinking about ten packs. Am I being overly cautious ?
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Posted on 1/12/24 at 3:40 pm to Btrtigerfan
Fire Pawl
Posted on 1/12/24 at 3:49 pm to Btrtigerfan
How much. Do you think they will go up? Let’s say $3 per pack. You purchase 10 packs and you save $30. Is $30 enough to store $100 worth of crawfish in your freezer for X months?
Posted on 1/12/24 at 4:20 pm to SixthAndBarone
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You purchase 10 packs and you save $30. Is $30 enough to store $100 worth of crawfish in your freezer for X months?
10 packs of frozen crawfish is about the size of a small shoe box. It's not like he's storing a side of beef. And 9.99 is a helluva price for La tails. If there is a prolonged shortage I bet they go up considerably from 9.99. So yes OP, I would hoard you some tails at that price if they are something you run thru pretty regularly.
Posted on 1/12/24 at 4:33 pm to Btrtigerfan
I would hoard them for that price.
Posted on 1/12/24 at 4:38 pm to Btrtigerfan
Swamp donkey crawfish here in Kingwood had them last night for $14 a pound. It was quite crowded to my surprise.
Posted on 1/12/24 at 7:24 pm to Btrtigerfan
Some place over here is selling them boiled for 13.99/lb
No thanks
No thanks
Posted on 1/12/24 at 7:30 pm to SixthAndBarone
quote:I expect tail meat to get to $16 a lb.
How much. Do you think they will go up?
Posted on 1/12/24 at 9:44 pm to Btrtigerfan
$10/lb FROZEN?!
Isn’t that a function of it being January? Depends on when you need them, but by April it’s gotta at least go below $6 boiled…
Isn’t that a function of it being January? Depends on when you need them, but by April it’s gotta at least go below $6 boiled…
Posted on 1/12/24 at 9:53 pm to ForeverEllisHugh
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$10/lb FROZEN
It's tail meat. Likely from last year's harvest.
Posted on 1/12/24 at 9:58 pm to Btrtigerfan
I honestly didn’t know frozen Louisiana crawfish was even a thing. Anytime I see it out of the corner of my eye I assume it’s from China.
Posted on 1/12/24 at 11:01 pm to Btrtigerfan
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It's tail meat. Likely from last year's harves
Probably but t I’ve had success with crawfish tails older than a year.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 7:58 am to Gris Gris
In DFW I’d kill for $10 a lb for frozen tails. Send me some
Posted on 1/13/24 at 8:14 am to dallastiger55
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In DFW I’d kill for $10 a lb for frozen tails
Yep. In Georgia, the most available option is at Wal-Mart for around $13 bucks for 3/4 pound package. But nice to have the option I guess.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 12:28 pm to ForeverEllisHugh
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I honestly didn’t know frozen Louisiana crawfish was even a thing
Where do you live?
Posted on 1/13/24 at 12:46 pm to Btrtigerfan
Can you export to Germany? Could be some real $$ based on that other thread.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 3:23 pm to Btrtigerfan
I bought some when I arrived to Lafayette from Abu Dhabi on Dec 23rd for the holidays, and they were this year's peeled crawfish and only $11.99 per pound which I thought was cheap during this so called shortage. Also, a bit early to peel but this guy has his own ponds and a seafood processing plant. I bought 10 packs and stuck 9 of them in the freezer and will take them back with me when I fly back to AD.
On the live crawfish market. Was with my cousin at his pond Thursday afternoon and he was actually catching a few, mostly small but a few medium to big ones, in 2 10 acre tracks. They were offering him $9.35 per pound live that day for any size. 33 pounds x $9.35 = $309 per sack which is crazy, but some restaurant had them already spoken for at $16.00 per pound boiled. Crazy market.
The little crawfish they had says that Feb/March those will be a good size and he will catch in that pond, so the drought did not hurt that specific pond too much.
On the live crawfish market. Was with my cousin at his pond Thursday afternoon and he was actually catching a few, mostly small but a few medium to big ones, in 2 10 acre tracks. They were offering him $9.35 per pound live that day for any size. 33 pounds x $9.35 = $309 per sack which is crazy, but some restaurant had them already spoken for at $16.00 per pound boiled. Crazy market.
The little crawfish they had says that Feb/March those will be a good size and he will catch in that pond, so the drought did not hurt that specific pond too much.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 3:27 pm to Btrtigerfan
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My local market has frozen Louisiana tails for $9.99lb this week.
Double check to see if these frozen crawfish for $9.99 are not last year's crawfish (like March-May 2022 and peeled and frozen). Even if they are, that is fine as long as not freezer burnt.
This year its early to peel since a shortage, but like I mentioned in the earlier post, I found some fresh crawfish peeled from Nov/Dec. that the processor owns his ponds and had some peeled early.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 4:18 pm to Btrtigerfan
Don't know that I'd hoard but I just grabbed a pack of froazen tails for $12 outside San Antonio at HEB. Think I've seen them cheaper before but not sure. Might be the only way I eat any this year. Last year we had to pay $10 boiled and somewhere near $4 live. Wondering if we'll get any this year regardless of cost.
Saw frozen UNshelled for the first time. 3lb package for around $9.
Saw frozen UNshelled for the first time. 3lb package for around $9.
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