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If you’re planning a crawfish boil for this Easter weekend, plan to spend 50 cents a pound more than last week as demand is outpacing supply. Crawfish App co-founder Laney King keeps track of prices.
“If you’re looking for live crawfish, they’re averaging around $4.75 a pound right now in Louisiana. So be prepared to spend around $150 to $200 on a 35 pound sack of crawfish.”
Laney says Crawfish prices are almost double what they were last Easter, which $2.59 a pound for live crawfish. She says Easter is the busiest weekend of the season and supply is lower than usual.
“They’re really just aren’t enough crawfish to go around this week. Many of our vendors on the crawfish app are already sold out of live crawfish for this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.”
Prices for boiled crawfish are around $7.00 a pound this weekend, and live crawfish are now averaging $4.75 a pound. King says if you haven’t already, reserve your sacks now.
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