The crayfish here in Ye Mo come out in late August or early September.
It's less than three months since I raised it.
Overall, the size can only be considered good.
The area of the reservoir is too large. Around the feeding point, the lobsters are obviously larger. There are many lobsters over seven cents.
However, farther away from the feeding point, the lobsters are very small, and some only cost a little more than four yuan.
There are more than 70 acres of reservoir, and the area suitable for crayfish living is more than 20 acres.
There are thirty feed feeding points. In many areas, because the slopes are relatively steep and no parking areas have been built before, cars cannot drive through them. Therefore, no feed is fed in those areas.
There were much more crayfish in the reservoir than Ye Mo had expected.
In the afternoon, two more aquatic products dealers came over to see the crayfish.
One of them quoted a price of 35 yuan, which is more than 7 yuan for crayfish. But the quantity is not much.
The next day, another aquatic product dealer came to see the crayfish...
Ye Mo also knew the current price of green shrimps. The current purchase price of Daqing is twenty-seven or eight yuan. The better Daqing, mainly depending on whether the meat is plump, can cost over thirty yuan.
The cheapest Daqing is in his early twenties.
For middle-aged and young people, the price is generally around 20 yuan. For particularly good ones, it can cost 24 to 50 yuan.
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The boss Zhang who came here on the first day came again yesterday, carefully looked at Ye Mo's crayfish again, and gave another quotation.
Daqing, more than 6 yuan, 33.5 yuan per catty.
Zhongqing, 4 to 6 yuan, 26.5 yuan per catty.
It’s no longer Daqing’s 300 pounds per day mentioned before, now it’s about how much he has and how much he wants.
There are several standards for crayfish size classification.
There are four levels: 2-4 cents, 4-6 cents, 6-8 cents, and above 8 cents. These are the divisions of small farmers and are usually used for sales pricing. Most of the crayfish are screened according to this specification...
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Large farmers have other standards.
Even different regions have different standards.
The more formal classification standard is also a widely recognized standard.
Red shrimp:
Ku shrimp: The weight is about 10-19g. This is a crayfish that is still being farmed and is usually not sold.
Fourth-grade shrimp weighs about 20-29g, which is 4-6 yuan.
Third-grade shrimp weighs about 30-39g and costs 6-8 yuan.
Second-grade shrimps weigh about 40-49g and cost 8-9 yuan.
First-grade shrimp weighs more than 50g, which means more than 10 yuan...
Green shrimp:
Shrimp, weighing about 10-14g.
Small green shrimp, weighing about 15-19g.
Medium green shrimp, weighing about 20-29g.
Large green shrimp, weighing more than 30g and more than 6 yuan...
What Ye Mo has here is green shrimp. Judging from the size, most of the green shrimps are large green shrimps.
The green shell of crayfish may turn into a red shell at any stage, but after the red shell, it will no longer turn into a green shell.
Therefore, its price is generally much more expensive than the red shell.
Breeding green-shell crayfish is very troublesome. Usually... except for large-scale breeding bases, most crayfish farmers produce red-shell crayfish.
Ye Mo's batch of green shell crayfish is of good quality, and the highest price quoted is 35 yuan per catty, which is not surprising.
20th.
Lin Xiaomian went to the production team early in the morning...
Ye Mo went out to feed the crayfish, turned on the drip irrigation in the durian garden, and went home to tidy up the house.
At almost nine o'clock, a Geely Xingyue L, a Haval H6, and a pickup truck, three cars, arrived at Gaoshanping.
Ye Mo was just cleaning the room when he heard the sound of cars outside and went out to take a look: "Uncle, mother-in-law."
Lin Xiaomian's parents responded.
Lin Xiaolin and his father were on the Haval car behind: "Brother-in-law." Lin Xiaomian shouted.
Ye Mo smiled, looked at Lin Xiaolin's father, and shouted: "Second uncle."
Xiaolin's father smiled and nodded.
The last person driving a pickup truck is the aquatic products boss Xiao Mian’s father found for Ye Mo: “Let me introduce to you, this is Boss Liu.”
"Hello." Ye Mo took out a cigarette and lit one for everyone.
Boss Liu said thank you and turned to look at the reservoir next to the house: "Where are the crayfish kept?"
The water in the reservoir still looks a bit turbid and yellowish.
There are mountains all around, and the soil here is all yellow mud... and the water inside is all rainwater coming in from the hillsides and ravines during heavy summer rains.
"The crayfish is still inside." Ye Mo pointed and said, "It's several kilometers away."
"There are so many lobster nets and sieves that our car can't fit them in, so Xiao Lin and Boss Liu helped us install them." Xiaomian's father said, "Now go over and have a look."
"good."
"Where to put these lobster nets?"
"There is a warehouse over the big reservoir, and there is a warehouse over there." Ye Mo said, got into Xiaomian's father's car, and headed to the big reservoir.
Xiaomian's father is learning to drive during this time and has just gotten his driver's license.
After arriving at the reservoir, he unloaded the things and put them in the warehouse. Ye Mo took a net and then headed to the reservoir.
"How is this reservoir?" Lin Shan accompanied Boss Liu. They have known each other for more than ten years. In the past, Boss Liu came to collect most of the crayfish he raised.
Boss Liu nodded: "The color of the water is very beautiful."
There are lush weeds around this reservoir, and there are also aquatic plants in the reservoir.
Ye Mo is now feeding 4 bags of feed into the reservoir every day, but these crayfish seem to be hungry and are still nibbling on aquatic plants (the problem with the feeding area is that the feed cannot cover the entire edge of the reservoir).
There are fewer aquatic plants now than when the crayfish with eggs were first released.
Crayfish can be seen everywhere on the waterside and on the water plants.
Ye Mo fished out a few, and Boss Liu's eyes lit up when he saw them, and he said, "These crayfish are pretty good, what's their average weight?"
"Average weight, 6 cents." If we calculate the average weight, all green-shell crayfish can be considered first-class shrimps. But overall, the big ones are big and the small ones are small, which is a serious polarization.
The average weight is six cents, mainly in the feed feeding area. In places far away from the feeding area, the average weight is only more than five cents.
Ye Mo fished out more crayfish, and Boss Liu knew the problem.
The reservoir is too big and the feed feeding points are too far away.
"I want all the crayfish here." Boss Liu said, "How much does it cost per catty?"
"Do you want all the sizes?"
"right."
"If you want them all, it's 30 yuan per catty." Ye Mo said.
"So expensive?" Boss Liu frowned.
The current price of large green shrimps is about 27 yuan. Many of them are medium-sized green shrimps here...
30 yuan per catty is too expensive.
"I want them all, regardless of size, for 24.5 yuan. But I can't pick out the big ones."
Ye Mo waved his hand: "Someone has already quoted a price before. Crayfish that cost more than 6 yuan are 33.5 yuan per catty. There are still some crayfish in the reservoir that cost more than 6 yuan. To be all-inclusive, at least 30 yuan."
"What do you mean, it costs 27 yuan per catty for less than 6 yuan?" Boss Liu laughed, this price is too expensive.
Nowadays, the price of large prawns is only about this.
Boss Liu thinks the price he gave is already high. But the quality here is good...
The quality is good for a while, but for Boss Liu's customer base, it is difficult for them to give a high price even if they send top-quality prawns.
When doing business, you can’t look at who brings the person, you must be selling to whom the price is higher.
Boss Liu's bid is not high on Ye Mo's side.
Yesterday, a boss who specializes in harvesting green shrimps quoted Ye Mo 24 yuan.
"Less than 6 yuan, 26.5 yuan." Ye Mo said.
"It's too expensive." Boss Liu shook his head. His market is mainly in several cities in Chuncheng. It's 60 to 70 kilometers from Chuncheng, which is very far. If the distance is closer, he can add a little more.
It can be transported for sixty or seventy kilometers...
Taken together, the quotations given by Boss Liu from aquatic product dealers these days are on the low side.
The quotation given by Boss Zhang is not the highest, but it is close to the highest. If the quantity of goods is large, the green shell shrimp will die easily after being taken out of the water. When dividing the shrimp, it should be as simple as possible and not too fussy.
It would be bad if the specifications are divided too carefully. Just divide them into two points, more than six yuan and less than six yuan...
"Can shrimps that cost 6 yuan really be sold for 33.5 yuan per catty?" Xiaomian's father pulled Ye Mo to the side and asked in a low voice.
Ye Mo nodded.
6 yuan for Daqing, and someone else gave me 34.5 yuan, but the quantity required was not much.
For 7-yuan Daqing, the highest offer is 35 yuan, which is also the highest price. For 7-yuan or more crayfish, there are a lot of them in this reservoir, but it is very troublesome to sort them individually. There are dozens of kilograms per day, and door-to-door delivery is required...
Not cost effective.
If it's a whole package, Ye Mo's ideal price is 28 yuan per catty for the whole package. The quoted price of 30 yuan per catty leaves room for bargaining.
In total, this price is a bit cheaper than the quote given by Boss Zhang.