Catfish prices: questions and answers
Catfish: median wholesale price 8.36 EUR/kg across 24 markets in 4 countries, quotes to 6 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of catfish today?
The median wholesale price of catfish was 8.36 EUR/kg across 30 current quotes on 24 markets in 4 countries (latest quote 6 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 6.39 and 9.92 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
What is the price of catfish in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 21 | 8.36 EUR/kg | 29,500 COP/kg |
| China | 1 | 1.34 EUR/kg | 10.0 CNY/kg |
| Turkey | 1 | 8.97 EUR/kg | 500.0 TRY/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting catfish; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of catfish going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 9 of 29 quotes for catfish rose, 6 fell and 14 were unchanged; the median change was 0.0%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish catfish prices?
24 markets in 4 countries have current catfish quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Bucaramanga Centroabastos Wholesale Market Colombia · 3 quotes
- Bogotá Paloquemao Market Colombia · 3 quotes
- Bogotá DC Corabastos Wholesale Market Colombia · 2 quotes
- Bogotá Plaza Las Flores Colombia · 2 quotes
- Medellín Wholesale Markets Colombia · 2 quotes
- Suzhou Nanhuan Bridge Market China · 1 quote
- Obour Wholesale Market Egypt · 1 quote
- Ankara Wholesale Market Turkey · 1 quote
Why are there so many different catfish prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 8 different catfish quote names, for example: Catfish (Saravena); Striped catfish steaks, frozen; Striped catfish steaks, frozen; Striped catfish, whole, frozen; Striped catfish steaks, frozen; Catfish farming catty.
Compare like with like: the same market and series over time, or the same type across markets. How to read a wholesale quote
Where do these catfish prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are catfish prices updated?
The latest catfish quote is from 6 November 2026; 20 of 24 markets published catfish prices in the seven days to 11 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download catfish prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for catfish prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.