Monkfish prices: questions and answers
Monkfish: median wholesale price 13.5 EUR/kg across 5 markets in 3 countries, quotes to 13 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of monkfish today?
The median wholesale price of monkfish was 13.5 EUR/kg across 15 current quotes on 5 markets in 3 countries (latest quote 13 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 11.74 and 17.26 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.
Are prices of monkfish going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 4 of 14 quotes for monkfish rose, 5 fell and 5 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 monkfish prices?
5 markets in 3 countries have current monkfish quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Mercabilbao Spain · 5 quotes
- Mercados de Abastecimientos de Barcelona SA Spain · 4 quotes
- Mercamadrid Spain · 3 quotes
- MIN Rungis France · 3 quotes
- Icelandic fish auctions (RSF) Iceland · 1 quote
Why are there so many different monkfish prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 16 different monkfish quote names, for example: Monkfish; Monkfish chinese frozen; Monkfish c/c.; Monkfish (tail) 1-2kg France; Monkfish, gutted (skötuselur, slægt).
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 monkfish 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 monkfish prices updated?
The latest monkfish quote is from 13 November 2026; 2 of 5 markets published monkfish prices in the seven days to 13 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download monkfish prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for monkfish 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.