Salmon prices: questions and answers
Salmon: median wholesale price 10.8 EUR/kg across 18 markets in 5 countries, quotes to 10 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of salmon today?
The median wholesale price of salmon was 10.8 EUR/kg across 41 current quotes on 18 markets in 5 countries (latest quote 10 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 8.30 and 15.59 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.
How do prices differ between types of salmon?
| Type | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Type not stated | 22 | 8.58 EUR/kg |
| Fillet | 13 | 16.3 EUR/kg |
| Frozen | 4 | 4.74 EUR/kg |
Types are read from the names the markets publish, so that a comparison puts like with like. Quotes whose name gives no type are kept together.
Where are prices of salmon lowest and highest?
Among countries with at least two quotes, prices of salmon were lowest in Turkey (6.28 EUR/kg), France (8.55 EUR/kg), Italy (9.70 EUR/kg) and highest in Colombia (16.4 EUR/kg), Spain (9.79 EUR/kg), Italy (9.70 EUR/kg), as medians in EUR per kg.
Markets quote different varieties, grades, origins and trade stages, and local prices are converted at the day’s exchange rate, so differences between countries also reflect what is being sold, not only how much it costs.
What is the price of salmon in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 11 | 16.4 EUR/kg | 58,000 COP/kg |
| Spain | 3 | 9.79 EUR/kg | — |
| Italy | 2 | 9.70 EUR/kg | — |
| France | 1 | 8.55 EUR/kg | — |
| Turkey | 1 | 6.28 EUR/kg | 350.0 TRY/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting salmon; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of salmon going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 5 of 29 quotes for salmon rose, 3 fell and 21 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 salmon prices?
18 markets in 5 countries have current salmon quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- MIN Rungis France · 9 quotes
- Mercamadrid Spain · 7 quotes
- Mercados de Abastecimientos de Barcelona SA Spain · 4 quotes
- Rome Wholesale Market Italy · 4 quotes
- Mercabilbao Spain · 2 quotes
- Milan Wholesale Market Italy · 2 quotes
- Ankara Wholesale Market Turkey · 2 quotes
- Bucaramanga Centroabastos Wholesale Market Colombia · 1 quote
Why are there so many different salmon prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 28 different salmon quote names, for example: Salmon fresh (fillet) slice farmed 3-4kg EU; Frozen salmon; Salmon fillet fresh; Atlantic salmon, Farmed, fresh, SALMO SALAR, Norway; Salmon; Atlantic salmon, Fresh, farmed, Salmo salar, Norway.
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 salmon 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 salmon prices updated?
The latest salmon quote is from 10 November 2026; 11 of 18 markets published salmon 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 salmon prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for salmon 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.