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Data from: October 6, 2026
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| Product name |
Quantity
sold
|
Origin | Notes | High |
Mid-
price (¥/Kg)
|
Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bluefin tuna (fresh) まぐろ（生鮮） Total: 24,452 kg | Auction 17,693 kg | Miyagi | － | 5,400 | 3,145 | 2,376 |
| Bluefin tuna (fresh) まぐろ（生鮮） | Various sources | － | 16,200 | － | 2,700 | |
| Bluefin tuna (fresh) まぐろ（生鮮） | Foreign | － | 7,560 | － | 5,400 | |
| Bluefin tuna (fresh) まぐろ（生鮮） | Negotiated 6,759 kg | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
| Bluefin tuna (fresh) まぐろ（生鮮） | Various sources | － | － | － | － | |
Bluefin tuna (frozen) まぐろ（冷凍） Total: 11,712 kg | Auction 11,712 kg | Domestic & foreign | － | 5,400 | 3,648 | 3,024 |
Yellowfin tuna (fresh) きわだ（生鮮） Total: 544 kg | Negotiated 544 kg | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
Yellowfin tuna (frozen) きわだ（冷凍） Total: 2,170 kg | Auction 2,170 kg | Domestic & foreign | － | 1,620 | 1,318 | 972 |
Bigeye tuna (fresh) めばち（生鮮） Total: 1,460 kg | Auction 688 kg | Various sources | － | 3,780 | － | 1,944 |
| Bigeye tuna (fresh) めばち（生鮮） | Miyagi | － | 3,240 | 2,862 | 2,484 | |
| Bigeye tuna (fresh) めばち（生鮮） | Foreign | － | － | － | － | |
| Bigeye tuna (fresh) めばち（生鮮） | Negotiated 772 kg | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
Bigeye tuna (frozen) めばち（冷凍） Total: 36,534 kg | Auction 36,534 kg | Domestic & foreign | － | 2,700 | 1,538 | 1,296 |
Southern bluefin tuna (fresh) いんど（生鮮） Total: 757 kg | Auction 757 kg | Foreign | － | 4,320 | 3,240 | 2,700 |
Southern bluefin tuna (frozen) いんど（冷凍） Total: 14,089 kg | Auction 14,089 kg | Domestic & foreign | － | 4,104 | 2,114 | 1,296 |
Swordfish (fresh) めかじき（生鮮） Total: 6,232 kg | Auction 926 kg | Various sources | － | － | － | － |
| Swordfish (fresh) めかじき（生鮮） | Foreign | － | 2,376 | － | 1,620 | |
| Swordfish (fresh) めかじき（生鮮） | Negotiated 5,306 kg | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
Swordfish (frozen) めかじき（冷凍） Total: 3,424 kg | Auction 3,424 kg | Domestic & foreign | Fillet | 1,836 | 1,447 | 1,188 |
Other large fish (fresh) その他（大物生） Total: 93 kg | Auction 93 kg | － | － | － | － | － |
Other large fish (frozen) その他（大物冷） Total: 591 kg | Auction 591 kg | － | － | － | － | － |
Subtotal: 102,058 kg Auction: 88,677 kg·Negotiated: 13,381 kg | ||||||
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