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Data from: September 11, 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: 28,742 kg | Auction 10,409 kg | Aomori | － | 7,236 | 5,805 | 4,320 |
| Bluefin tuna (fresh) まぐろ（生鮮） | Various sources | － | 10,800 | － | 3,780 | |
| Bluefin tuna (fresh) まぐろ（生鮮） | Foreign | － | 9,288 | － | 2,160 | |
| Bluefin tuna (fresh) まぐろ（生鮮） | Negotiated 18,333 kg | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
| Bluefin tuna (fresh) まぐろ（生鮮） | Various sources | － | － | － | － | |
Bluefin tuna (frozen) まぐろ（冷凍） Total: 15,504 kg | Auction 15,504 kg | Domestic & foreign | － | 4,644 | 3,696 | 3,024 |
Yellowfin tuna (fresh) きわだ（生鮮） Total: 98 kg | Negotiated 98 kg | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
Yellowfin tuna (frozen) きわだ（冷凍） Total: 2,155 kg | Auction 2,155 kg | Domestic & foreign | － | 1,728 | 1,393 | 1,188 |
Bigeye tuna (fresh) めばち（生鮮） Total: 3,226 kg | Auction 1,583 kg | Various sources | － | 3,240 | 3,132 | 3,024 |
| Bigeye tuna (fresh) めばち（生鮮） | Miyagi | － | 3,780 | 2,808 | 1,404 | |
| Bigeye tuna (fresh) めばち（生鮮） | Foreign | － | － | － | － | |
| Bigeye tuna (fresh) めばち（生鮮） | Negotiated 1,643 kg | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
Bigeye tuna (frozen) めばち（冷凍） Total: 31,568 kg | Auction 31,568 kg | Domestic & foreign | － | 2,916 | 1,533 | 1,350 |
Southern bluefin tuna (fresh) いんど（生鮮） Total: 4,140 kg | Auction 3,077 kg | Foreign | － | 5,184 | 3,498 | 1,620 |
| Southern bluefin tuna (fresh) いんど（生鮮） | Negotiated 1,063 kg | Foreign | － | － | － | － |
Southern bluefin tuna (frozen) いんど（冷凍） Total: 13,630 kg | Auction 13,630 kg | Domestic & foreign | － | 4,320 | 2,163 | 1,296 |
Swordfish (fresh) めかじき（生鮮） Total: 2,108 kg | Negotiated 2,108 kg | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
Swordfish (frozen) めかじき（冷凍） Total: 2,678 kg | Auction 2,678 kg | Domestic & foreign | Fillet | 2,160 | 1,480 | 1,188 |
Other large fish (frozen) その他（大物冷） Total: 607 kg | Auction 607 kg | － | － | － | － | － |
Subtotal: 104,456 kg Auction: 81,211 kg·Negotiated: 23,245 kg | ||||||
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