01
$48.90
Frozen Hairy Crab Cut Segments
Landed 04:20 · Sold at first light
The first crate is the loudest
Everything on this floor came off a boat before the ice trucks left. We buy at the auction, pack on the same concrete, and ship the crates we would keep for ourselves.
Eight lots, numbered by hand. When the tag is gone, that lot is gone.
Doors open 04:00
First call 04:20
All lots 2 kg net
On the floor today
In Stock
Fresh Live Chinese Mitten Crab
$89.90
In Stock
Fresh Wild Caught Yellow Fish
$32.90
In Stock
Frozen Giant Black Tiger Prawns
$62.90
In Stock
Frozen Hairy Crab Cut Segments
$48.90
In Stock
Frozen Pre Cut Snakehead Fish Fillets
$36.90
In Stock
Frozen Raw Tiger Prawns
$45.90
In Stock
Frozen Salmon Fillet
$58.90
In Stock
Frozen Salmon Portions
$42.90
Lot paperwork
Everything is written down
- Lot
- Fresh Live Chinese Mitten Crab
- Landed
- 04:20
- Net weight
- 2.0 kg
- Storage
- LIVE · 0–4C Kept alive in chilled sea water
- Price
- $89.90
On the bench
Four lots, weighed and tagged
Every crate is weighed at the same bench. The plate carries the lot number and what it costs.
01
$48.90
Frozen Hairy Crab Cut Segments
02
$89.90
Fresh Live Chinese Mitten Crab
03
$32.90
Fresh Wild Caught Yellow Fish
04
$62.90
Frozen Giant Black Tiger Prawns
Cold chain
From the crate to the box
Four things happen between the boat and the courier. None of them take longer than an hour.
Loading floor, cut through
Ice room ledger
What came off the ice this morning
Three lots written up on the sheet before the doors opened.
Landing record
Where the crates come from
Every lot is logged on the wall before it goes into the cold room: who landed it, when it hit the concrete, and how long it sat on ice.
Cards are signed off by the buyer on the floor, not by an office.
Bay 01
- Landed
- 04:20
- Lots on file
- 2
Bay 02
- Landed
- 05:10
- Lots on file
- 2
Bay 03
- Landed
- 06:30
- Lots on file
- 2
The tag line
Six lots, one rope
Hand-numbered tags, hung in the order the crates came in.
Measured on the floor
Nothing leaves without a mark on the rule
Weighed wet
Net weight only, with the glaze drained off first.
Tagged by hand
One plate per lot, written on the same bench.
Iced in the crate
Packed loose on ice, never pressed into a block.
Two doors
Whole lots or cut lots — pick the door
Auction list
Hear about the next landing
One message when a new lot is listed. No more than that.