LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Some may call Good Friday the Super bowl Sunday of crawfish season. With last year’s drought causing a lot of issues, many have wondered of how sales will look for this Easter weekend.

News 10 spoke with Laney King, co-founder The Crawfish App, reassured that everything should be back to normal.

“Yeah, this year, like I said, much more normal when we look back at prior years, we look back at 2021, 2022, prices were much more in line.” King said. “Maybe, you know, give or take a quarter a pound, but we’re much more in line with historical Easter prices.”

Crawfish prices are a dollar fifty cents cheaper for live crawfish as compared to last year’s Easter weekend. They are the lowest it has been all season long. With Easter falling later in the year, crawfish season is at its peak with crawfish being the perfect size for a perfect weekend gathering.

“If you’re looking for, you know, a medium to large size crawfish, you’re going to pay about three, ten a pound on average.” King said. “That’s what the average of about 800 Louisiana crawfish prices tells us. If you’re okay with, you know, maybe the small to medium mix, we’re seeing sacks for $50, $60 a sack, which I mean, that’s that’s awesome”

As prices look promising and sacks are flying out of stores. crawfish lovers can say “Allons Manger” with pride knowing they got a good bang for their buck.

“Last year you’re paying an extra 50 bucks a sack versus what you’re paying this year. That’s that’s big. I mean, especially on Easter weekend, you know, you’re boiling for your family. Sometimes people buy 1 to 3 sacks of crawfish. This year is a huge savings.” King said.

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