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Blue Steel Shrimp: What's a Fair Price?
Every current listing of Blue Steel Shrimp works out to $9.99 per shrimp today. Based on 1 in-stock listing with a stated pack size across 1 US vendor, updated September 2, 2026.
Cheapest per vendor
| Vendor | Listing | Per shrimp | Listing price | Stock | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flip Aquatics | Blue Steel Shrimp — Orange Base / USA Bred / 1 Shrimp | $9.99 | $9.99 | in stock | view → |
Per-shrimp prices are computed from pack size (a $33 ten-plus-one pack is $3.00/shrimp). Shipping and live-arrival guarantee terms differ by vendor and can change which one is cheapest to your door.
Reading today's numbers
Only one vendor currently lists Blue Steel Shrimp, so today's per-shrimp price ($9.99) comes from that vendor alone rather than a cross-vendor comparison. Note that 1 of 4 tracked listings are in stock right now; today's stats come from the in-stock ones.
Keeping them alive once they arrive
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A new colony needs stable, tested water and shrimp-appropriate food more than anything else. Chewy — a general pet retailer that sells no live shrimp and is not one of the vendors this index tracks — carries shrimp food, water test kits, and water conditioners.
Price history
The per-shrimp market median for Blue Steel Shrimp has changed 1 time in 50 days of tracking. Median shifts here usually come from the in-stock mix changing rather than vendors repricing (how these prices actually behave). Genuine repricings land on the price drops page as we observe them.
Common questions
Every answer below is computed from this page's own numbers at build time, and updates with the daily data refresh.
- How much do Blue Steel Shrimp cost?
- The median is $9.99 per shrimp, based on 1 in-stock listing with a stated pack size across 1 US vendor as of September 2, 2026. That single listing is the only one the index can price per shrimp for them right now. Only one of the vendors the index tracks currently lists them at a verifiable per-shrimp price, so this reflects a single store's listings rather than a cross-vendor comparison.
- Which vendors sell Blue Steel Shrimp?
- 1 of the US shrimp vendors the index tracks lists them as of September 2, 2026: Flip Aquatics at $9.99 per shrimp. Each figure is that vendor's cheapest current listing.
- Has the price of Blue Steel Shrimp changed?
- Yes. The per-shrimp market median has changed 1 time across the 50 days the index has tracked them. Shifts here come from the in-stock mix changing — listings selling out or restocking — rather than vendors repricing.
- Are Blue Steel Shrimp in stock right now?
- 1 of the 4 listings the index tracks for them was in stock as of September 2, 2026, across 1 vendor.
Cite this page: Shrimp Price Index, "Blue Steel Shrimp price," data through September 2, 2026. https://shrimppriceindex.com/morphs/blue_steel
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We check Blue Steel Shrimp prices at every vendor we track, every day. How the index works · Cheapest shrimp today