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Seafood Pricing Calculator in Seafood Market

The Seafood Pricing Calculator is a copy-ready spreadsheet for seafood market that tracks species, cost, yield, shrink, retail price. It opens unchanged in both Google Sheets and Excel, needs no add-ons or macros, and takes about 20 minutes to set up.

Last updated: August 2026

Excel workbook · opens in Google Sheets · 3 tabs · no sign-up

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What’s inside “Seafood Pricing Calculator”

Tabs: How to use · Species · SettingsFormat: Excel (.xlsx) · opens in Google SheetsSetup: About 20 minutesColumns: 8

Columns (grey = calculated for you)

  • Species / cut
  • Form bought
  • Cost per lb
  • Yield
  • Shrink
  • True cost per lb
  • Retail per lb
  • Margin at retail
  1. Open the Species tab and replace the sample rows with your own — one row per entry. Formulas fill in automatically for new rows.
  2. Yield is the share you sell after filleting (snapper fillets are about 40% of whole weight); shrink is loss to drip, trim and spoilage.
  3. True cost per lb is what you actually pay per pound sold; retail is priced from that.
  4. Using Google Sheets? Upload the file to Google Drive, then open it with Google Sheets (or File → Import in an open sheet). Formulas, dropdowns and highlights carry over.

The file opens locally on your device — nothing is uploaded, and you own the copy outright.

Seafood Pricing Calculator

About this template

It is built for people who want results without another subscription: markets pricing by yield and shrink. The whole template is free to copy — there is no paid tier. Because it is a plain spreadsheet, you own your data outright and can shape every column to how you actually work.

Review evidence

What to verify before choosing Seafood Pricing Calculator

Use the review criteria below to decide whether this template fits your workflow.

Review criteria

  • +Cost per pound by species
  • +Yield and shrink adjustment
  • +Target margin pricing
  • +Whole vs. fillet pricing

Often worth considering when

  • +Markets pricing by yield and shrink
  • +Anyone pricing whole and filleted fish

Pause before choosing when

  • -Scale-integrated label printing
  • -Live dock price feeds

About Seafood Market

Why people consider this option

  • +Track catch, freshness, and pricing without paid software
  • +Keep every supplier and order record in a file you own
  • +Know your margin on each species and cut

What to review before acting

  • -No scale-integrated POS without a tool
  • -Busy markets need real retail software

Trust FAQ

Questions people ask before copying a template

Does the Seafood Pricing Calculator work in both Google Sheets and Excel?
Yes. It is built with standard functions and no macros, so it opens and works the same in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel — on desktop or your phone.
Is the Seafood Pricing Calculator really free?
The core template is free to copy and use. There is no paid tier — download the Excel workbook, replace the sample rows with your own, and you are ready to work.
What does the Seafood Pricing Calculator track?
It tracks species, cost, yield, shrink, retail price. The workbook comes with these columns plus the formulas, dropdowns and highlights already set up. Replace the sample rows and the totals update as you go.

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