What is the weight of a crab?

Maryland Blue Crab:Mean Question. Hurtful, ugly, cruel and painful to anyone who hasn't been to the Chesapeake in years and hasn't seen a full 30 pound bushel of these freshly steamed Blue Crab critters dumped out on a picnic table for a decade or more.

The actual weight however may or may not not be set by State or Federal Law, the Bureau of Standards, the USDA, FDA or even OSHA.

Males (and you can tell the difference) are more expensive than females and size is relevant to pricing with Colossal Males (over 6.5 inches) fetching $5,00 each. Jumbos come at 60 to the bushel for about $175.00. A dozen of what are termed Whale Soft Shells can be purchased frozen for $75.00 and are worth every penny. Because they have shed that inedible and somewhat difficult to learn to separate the Meat from the Bone exoskeleton and therefore softshells let you get more edible goodies per pound and with a lot less physical effort from a mallet.