Bag or Lot Breaking
Bag or Lot Breaking splits one lot into several graded lots. Use it when you buy product unculled or boat-run and sort it into sizes or grades before selling. Each grade becomes its own lot with its own lot code, and each one still traces back to the original purchase.
Example: grading live lobster
We took 190 lb of live select lobster, bought at $6.00/lb ($1,140), and graded it into two lots:
| Processed lot | Lot code | Weight | Cost/lb | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lobster 1.5 lb (halves) | PO-13NOV26-EVD | 100 lb | $6.33 | $633.33 |
| Lobster Chix | PO-13NOV26-XED | 80 lb | $6.33 | $506.67 |
That’s 180 lb of sellable lobster from 190 lb, so 10 lb (about 5%) didn’t make either grade (due to dead loss, for example). BlueTrace spreads the full $1,140 over the 180 lb you can sell. That raises the cost from $6.00 to $6.33/lb, so your cull loss shows up in your cost instead of disappearing.
Both new lots keep the original shipper’s certification (MA-3456-SS,AQ) and trace back to the source lot, so a sale of chix can be traced to the crate it came from.