Nine-hole abalone is more expensive According to the public information, the seven-hole abalone is 40 pounds, small in size, full in meat, and often full in shape, which is an ellipse. It's farmed. Nine-hole abalone is 70 Jin, which is big, high in protein, fine in meat and good in taste. Nine-hole abalone is wild. Water quality requirements are basically pollution-free. So nine-hole abalone is more expensive than seven-hole abalone.