And you can always ask the seller too....there may have been something "going on" with specific snakes (@ higher than normal prices) that you didn't see?
prices are controlled by both the sellers and the buyers in ANY market. It is basic supply and demand economics, combined with marketing. Prices are subject to fluctuate depending on the value one places on any particular animal at any particular time.
I noticed here in texas i frequent the smaller shows and when narbc rolls in, the local sellers all bump their prices up a decent amount for it, i get why, be competitive to out of state sellers, bigger crowd flow ect. But it bums me out a bit.
I watch a lot of youtube expo videos its really interesting to see the price differences in other regions.