Post by: 3nails on May 28, 2016, 01:59:22 PM
Rats- $2.50
Mink- $8.00
Beaver- $9.00
Kept all my other furs. Couldn't handle giving them away.
Post by: JakeLand on May 28, 2016, 02:30:39 PM
What was your final tally this year ?
Post by: 3nails on May 28, 2016, 06:35:19 PM
Post by: Humptulips on May 28, 2016, 08:54:07 PM
$2 rats
$8 beaver
$4 mink
I hope I am wrong!
I read where FHA offered 20,000 top end coyotes and they basically flopped.
Coyote was the one thing was supposed to be demand for.
Post by: 3nails on May 29, 2016, 07:12:55 PM
Post by: Kit Carson on May 29, 2016, 07:26:21 PM
Post by: 3nails on May 29, 2016, 07:34:55 PM
Where can it be watched?On the NAFA site. My wife and son like to watch and listen. I just like to see the lots sell as they are won. Both are entertaining when prices are good.
Post by: 3nails on May 30, 2016, 04:55:27 AM
Post by: Humptulips on May 30, 2016, 08:18:57 PM
Hard to understand for me because IMO they are about the nicest fur there is.
Mine are all getting tanned.
Post by: Kit Carson on May 31, 2016, 02:14:33 PM
George Brady said there was zero interest in otters at the Helsinki sale. Apparently nobody even bothered to inspect them.
Hard to understand for me because IMO they are about the nicest fur there is.
Mine are all getting tanned.
Why do you think they weren't even checking them out?
Post by: pnwmtnmn on May 31, 2016, 04:11:00 PM
Post by: Kit Carson on May 31, 2016, 04:45:06 PM
Post by: 3nails on May 31, 2016, 04:50:57 PM
I think you are a little high,Well you hit the rats right for us. $2 average. However we did get a $7 avg for mink and $10 for beaver. Only 1 beaver didn't sell and it was the best grade fur of them all. Can't figure that. :dunno:
$2 rats
$8 beaver
$4 mink
I hope I am wrong!
I read where FHA offered 20,000 top end coyotes and they basically flopped.
Coyote was the one thing was supposed to be demand for.
Post by: Kit Carson on May 31, 2016, 05:08:35 PM
Post by: JakeLand on May 31, 2016, 08:24:56 PM
Post by: Humptulips on May 31, 2016, 11:29:19 PM
why are they not interested in bidding?
$64 question. Guessing but probably nobody using them. If it wasn't for Canada Goose coyotes would be in the toilet too. Somebody comes up with a product people want with otter they will take off. Until then?
I think you are a little high,Well you hit the rats right for us. $2 average. However we did get a $7 avg for mink and $10 for beaver. Only 1 beaver didn't sell and it was the best grade fur of them all. Can't figure that. :dunno:
$2 rats
$8 beaver
$4 mink
I hope I am wrong!
I read where FHA offered 20,000 top end coyotes and they basically flopped.
Coyote was the one thing was supposed to be demand for.
Well, I wish I was a little more wrong to the good side. I've had a number of BB in the last few years that were my best. I always figured NAFA was going for more then the bidders were willing. Maybe they will private treaty them. I'm never been happy with the result but to be fair I probably would have been unhappy if they had let them go at the auction.
Post by: Carp Commander on June 01, 2016, 04:06:28 PM
I think you are a little high,
$2 rats
$8 beaver
$4 mink
I hope I am wrong!
I read where FHA offered 20,000 top end coyotes and they basically flopped.
Coyote was the one thing was supposed to be demand for.
I've been studying the results all afternoon. I had an interest in the coyotes mainly and I was very disappointed. Western semi-heavies only sold 60% at $26.78 averages. That's down $10 ($36.34) from January and down $28 ($54.33) from January, 2015. I thought coyotes were going to hold strong as well.
Silly me for trying to predict the fur market!
Post by: Humptulips on June 01, 2016, 05:11:20 PM
Apparently Canada Goose wants only the very best of the best. It sounds like they rejected a bunch of the ones bought by their suppliers and they were sent back to the auction.
from what they said Canada Goose is buying the trim strips from suppliers, not the entire coyote and last year they were not happy with some of the product they were getting so they are inspecting pre-cutting now and are a lot more selective.
It sounds like buyers were paying good money for what they thought were good but many didn't make the grade.
Bottom line, there is a good market for select coyotes and not much demand for the rest. I really don't think we have the kind of coyotes Canada Goose wants in WA.
Post by: Carp Commander on June 01, 2016, 05:30:18 PM
There is an interesting thread over on the Lynx lair about coyotes.
Apparently Canada Goose wants only the very best of the best. It sounds like they rejected a bunch of the ones bought by their suppliers and they were sent back to the auction.
from what they said Canada Goose is buying the trim strips from suppliers, not the entire coyote and last year they were not happy with some of the product they were getting so they are inspecting pre-cutting now and are a lot more selective.
It sounds like buyers were paying good money for what they thought were good but many didn't make the grade.
Bottom line, there is a good market for select coyotes and not much demand for the rest. I really don't think we have the kind of coyotes Canada Goose wants in WA.
Washington coyotes certainly are not the best. I know north of Wenatchee you can get into some western heavies. Here in the basin we get plenty of pales but I am lucky to get a semi-heavy grade. It's too bad because we sure have a pile of them around here!