Selling fur

[wytx]

Anybody putting up their fur and selling this year ?
We're trapping coyotes and bobcats, trying anyway. Hoping coyotes pan out for some cash, bobcats aren't sounding promising right now.
I'd be interested to hear what you think Reload. Your coyote trapping is pretty unreal.

I'll post some dried fur pics when they're done. Small potatoes for us but we enjoy it.

 

[mcr-85]

I am. I won't need a very big barn for my end of season picture though. A small shed will do.

Who do you sell to @wytx ? I sold cats and coyotes to a private buyer last year and I also shipped a few coyotes to the Idaho fur sale.

Anybody putting up their fur and selling this year ?
We're trapping coyotes and bobcats, trying anyway. Hoping coyotes pan out for some cash, bobcats aren't sounding promising right now.
I'd be interested to hear what you think Reload. Your coyote trapping is pretty unreal.

I'll post some dried fur pics when they're done. Small potatoes for us but we enjoy it.

 

[wytx]

We sold to Petska and then sent our few cats to Canada via a local agent to FHA. Covid hit before the auction so our best cat is in limbo and may not sell.
We're are very small scale but trying to knock down a few predators. Run about 24 traps or so, part time.

 

[mcr-85]

We sold to Petska and then sent our few cats to Canada via a local agent to FHA. Covid hit before the auction so our best cat is in limbo and may not sell.
We're are very small scale but trying to knock down a few predators. Run about 24 traps or so, part time.

Same here. I have enough traps but not enough time to run them all. I only have about 18 set right now and I will be setting snares here pretty soon as well.

 

[jmez]

Talked to fur buyer a couple weeks ago. There currently is no market for coyotes. He's only going to buy a few. They have to be big, white belly with no color and perfect. He may give $20 for those, not sure yet.

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[*zap*]

Not worth skinning/putting up unless you really dig doing that.

 

[Reload]

A lot can be said on where/what State you guys are trapping. That will dictate prices, i.e. Montana pales vs. Illinois Reds...I can tell you that the Midwestern fur market is pretty sad overall. Our coyotes for the most part are trash. If you're lucky, 15-20% of your catch is worth putting up. The rest do not have what is needed in a difficult market to make it profitable to pelt.
Something worth considering on down-price furs are to tan them. Starting out initially with a handful of tanned furs to peddle, then gradually expand your allotment as demand/word of mouth increases. You will net more profit tanning yourself, but can still enjoy a respectable return on having your furs tanned as well. And with the appearance of the market being down this year, you get whatever price they give you from an auction house/fur buyer with no recourse other than refusal to sell. By tanning furs, you dictate the price, the price you feel that it is worth. Im anxious to hear prices fur buyers are paying in all of your local areas. Post em up!

 

[wytx]

Tanning is our backup plan.

 

[jmez]

I'm in western SD. Mostly desirable pales here. Buyer said he won't even look at coons this year, said throw em in the ditch.

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[dirtytough]

I’ve sold a few on the carcass. The best dog I shot was a $60 dog but had lice. Another decent one would have been $45. The shooter hit it high though It still brought $20 with a 4”x8” hole.

Most of the semi’s are $25-$30 so far.

 

[WCB]

Talked to fur buyer a couple weeks ago. There currently is no market for coyotes. He's only going to buy a few. They have to be big, white belly with no color and perfect. He may give $20 for those, not sure yet.

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Not what I have heard from a friend that just average $65 on yotes the next Dakota north of you. (I think he sold around 50 late Oct. and Nov. dogs) Got $80 on a couple on carcass dogs. Overall back color matters more than bellies as the bellies aren't used for coat trim anyways.

Fox $1 or $2 dollars not worth shooting them I passed 3 beautiful reds this weekend. I want to take a bobcat or two for myself to mount or tan but other than that I have no desire to take anything and sell them for next to nothing.

Maybe mink or some other things will pick up as they just wiped out the Mink farms in Denmark (around 17million)

 

[4ester]

Wyoming:

Sold 6 coyotes on tha carcass last week. Range from $1 to $55, avg 20-30. Looking mainly at the back/guard hairs.

He said he just bought a really nice bobcat for $200, so market is down from last year.

 

[204guy]

If you're putting them up. Why not sit on them and see what next year brings?

 

[wytx]

If we had storage we would keep them.
Been hearing good coyote are doing ok on price, guard hairs are the key.

Which buyer in Wyoming, Petska or someone else ?

 

[wytx]

Mink issues in Utah too.
If FHA can get in person folks for their auction , maybe prices will come up a bit. The January auction should be telling but later they will have combined auction with American Mink exchange.

 

[4ester]

If we had storage we would keep them.
Been hearing good coyote are doing ok on price, guard hairs are the key.

Which buyer in Wyoming, Petska or someone else ?

If you were replying to me it was Colt Furs.


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[wytx]

Thanks, you were the one.
Found another buyer in Douglas, he's paying decent for coyotes it looks like if they are good.

 

[WCB]

Wyoming:

Sold 6 coyotes on tha carcass last week. Range from $1 to $55, avg 20-30. Looking mainly at the back/guard hairs.

He said he just bought a really nice bobcat for $200, so market is down from last year.

Market is def down from last year. Thanks for saying they are looking at guard hairs/ backs. I do not get why guys still think bellies matter.

Did the buyer think the yotes you had were prime with just poor guard hairs or are they still priming up a little. I know yotes around here are not quite there yet as far as top prime.

 

[4ester]

Yeah I figured 2020 was a crap shoot. Gotta protect those deer anyway and get some trigger time in.

There is always good and bad fur on coyotes but our fur is prime in this country. A couple were spined and that’s never good for selling value. It’s easy to see what they are looking for when you watch them grade.


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[Marmots]

I'm interested to see how the next fur sale pans out.

Coyote are mostly used in trim on Canada Goose jackets, and that type of mid-priced luxury item seems like it will be most affected by a worldwide covid recession.

You'd think the people who wear bobcat bellies are in an entirely different income class and would be a little bit more insulated from current markets. But who knows. If I actually had good intuition about this kind of thing, I would be a fur buyer.

I'm going to take this dip in the fur market as an opportunity to have fun chasing marten and fox while not worrying about a bottom line.