what were your prices??

[DUKE-1]

being my 2nd yr i was tickled to see 3 dogs sell for $168,, then i was bruised to see 2 beavers sell $9.30 anyone else see beaver prices better then this???
how about the castor anyone sell this ??

[HunterDave]

I had 2 beaver and 2 castoreum in the last auction. One XL beaver sold but, from the auction newsletter, they held back the smaller L beaver because the prices were low. Canadian prices:

Beaver XL *l BR SEMI = $40.92

Castoreum CLN $4.22/OZ = $29.51

The beaver that sold was trapped in the Fall and the castors were from 2 Spring beaver. I don't understand the CLN grading for the castoreum but that's okay, I'll take it. I got very lucky with the one beaver that sold, my first without putting any holes in it while fleshing.

[gobigorgohome]

I had one GARBAGE incidental wild mink. Large, but no fur. Held over the last 2 years. Sold for 1.24$ Canadian. After Nafa took royalties, my cheque was 1.10$ Canadian. Cost them more to print it off and send it than it's worth lol oh well!

[H380]

Originally Posted by DUKE-1

being my 2nd yr i was tickled to see 3 dogs sell for $168,, then i was bruised to see 2 beavers sell $9.30 anyone else see beaver prices better then this???
how about the castor anyone sell this ??

Thats good prices for coyotes for sure , what was your average ? I had a couple at that $168 mark with a low of $91 and hi of 176 , ave $139.71 . Hope prices stay for the next few sales .Too bad that beaver are so much work for the price you get .

[DUKE-1]

Originally Posted by H380

Thats good prices for coyotes for sure , what was your average ? I had a couple at that $168 mark with a low of $91 and hi of 176 , ave $139.71 . Hope prices stay for the next few sales .Too bad that beaver are so much work for the price you get .

Avg was $141. RATS WERE POOR 3-6$ ya beavers suck this spring it will be collecting castor and selling beavers to bear hunters. i want a couple for taning also.. i'm thinking dog prices will last 3 more sale before the market is saturated and trim fur is maxed out. . corey

[H380]

3 more sales will get us into the next year and hopefully they will be out and need some fresh product .. Take the good while it lasts .

[nube]

I averaged $108 on my first 2 weeks worth of coyotes. They were all caught in Mid November. I had 2 damaged go for $20 each and 2 damaged for $40 each. I had one sell for $183. The guy doing mine is slowly learning so I hope they get better. Will see this next sale what happens and I expect higher prices.

I found a buyer for beaver now. I get $25 each for them so I can't complain about that.

Muskrat averaged $5.77 out of the 200 I sold

[Frank90]

I averaged 124 on my coyotes . I got 183 for my best and 28 and 42 for 2 damaged ones. All of my dogs were caught between October 24 and December 7.

[james dymond]

Originally Posted by HunterDave

I had 2 beaver and 2 castoreum in the last auction. One XL beaver sold but, from the auction newsletter, they held back the smaller L beaver because the prices were low. Canadian prices:

Beaver XL *l BR SEMI = $40.92

Castoreum CLN $4.22/OZ = $29.51

The beaver that sold was trapped in the Fall and the castors were from 2 Spring beaver. I don't understand the CLN grading for the castoreum but that's okay, I'll take it. I got very lucky with the one beaver that sold, my first without putting any holes in it while fleshing.

There are three grades of castor.

#1 Castors that are clean, full pods and no holes.

#2 Ordinary, castors with holes, large castors with only small amounts of castoreum in the pods and castoreum that is too dry to be #1.

#3 Castors that are small, shells, and castor that is too poor to be #2.
CLN is #1
Jim

[HunterDave]

Thanks, Jim.

For future reference, if #1 is CLN, what is #2 & #3......ORD & PR? I knew about the number designation (as described in the online NAFA manual) so seeing a CLN instead of a #1 seemed odd to me as a new Trapper.