prices?

[mudhole crossing]

what were the top pay outs for a coon, bobcat, coyote, fox, beaver,mink?

[mudhole crossing]

what were the top pay outs for a coon, bobcat, coyote, fox, beaver,mink?
ok......................thanx for all the replys and info. maybe all the trappers have died off, lol!

[screamin6x6]

http://www.nafa.ca/trapper/reports/NAFA_08-03-05_Final_WF_Detailed_USD2.pdf

[peckprice]

Sorry, I wasn't sure what you wanted from your question. Do you mean the top lot prices from the latest NAFA sale? Or the top dollar given by country buyers?

[mudhole crossing]

Sorry, I wasn't sure what you wanted from your question. Do you mean the top lot prices from the latest NAFA sale? Or the top dollar given by country buyers?
just curious to what were some of the top prices for a single coon, beaver, etc. ; or do they just give u one price for all ur furs, not singling out each fur?:)

[mudhole crossing]

http://www.nafa.ca/trapper/reports/NAFA_08-03-05_Final_WF_Detailed_USD2.pdf
what region did ky fall into? eastern senl or section 111

[peckprice]

There are a lot of variables when it comes to selling fur, and I think that is why there was a hesitation to reply to this post. Poorly handled fur brings poor prices and some fellows get the wrong idea when they see that I got $25 for some coons when they only got $8. Up until last year, we were shooting ourselves in the foot with our put-up. I knew it was killing us, and I decided to learn everything I could, and buy everything I needed to put our fur up as best as it could be. Handling fur is rocket science, it is like everything else, you just have to learn. From a country buyer this year, our top coons were $25, grays were $35, coyotes $15, beaver $17, and we got $50 straight on our bobcats, some would have been worth more, some would have been worth less, so I was pleased with that average on the cats. We got $12.50 straight on our buck mink, which I thought was more than fair. We only had one red to sale, and we got $18 for it. This was all "in the country". We could have probably done better by shipping, but I was very pleased with our prices and have no qualms over the pay out on our fur.

[pentail]

http://www.nafa.ca/trapper/reports/NAFA_08-03-05_Final_WF_Detailed_USD2.pdf

going over that chart, I noticed, for instance, western heavy coyote, average $37, top dollar over $370. there were a few other instances of around ten fold increase for top dollar...

what is it on these particular hides that make them worth so much more? I understand size and fur quality, but that much of a difference? are these hides graded and then bid on, or is a haggling process between buyer and seller on the very top grades?

[kytrapper]

At international auctions the Chinese think it good luck to pay the highest for the first lot of fur. These prices are in no way realistic. Most of our coon grade eastern semi I think. Our coon averaged around 24 bucks. That means some were 46.00 and some were 2.00. Don't get the big eye on these prices. Some coon in the Dakota's are as big as yotes almost. When dealing with NAFA and Kentucky fur, do a good job on handling and you will be happy with the grade. The more each piece brings the more both the trapper and NAFA make. My best advice is to call Big Windy Trapping Supplies in Munfordville and talk to Jimmy or Heather. They are our NAFA reps in Kentucky. Go to www.kentuckytrappers.com (http://www.kentuckytrappers.com) for their routes next weekend in Kentucky.

[pentail]

At international auctions the Chinese think it good luck to pay the highest for the first lot of fur. These prices are in no way realistic. Most of our coon grade eastern semi I think. Our coon averaged around 24 bucks. That means some were 46.00 and some were 2.00. Don't get the big eye on these prices. Some coon in the Dakota's are as big as yotes almost. When dealing with NAFA and Kentucky fur, do a good job on handling and you will be happy with the grade. The more each piece brings the more both the trapper and NAFA make. My best advice is to call Big Windy Trapping Supplies in Munfordville and talk to Jimmy or Heather. They are our NAFA reps in Kentucky. Go to www.kentuckytrappers.com (http://www.kentuckytrappers.com) for their routes next weekend in Kentucky.


just curious, I just could not see a way that top grade coyotes would go for say $100 bucks or so, then all of the sudden there was such a large prime speciman that the price would shoot up over 3 times that price...

[screamin6x6]

going over that chart, I noticed, for instance, western heavy coyote, average $37, top dollar over $370. there were a few other instances of around ten fold increase for top dollar...

what is it on these particular hides that make them worth so much more? I understand size and fur quality, but that much of a difference? are these hides graded and then bid on, or is a haggling process between buyer and seller on the very top grades?

This being my first year back in trapping, I know very little about how everything in these auctions work. There are alot of discussions about "Top Lot" prices on the Trapperman website, and from what I can gather, even alot of those very experienced trappers over there can't agree totally why some of those pelts bring so much. I can say that to recieve "Top Lot", you fur must be pretty much perfect all the way around. From the size of the animal, color, primeness of fur, put up, everything. To know what "perfect" is for a particular animal, I think is something else that only comes with lots of time looking at lots of furs and asking lots of questions.
I decided before I ever set the first trap this year that I would put up my own fur and not sell anything green. I ended up spending as much time researching how to properly handle fur as I did studying trapping sets and locations. I'm glad I did because I expected to get picked apart on my first trip to the furbuer and actually recieved just the opposite. I had just a couple minor things with my fur that didn't end up costing me on my check anyway according to the buyer. (Front legs a little long on my finished coons, taking my beavers off the hoops a little early reulting in wrinkled pelts).
One other thing I have heard about these auctions is the fact that the prices posted are before any of the auction fees are deducted which will result in a little smaller price per pelt than what's listed.

[KYBOY]

Theres so many variations in fur quality and color its near impossible to get any kind over "overall" idea of price. Your put up is a huge part of price. Ive seen people try to sell coon hides that were tacked on the barn then wonder why they couldent sell them. You can look at a coyote from KY them look at one from Montana and your jaw will drop. No comparison. Then you can look at a beaver from say southern Alabama its no comparison for a Ky beaver, just like a KY beaver is no comparison for a northern Minnisota beaver. Just so many variables.