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Post by dj88ryr on Jan 17, 2004 14:52:14 GMT -6
Well we are back from the sale. Got to meet some fellow PA trappers for the first time in person. Scrapper, Kevinup, Trapperjohn, and Clefus were all there, and those boys had some nice furs to sell. The first thing that struck me about this sale was that about 75% of the fox brought in were Greys. The number of Coyotes brought in would have topped the Reds as well. There were only 4 buyers there, but the Lion was treated pretty good by Sunderlands from Grampian PA. He bought all of the Lions rats. Had some great conversations with other trappers there and some non trapping on lookers who just had to come up and talk, hope it wasn't the Cat riding on my head that gave me away ;D. The WCOs that were present were also real decent guys, I would say, they were VERY trapper friendly.
The District 4 people must have known that Nittany Lion was coming to their sale, because they set the sale up in a pre-school activity center and lo and behold, Ninny was ecstatic because at this place he could actually reach the urinals, as they were about a foot off of the floor!! ;D ;D
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Post by Nittany Lion on Jan 17, 2004 15:00:42 GMT -6
It was great meeting the trappers Cathead mentioned, and taking a leak in those urinals was like a duck taking to water. Cathead will never admit it, but he had me heading East when we should have been heading West. It only held us up about 2 hours so it was no big deal.
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Post by dj88ryr on Jan 17, 2004 15:03:47 GMT -6
We started out heading East cause I thought you wanted to drop in on the mini convention at Terry's house first.  |
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Post by Wright Brothers on Jan 17, 2004 15:07:41 GMT -6
I stopped at a local buyer today in the western part of pa and his k9 ratios were 175 grays to 12 reds and just a few coyotes. Muskrats also were not plentiful.
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Post by Steve Gappa on Jan 17, 2004 15:43:36 GMT -6
Some results from an Ohio TA auction today:
I didn't have a good representation of K-9's but the going price (ave) was about mid twenties for both red's and coyote.I averaged 12.90 on a 108 coon (large and up), made me smile. Fall 'rats were about $2.50 ave.and our premium Ohio 'possum did a little better than that
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Post by dj88ryr on Jan 17, 2004 15:58:54 GMT -6
They were grading pretty hard today, but, here are some of the prices I heard being paid, for well handled fur of good size. No mediums kits or flat grades.
Coyote $30.00
Red Fox 23.00
Grey Fox $20.00
Coon $10-$15
Rats $3.50
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Post by Nittany Lion on Jan 17, 2004 17:23:43 GMT -6
One price Cathead forgot to mention, he was offered the door for his hat.
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Post by coonwhacker on Jan 17, 2004 18:57:43 GMT -6
dang lion, you went to sunderland? he is well known in my area for ripping trappers off. I absolutely refused to go to his table. I sold mine to epler who paid me more than double what another buyer offered. It was great meeting cathead and lion there. Oh yeah, Don clinger wanted to know if that cak on your head is a pa cat?
mike
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Post by CoonDuke on Jan 17, 2004 20:21:59 GMT -6
Glad to hear you got those rats off your hands. Now you can sleep at night. ;D ;D
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Post by dj88ryr on Jan 17, 2004 20:55:26 GMT -6
Coon-wacker, Sorry forgot to mention you in my above post, was great meeting you as well. No, the cat on the noggin was caught in NH, was my first, thats why it rides with me every where.
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Post by CoonDuke on Jan 17, 2004 21:02:12 GMT -6
Cathead...what was the estimated average on reds?
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Post by dj88ryr on Jan 17, 2004 21:12:49 GMT -6
StayatHomeDuke, when we first got there we pretty much just BSed with guys for a while, at that time the early prices offered for Reds were $17. A few guys were grumbling about this and I don't blame them, I would ship before letting my Reds go for that. By the time we left it was up to $23 on the same lots that were offered $17 earlier. I do not know what they ended up being paid, but again I don't know what the smalls and flats were going for, the prices I stated were for Good quality well handled pelts. I did see some XXL-XXXL " BLUE " coon get $15 I also saw some medium prime go for $6-$8.
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Post by CoonDuke on Jan 17, 2004 21:14:59 GMT -6
Size is the key with coon!!!  |
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Post by dj88ryr on Jan 17, 2004 21:16:34 GMT -6
Did JulieDuke tell you to say that? ;D
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Post by CoonDuke on Jan 17, 2004 21:19:01 GMT -6
 ;D ;D ;D
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Post by dj88ryr on Jan 17, 2004 21:39:58 GMT -6
Ehhh? Yep US funds, I heard a couple guys were offered a little more for their top Greys, but $20 was the average for good stuff.Almost every Grey I saw there with the exception of maybe 5 were AWESOME!!
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