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Post by Woodsmoke on Feb 28, 2011 10:20:21 GMT -6
Anyone have any info on castor prices?
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Post by Stef on Feb 28, 2011 11:18:42 GMT -6
Check FHA site... Same price in the country right now.
Let say the averaged is around 50-55$ CDN/LB
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Post by thorsmightyhammer on Feb 28, 2011 18:25:26 GMT -6
Forget the auctions.
After shrinkage and commission a guy get hammered.
Should be able to do 60 for number ones in the country right now if properly dried and thats as they weigh on the scale.
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Post by lotsofmink on Feb 28, 2011 18:59:28 GMT -6
Steven 49 is exactly right. The FHA website advertises at 65$ a pound for #1, what they dont advertise is they take 19.9% for shrinkage and then charge you 11% to sell whats left.
Your 65$ a pound #1 is alot more like 43$ a pound for #1
If you are looking for a contact talk to weibke in minesotta I believe he is payimg 55$ a pound for #1(must be dry) no deductions for shrink or commision.
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Post by slimshady on Mar 1, 2011 7:33:06 GMT -6
the above posters are correct. neither auction house has ever been able to generate the same net price as can be had quite easily at numerous country buyers. it`s always been that way that I can remember. I`ve sold castor at both houses and only once was ever satisfied, and that was just because I lucked out and hit an un natural market high . thus, I no longer ship castor anywhere, I have better outlets in other places.
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Post by TurTLe on Mar 1, 2011 21:52:35 GMT -6
I've emailed Weibke about castors and haven't gotten a reply. Any other buyers out there?
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Post by robertw on Mar 2, 2011 9:08:06 GMT -6
Would appreciate any information on local sales of castor.
The deductions on castor at FHA and NAFA are unacceptable.
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Post by thorsmightyhammer on Mar 2, 2011 10:41:00 GMT -6
call them up turtle.
I wont sell any castor until the end of april and that is if I even have some.
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Post by TrapperRon on Mar 2, 2011 17:45:48 GMT -6
Here are the castor prices from NAFA that sold prior to the auction. Payment will be with the Feb fur sales.
#1 $4.05 US/OZ
#2 $3.43 US/OZ
#3 $1.25 US/OZ
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Post by slimshady on Mar 2, 2011 18:05:47 GMT -6
thats what, for only 80 % of the lbs you send in? the other 20% is ZERO! minus 9-11%. this is for correctly handled and dried castors, not some fatty wet low grade stuff. and the grade will get you too. end up lucky to get 35-38 a lb on a really nice bunch. 2.25 an oz. you can`t fool the guys that have sent castor in , in the past. last year I sold in the country 55 bucks straight weight, no shrinkage, no commission. and at that price I`m sure it never saw canada.
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Post by Woodswalker on Mar 2, 2011 18:07:46 GMT -6
I did pretty good at NAFA.
Around 3.56 $US an ounce before commission.
Shrinkage was not too bad since I averaged nearly 2 ounces of castor per beaver.
Only a few of the castor were the big full solid ones so I think shrinkage this sale was all right.
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Post by thorsmightyhammer on Mar 2, 2011 18:40:26 GMT -6
trapper ron, I had heard that nafa was going to weigh an individual's castor the day of the sale and that was going to be the sale weight.
Any truth to that?
If that is the case a guy could maybe come out pretty close but the baloney of doing a straight shrinkage wasnt going to cut it.
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Post by thebeav2 on Mar 2, 2011 19:29:12 GMT -6
I'm going to have to shop around when I get mine dried.
Right now It looks like I have around 30 lbs wet/mixed
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Post by robertw on Mar 2, 2011 19:39:58 GMT -6
I ship fur to NAFA but.......There are some serious problems with how they do castor. We used thier scales to weigh my castor when I left it at Stoughton last April, the castor was dried, stored frozen, then dried again (several days in less than 30% humidity environment) than before shipping and the shrinkage was still EXCESSIVE when compared to what I was paid for.
FHA will tell you straight out (if you ask direct questions) that they are going to deduct percentage from you (even after drying for an additional month or more) and that you will not get paid for the actual amount sold.
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Post by monttrap04 on Mar 3, 2011 12:42:32 GMT -6
Sent up some castor from this fall that had been dried properly and then froze prior to shipping. It weighed 6.78 lbs when shipped. After sitting around at NAFA for a couple of months it just hit the online account at 6 lbs (12.6% shrink).
Not sure if that is good or bad as I have always sold to lure makers in the past and got paid on actual weight the day it was received.
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Post by robertw on Mar 3, 2011 12:56:35 GMT -6
montrap,
now deduct the 9% commission. My experience with NAFA indicates that if Castor is bringing $50 in the country then I need $75 @ NAFA to equal out to the same money. With FHA the difference would be more since they have an 11% commision and a set percentage that they deduct from your weight.
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Post by monttrap04 on Mar 3, 2011 14:07:34 GMT -6
I'm going to have to shop around when I get mine dried. Right now It looks like I have around 30 lbs wet/mixed Beav, you must have stacked them up. When are we going to get a full report (with pics) of the trip  |
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Post by thebeav2 on Mar 4, 2011 7:26:59 GMT -6
I'm not a picture taker just don't seem to have the time.
Story time later. It was a good trip though but now the work starts.
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Post by TrapperRon on Mar 4, 2011 13:47:09 GMT -6
trapper ron, I had heard that nafa was going to weigh an individual's castor the day of the sale and that was going to be the sale weight. Any truth to that? If that is the case a guy could maybe come out pretty close but the baloney of doing a straight shrinkage wasnt going to cut it. When castor is received in Winnipeg it is opened and placed on screens. (individually separated by customer on special racks with the customer tag) It is stored in a controlled environment. Of course it does dry a bit more, castor continually dries. It is graded and weighed at the time of sale, there are no further shrinkage percentages deducted. |
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Post by robertw on Mar 4, 2011 14:26:51 GMT -6
TrapperRon,
NAFA and NAFA employees give differing opinions / advice....is it ok to tie castor shut with thread?
Why is American castor shipped to Canada to be graded instead of doing it in Stoughton?
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