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Post by Stef on Apr 14, 2012 9:19:07 GMT -6
Good news for me, a lure maker but bad news for the beaver trappers.
Just received a call from a friend who met a big player this morning in the castor market.
Prices are (today prices):
#1=50$
#2=35$
#3=20$
Canadian fund... about the same in USD
Sell all you have asap.... It will be cheaper next winter for sure with more beavers at auctions
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Post by Bogmaster on Apr 14, 2012 11:06:42 GMT -6
Glad to hear the news ,stef. It had gotten to the point,where a lure maker was better off financially,selling his castor --instead of turning them into lure.
Tom
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Post by glen on Apr 14, 2012 13:10:21 GMT -6
I don't know if there will be more beaver on the market with gas still going up
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Post by blackhammer on Apr 14, 2012 14:49:03 GMT -6
I sold a bunch last Saturday for 50 dollars a pound for everything but shells.Some of it was a little wet but they didn't seem to mind.So the demand seems pretty strong yet.
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Apr 14, 2012 15:16:58 GMT -6
Only so much castor needed for other endevours outside of lure making, at the high prices seen that demand filled quickly I'm betting castor will be as stef stated, a downhill slide for some time.
I know a few guys with less than stellar beaver, trapping mainly for the castor market.
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Post by Stef on Apr 14, 2012 18:18:14 GMT -6
Last week was last week but believe me... That info come from one of the largest beaver castor buyer we know in Canada.
He buys at both auctions too and outside of them.
Prices are still very good but you'll see..................
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Post by Stef on Apr 14, 2012 18:23:00 GMT -6
I hear you Tom... My beaver lures were back order a few times the past 2 years and this year... I decided to only sell 2 ounces size bottle of beaver lures because of availability and high prices.
If I can find some large collection at cheaper prices, I might change my decision. We'll see.
The past years, when I was low .. I could make 2-3 phone call and could get all the castor I need for 15$ a pound and now, all the freezers are empty or all castor are sold at the first and second auctions or to local buyers.
Stef
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Post by blackhammer on Apr 14, 2012 21:00:14 GMT -6
Last week was last week but believe me... That info come from one of the largest beaver castor buyer we know in Canada. He buys at both auctions too and outside of them. Prices are still very good but you'll see.................. Oh I believe you.It makes sense with more beaver being trapped and at least for the short term ,depending on what the market does. |
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Post by Bogmaster on Apr 14, 2012 22:26:13 GMT -6
Several years ago(before I started making lure),castor got very high(like now) .Beaver prices rose and the bottom fell out of the castor market--I expect the same thing to happen again.
History repeats itself--over and over again.
Tom
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Post by Stef on Apr 14, 2012 22:47:33 GMT -6
I remember very early 90s castor went at 119$ a pound Canadian funds at a NAFA sale.
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Post by Bogmaster on Apr 14, 2012 22:59:10 GMT -6
Yep and I sold put up beaver for 5 bucks a pop.
Tom
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Post by thorsmightyhammer on Apr 15, 2012 10:10:02 GMT -6
Of course the castor market will retreat with higher beaver prices.
Well unless prices stay high for too long and the beaver populations are reduced.
A prudent business man would stock up when prices get to a reasonable level.
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Post by trappnman on Apr 16, 2012 10:17:25 GMT -6
steven- your "prudent man" thing got me chuckling about butter- K Trip has had it on sale for last few weeks at $1.69 a lb- so ever time I get gas, I but a lb or two of butter cause at $1.69, a man can't afford not to buy butter-
so when the butter shortage comes..........
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Post by thorsmightyhammer on Apr 16, 2012 13:02:46 GMT -6
Well, butter gets stale imho if in the freezer too long.
But thanks for letting me lnow that I'm gonna stop in and get 10 ppunds
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Post by RdFx on Apr 16, 2012 16:47:35 GMT -6
Yteppers make sure you vacuum pack that butter or it wont taste good at all. Then if you use it before 3-6 months its okay.
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Post by trappnman on Apr 16, 2012 17:10:50 GMT -6
I didn't know that- thanks for the info
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Post by redeagle on Apr 16, 2012 19:45:58 GMT -6
Several years ago, we lived within a short driving distance of an Amish community. Thought we'd go out there to buy some home made goodies (doughnuts, candy, etc.) a couple of times. Come to find out, instead of using all home made stuff, they bought all their ingredients from Aldi's!!! That put a quick end to Amish "treats" for us.
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Post by RdFx on Apr 17, 2012 5:10:41 GMT -6
The ingrediants had to come from somewhere. This brings to mind when i took care of a private 500 acre northern woods estate for an Italian from Chicago. The cooks had to follow his mothers recipes to a T and ingrediants had to come from Italy! Well to make a long story short the spaggetti had to come from Italy but was grown in USA and manufactured in USA but sold in Italy, same with the tomatoes for the sauce....LOL... Still remember the spaggetti sauce simmering in kitchen for two days before the dinner.
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