NAFA Sles Results Day 1 & 2

[TrapperRon]

www.nafa.ca/18030

Fashion Trade Continues to Support Coyotes: Prices Reach New Highs for Better Trimming Sections

Strong support from the international fashion trade created a very positive atmosphere today, with coyotes realizing increases of 10 to 15 per cent over our January results in the more desirable sections. Hong Kong, Italy and Canada competed throughout for all better trimming sections, proving that the trim trade is still a powerful player.

Hong Kong and China dominated throughout today’s wild fur sale. Prices and percentages of sales for many of the other wild fur goods that have traditionally gone to Russia were a challenge, and reflective of the current weakness of that market. Beaver and otter were among the most significantly impacted.

Red and grey fox both sold well in better qualities and bigger sizes, but met some resistance and showed weakness in more commercial grades. Wild mink saw a similar picture with Italy and China competing for bigger sizes.

Yesterday our collection of timber wolves, wolverines and bears sold well, with all better qualities selling at sharply advancing prices.

Sales Results-PDF: www.nafa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-27-WF.pdf

[musher]

Sold well? I don't think we watched the same auction. It seemed like a fire sale to me and the sound of crickets in the room made the auctioneer sound lonely at times. I don't envisage many beaver being skinned next season.

[trappnman]

this boom and bust cycle gets old.. If coyotes continue to do well next year, i'll be shocked

[blackhammer]

Reality hitting trapping world. My rats at sale went for 4.84 had no smalles. Acceptable price. Mink averaged 12 with a few poorer ones not selling. This was a collection with a lot of big males, beaver basically have hit no value. I mean top quality eastern beaver in the low teens or worse. Sold half my beaver about 15 for a seven dollar average! About 5,10 percent of beaver actually have a market. The perfect bad storm for the market has hit home. No Russian market, a glut of ranch mink in the system along with wild fur, China tariff problems and buyers in jail, a super strong dollar and not particular cold in our user markets this winter. Hope we have found a bottom. Coon tommorrow could be a blood bath. Tough time to try and be a free trapper.lol

[trappnman]

I agree with you on the rats- I sold all of mine at various times from $.50 to 5, and I don't mind that- $5 for a piece of fur the size of a rat, and as easy as they are to harvest and put up- I'll take tha gladly

Beaver prices are crazy low-

those mink prices match mine local, and I hated seeing mink go for that

did you send any coyotes?

[blackhammer]

The half dozen coyote I caught I sold to Wiebkes. Got 40 dollars for two , had one I got 5 and the others I believe were 20, 15,15. Got so burned on shipping the few coyotes I do catch I just thought I would take the decent money.

[trappnman]

that's my feeling as well- goes along with $40 are the top local, and not the norm. you always have those $5 ones

[bblwi]

130 out of 135 rats sold for an average of $5.70 b4 commissions. The 5 that dis not sell are all kits or damaged rats so there is no market for those as why protect very poor rats. Last year I had 65 rats average $12.19 b4 commissions and this year's rats were better than last year's rats with 97 through the ice in December. I sold 22 better fall rats for $6.50 in January. I wonder what local buyers will be starting rats out for next fall if they paid $1-$2 more than they are selling for at the auctions.
Those that were paying $4 averages after the first of the year knew where the market was at.

Bryce