I am always amazed at these association auctions and how fortunate you are to have 5-10 buyers attending even with small amounts of fur. We tried a small district sale a few years and had up to 3,000 pelts and never had more than 3 buyers, most years two.

Bryce

The average on #1 grade coyotes was 23.50 for our sale. I'd take that average and run with most of my coyotes .

$29.00 average seems like a very good price for Ohio coyotes.

The coyotes sold at FHA most likely came from the Canadian provinces, for the most part. Much better quality than Ohio coyotes.

Apples and oranges.

yeah, $29.00 average would seem pretty good. But that was the high - not the average. The average was only $15.34.

The FHA Section 1 Eastern average was over $50. I have no idea what goes into FHA eastern coyotes but I thought most of the good coyotes came from western Canada. I didn't think east-Canada coyotes were much different than east-USAican coyotes. There's still a big difference between $51.50 and $15.34.

I'm not speculating on the what the difference might be. I'm just trying to get a feel for what my Indiana coyotes might be worth so I can decide if I want to attempt to sell them or spend money on them to get them tanned and use them for gifts and crafts. Right now it sounds like maybe if I sell the pelts it won't even cover my costs for having pelts tanned last season!

From what I read on the OSTA Facebook page, a lot of the coyotes were of poor quality. A friend sold 2 for $24 each I think. And, yes, I believe some of the buyers were there buying for their own use. As was said, for the craft market, flea markets, etc.