Is officially under way. Started 3 hours ago with the wolves. Selling wolverine now. Lots of competition. The live auction sounds like the old days on Raccoon and beaver - bids every where

Can't wait to see what the yotes do!

End of the day on Wednesday for coyotes. Just be patient.

Can't wait to see what possums do.

That a joke Nittany---ever body know their going after the nutria this go around.

Lucky for you, Oppossums sell today!

Good luck fellow trappers!!

It appears opossums were not in demand. Skunks are moving though...

What day are the coon and rats?

Coon last thing Thursday

Rats last thing Friday.

Thoughts on today's sale Wissmiss? Good signs for the future, or stuck where they have been for a while yet?

My thoughts on today's sale - as a buyer, I'm glad I sat this one out for the most part. Prices ranged from insane (ringtails) to blah (possum and squirrel).

I only listened to a small portion of the auction. The bidding on the wolverines was crazy. Quite a few of them went for a hundred dollars or more over the starting price. Going up five bucks at a time is difficult on the auctioneers voice! Only 1 wolverine sold for less than $100.00.

Complete wolves did well. Top price was $510.00, which is a bit low. Lots of wolves sold In The $100.00 to $300.00 range. Which is very good.

In complete wolves struggled, especially on the lower end. I suspect that the collection is picked over but the limits haven't been adjusted.

Bears did very well. Lots of them over $100.00. Only 3 sold for $50.00 or less. This is a good sign, especially for those shippers with less than perfect bears.

Fox - white, cross, wild silvers. Sold almost 100% but prices were very reasonable. I have a feeling quite a few of those pelts would have brought more in the country.

Possum - basically no interest except for the two lots of blacks. Which is interesting because country buyers will tell you that black possums have no value. But at NAFA a $1.00 black possum is worth more than a Bought Back ordinary possum. I expect that NAFA will PT a large quantity of possum after the fact. That is usually the way it works.

Ringtails - the better goods did very well. Top lot ringtail was the 10 skins that graded II and slights at $27.00!! The IIIs and damges were bought back AGAIN. Some of those pelts are almost as old as Beav and many of them are missing the tails. A ringtail without the tail is worthless.

Skunks - about what they normally do. Larger full stripes did well. Small sizes and no stripes struggled.

Badger - the very best sold but at prices lower than usual. Middle grade skins sold for prices in the $8.00 to $15.00 range, which is normal. Low end skins were selective bought at two to three bucks, which is normal.

Ermine - about what they normally do. It was surprising that more of the IIIs didn't sell, as that item is usually bought up at about a buck to a buck quarter.

Overall, the clearance on the zoo items was good for the most part. But unless you trap wolverine or ringtails or bears (Canadian shippers only). Prices were nothing to write Home about.

It will be interesting to see how the rest of the wild fur does.

Thank you very much for the rundown wissmiss.

thank you Nancy - straight goods as usual without the rhetoric

Thanks for that buyers perspective Wissmiss.Looking forward to your assessment of the rest of the auction if you feel so inclined.

Good stuff! Thanks for the insight.

Good report Nancy, thanks.

Since I don’t have the option of wolves & wolverines. I’ll be much more interested in what the bread & butter furs do later this week. ie; Coon, rats and fox. If they don’t do well with decent clearances? Then I will probably go to a couple small rondezvous this summer and sell my remaining traps and stuff.

If your a good taxi skinner it opens up more markets for certain types fur.