I can only say what I get for my fur here.My avg for the beaver I sent to the recent sale at FHA was Just under $30 cdn.Add 10 for castor that is close to a 40 dollar avg for each beaver.
I kept smaller sizes and damaged to tan,this works for me.I make more on the tanned fur than the raw,but of course it is value added product with time invested.When the price of raw fur climbs again my tanned fur inventory will be stocked hopefully until the next downturn.If you want to take advantage of the international auction,listen to what they tell you about what type of pelts their buyers are willing to pay for,And just ship that.If you ship stuff that they cannot sell you will be disappointed.There are always other markets for the pelts that the auction buyers are not interested in.
So you can target what is in demand,like coyote,marten, cats, etc,depending on where you trap.You can trap later to target prime pelts,and you can cull out poor\dmg\small fur and either toss it,find another market(like sell in the round\hatter etc),or self tan for own use,put together a fur kit for educational purposes, etc.
I can honestly say I have never lost money trapping.

Price fixing? I don't think so or everything would have sold.

I think they have an abundance to pick from and don't need much for any of it.

I was being hopeful and sent some in, I was wrong. I should have thrown them all away and been done with it.