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FUR AUCTION #7214635
03/13/21 06:20 PM
03/13/21 06:20 PM
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KY.usa
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Any one go to the ky fur auction?

Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rex123] #7215287
03/14/21 10:19 AM
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It was great. 11 or 12 buyers. Lots of well handled fur. I heard one buyer say “ Where is all this fur coming from ?” Prices we’re very good compared to last couple of years. We’re going to do this again next year. Thanks to so many of our members that helped and/or donated to defray the costs.

Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rex123] #7215446
03/14/21 01:20 PM
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What did stuff bring?

Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rex123] #7215962
03/14/21 09:35 PM
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Auction summery was posted on Facebook, I don't know how to get it on here. Prices were pretty good.

Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rex123] #7215977
03/14/21 09:52 PM
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Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rex123] #7216001
03/14/21 10:11 PM
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A $2.38 average on coon is “pretty good”?!?!

Muskrats look decent, but the rest is very underwhelming.

Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rex123] #7216068
03/14/21 10:57 PM
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How 'bout that 10.53 coyote average.

Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rex123] #7216140
03/15/21 12:01 AM
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n.e, iowa
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Some those prices are better than hear around area, wonder why, plan on meet buyer this weekend coming

Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rex123] #7216325
03/15/21 08:54 AM
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Cripes, that coyote price is terrible.

Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rvsask] #7216332
03/15/21 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by rvsask
Cripes, that coyote price is terrible.

You have never seen that type of coyote have you? Fur is far from the same all over North America.


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Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rex123] #7216334
03/15/21 09:00 AM
03/15/21 09:00 AM
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Coyotes in this area is like looking for change in a parking lot. Most of the times you find pennies and occasionally you'll find few dimes and if your lucky a quarter.

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Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rex123] #7216339
03/15/21 09:06 AM
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Any numbers on green vs put up?

Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rex123] #7216346
03/15/21 09:16 AM
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The really good put up stuff brought well above the average. The one lot of poor drags the average down. Most of the castor For instance brought in the 85.00 range. The coyotes are vastly different and better the further west you go in Ky. My yotes are sorry. I don’t know if I’ll skin 10 % of them next year. I saw a YouTube video of yotes being bought in Iowa for ten bucks that would have brought 20-25 yesterday. About everything there was put up. Green stuff would have been cheap. I see a lot of green that are literally green on the pelt side too. We’re losing guys that take pride and the time in putting up fur but that’s mostly what we had there. No one left rich but we had a great day of fellowship and moved our fur.

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Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: kytrapper] #7216357
03/15/21 09:30 AM
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Rodney,Ohio
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Originally Posted by kytrapper
The really good put up stuff brought well above the average. The one lot of poor drags the average down. Most of the castor For instance brought in the 85.00 range. The coyotes are vastly different and better the further west you go in Ky. My yotes are sorry. I don’t know if I’ll skin 10 % of them next year. I saw a YouTube video of yotes being bought in Iowa for ten bucks that would have brought 20-25 yesterday. About everything there was put up. Green stuff would have been cheap. I see a lot of green that are literally green on the pelt side too. We’re losing guys that take pride and the time in putting up fur but that’s mostly what we had there. No one left rich but we had a great day of fellowship and moved our fur.

Do you have fur handling demos at your auctions? We started doing em years ago and we've seen a marked increase in quality of put up.

Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rex123] #7216375
03/15/21 09:48 AM
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Not at the auctions but at the meets. I think the older, established trappers put up overall good fur and the young Facebook generation are not as interested in it between the prices and the social media gratification they get. I did see some twenty something guys there with nice fur. I saw some super nice put ups by a few....about works of art. I can’t do that.

Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rex123] #7216394
03/15/21 10:11 AM
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I was actually the third person to sell there Saturday. I brought 144 articles. At least two of the buyers, the graders, and several trappers remarked on how well my fur put up was. I'm only saying that to put it into perspective for those reading this. I take a lot of pride in it. I also probably spend way too much time doing it, but it's good therapy.

Anyway, I brought 22% of the yotes and 25% of the red fox offered. My coyote, red fox, gray fox, and raccoon averages were all better than what the sale averages were, but not by much. My gray fox brought top prices for this sale. I was actually quite pleased with my rat prices as I sold several for above $6. I'm in a unique spot here in Western Kentucky where we have some coyotes with western coyote features. I have several a year that would grade semi heavy western at the now defunct NAFA. Those sold in the $30's Saturday, but although I cull about 30% of what I catch, I still had far too many sell below $10. It kills me to throw any away, but I'll have to be even more picky from now on I guess.

Like kytrapper said, and as you all know, a few bad lots really hurt the overall average. My coyote average would've been much better if I'd left 10 more coyotes in the truck.

Although I'm not thrilled with some of the prices, I am grateful to the United Trappers of Kentucky for giving it's members an outlet to sell our fur.

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Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rex123] #7217147
03/15/21 10:35 PM
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Good lookin mess of fur Fletch- I hope the reward gets a little bigger next year. You sure done your part I would say


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Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rex123] #7217159
03/15/21 10:45 PM
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Yes very nicely handled fur.


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Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rvsask] #7217160
03/15/21 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by rvsask
Cripes, that coyote price is terrible.


What do you figure the hourly wages to trap, put up and sell coyotes for $10? Of course they would need at least $25 an hour plus benys if it was called work. crazy


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Re: FUR AUCTION [Re: rex123] #7217165
03/15/21 10:47 PM
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More than sittin on your arse watching fox news.


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