I see in results, 13 per cent coon sold at less $8.50 average, the average means nothing at that clearance an what section coon or quality , so $24 top, what kind coon was that ? Top lot or a coon that groenwold pay $15 for, ? From what I seeing I would have got more at auction if all sell which not all would sell, might be good option when high clearance on goods, FHA, if not selling, I don't know, the pt sales last year where terrible , yes I be complaining about that

I do not know how a guy could be a coon trapper for last 3 years myself ???

I remember telling LL he would be better off working at McDonalds over trapping coon a couple years ago. I see took the advice this year.

It is hard not to trap, but sometimes that is what you have to do to improve prices. You people who are not team players, should be glad there are team players or prices would almost always be terrible.

I doubt that we as trappers can have much influence one way or another on fur market prices by deciding to produce or not to produce. Waaaaay too many other factors at play. Maybe for small time stuff like association sales a paucity of a certain type of fur can help. Doubtful on the international scene.

Fact is, cheap fur can sometime stimulate usage of certain items and increase the demand and eventually price right along with it. IE: muskrat for when ranch mink gets expensive.

their will be some one that will trap or try to trap a thousand coon next year and there will be guys that will listen to them and till them how great thou are and it might be the same thing all over again wonder if the number of years guys havnt put fur on the market make them smarter or tried helping the market more than others i know guys that havnt put any thing for sale for 5 years or more

When we want mink ranchers to stop flooding the market, I guess we are wrong. It just stimulates interest in ranch mink and of course bankrupts the industry. All good things.

I averaged 12.00 on 1500 coon three years ago. I doubt I could or would have made that at Mcdonald's. In 2019 both GFW as well as FHA was saying coon were going to be stable and were actually until the China bug rolled in. There is money to be made on 10.00 coon. Not too much on 5.00 coon.

I did enjoy deer hunting and ice fishing this winter though and I did not have to shell out a couple grand on gas and bait so there is that. LLL

Don't think its quite that simple.

Why is the price of beaver bunghole juice up? Is it demand increase or supply shortage?

It cures covid.
Demand is thru the roof worldwide.
I just found a private buyer (end user) for $120 lb not dried.(frozen).
Trouble is he doesnt need a whole lot.

not going to get rich with 10 dollar coon 15 to 20 and up you can show a decent wage after costs and enjoy what your doing with out trying to kill your self trying to catch them all

Yep,
Doesn't matter how ya try to cut it, this auction is on par with Groenys and neither were good.

What was section coon an quality sold at auction ? Top lot coon for $24? How many sold for that? 1 lot only of how many ? Wonder what 4 xl heavy northern coon select in good color sold for ? So there pt sales after auction right now until next auction? That nafa used do but prices in pt were usslly decent

An announcement by FHA before the recent auction said there would be no PT sales after the April sale. Any unsold goods would be held over for the July sale.

Don’t argue and complain - I am merely reporting what FHA announced. No idea if it is true or not.

Top lot prices remind me of this.

Coonman, the catalog is posted on the FHA website. It shows what sold and what did not. Look it up!

[quote=wissmiss]An announcement by FHA before the recent auction said there would be no PT sales after the April sale. Any unsold goods would be held over for the July sale.

Don’t argue and complain - I am merely reporting what FHA announced. No idea if it is true or not.[/quote

Haha. That is what they said at the August sale and you see what happened

I know what happened in August. Im just posting what the FHA buyer letter said.

So do you think they will actually do what they said or will it be a necessary evil so they can make payroll again? You know, sacrifice the seller and their trustworthiness to be able to have another on line flop? LLL