Just saw it..

Good number of beaver.
Should be some good competition for that amount.

Says no,PT sales after the last hammer on the 24th. Unsold goods will be reoffered in June. Interesting.

What about PT sales while the auction is going on??

PT sales: I would guess yes, simple by the verbiage.
Perhaps adding some pressure. It will be a good move if there is some demand.

What ?

They weren't able to get an accurate count on the number of skunks
that they are going to offer for sale this go-around ?

What's up with that ?

Doesn't bode very well for the skunk tamers !!!

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The sale is over a month away. They are pulling numbers out of a hat. Grading and lotting isn’t close to being finished. They have no idea how many pelts of each species will be offered. They have to put numbers out there to remind folks about the auction. Shippers are getting nervous

Agree withy Nancy, it just propaganda !

Not saying they are not wags, but receiving agents should know exactly how many pelts they have and what species after LRD. Or they should. Just add up the totals on the receipt and let HQ know.

Exactly what they do.

But being the first sale of the year, there might not be enough of a certain item - say black possums or spotted skunks - to put up a decent offering, so they will hold the items for the next, in hopes of more of that item coming in.

Now your numbers are off. Receiving agents say they have received 2487 possums. 18 of them are black, so there will only be 2,469 possums actually offered on this sale.

I still say they pull numbers out of the air based on receipts and past sales.

Right down these preliminary numbers are see how close they are to the actual catalog. I dare you!!

Obviously the numbers are rounded off.
Not meant to be exact numbers at this time.
Why its called preliminary.

About time! That PT room was bad for anyone selling fur.

PT sales while the auction is going on??? You got to be joking!!

No,the PT is good for selling fur in a down market.

I can’t believe I’m going to say this - for once I agree with Boco. Mark the occasion on the calendar because it doesn’t happen often.

Let the PT battle begin!!!?

Ya it’s good for selling fur cheap and screwing trappers.

Why not only opening private treaty a week or two after close. buyers would have gone home by then?,and added costs
may sway their thinking? Being more inclined aggressive during sale?

What part of NO do you not understand?

I can buy fur at FH via PT sitting in my living room in north Idaho. In fact, I did so back in November. Picked up 100 eastern coyote, 2x and 3X, # 2s. They were left over from the May. No need to go to North Bay to buy or even look at the goods.

It is sold for what it is worth,not cheap and not expensive.At market value.
The only way it would ever sell cheap is if buyers colluded on the auction floor,and that is highly illegal with jail time involved,
Several would have to collude to make it work and it would only take one rat to sink that ship.

It’s not hard to understand the more buyers at the auction needing fur the higher the prices will be. Too many Nancy’s sitting at home waiting to make a little order whenever they see fit.

If they want to make crafts out of fur come get it! This isn’t skip the dishes.