God already punished walleyed this morning when
the rotten toe got stubbed on something in the dark !!!


Didn't you hear me howling & cursing this morning
at around 5:00 AM ?

w

Iam going to the New Mexico sale this weekend ----sooo should I divide my beaver into two piles one damaged and one for the "perfect" ones?

Thats what I mean, they could be buying a nice big summer beaver with no underfur but a thick hide? Some regions beaver have thicker hides than others too. Then there's guys who'll smartly leave stuff on the hide or make sure there's lots of sand in the fur. Buying by weight seems like a really stupid idea unless you're really under paying the seller.
Like I says....I don't get it.

Show me where I said they were getting rich,

What i said was there is more potential than $18 to $19 dollars a lb for winter beaver.



Minnesota February beaver tend to run light leathered as well. On average our fall hides will weigh as much or more than our good winter beaver of equal size. Those winter beaver will have exponentially more underfur which is what the hatter trade uses. The long hairs and hide are discarded.

So someone with a thick leathered beaver that weighs the same as a heavy furred beaver of equal size will get paid the same. See the dilemma? It's the Walmart mentality.


Walleyed the beaver I have in my possession will grade with the best of the best.

It's about time of year.

Also 160 user, when the buyers are purchasing in the round is where the real money is at.

I see your dilemma now.

How much do you think you will get for your winter caught beaver? And do you have a market for them?

Those heavies? Find somebody like WyWolfer who needs shearables for his business, or a craft buyer that is willing to open his wallet a little wider than what he was once used to. Or the simplest is send them to FHA. We're hearing that the heavies may finally be getting up to more reasonable levels. Of course most of what I hear comes from Boco....LOL.

Steven,

I never asked you about your beaver.

w

The beaver market is driven by the hatter demand. Most beaver will go there even if making the low end cut on shearable grade. Beaver from this section do not sell at exceptional high levels at FHA, etc despite what some think. Also, I don’t agree with selling fur that looks like chit just to try and gain weight that is not beneficial to the buyer. Find a different market for your beaver if you think yours is so much better quality and demands a premium apart from the fur market, such as auction etc.

Like the dumb chinese buying sec 3 otter for higher prices than the good ones a decade ago
The dumb hatters buying beaver with no underfur have learned their lessons also from the last couple years.

What evidence do we have that the "dumb hatter buyers" have learned their lesson? But I agree, if they haven't they must got something wrong in the head.

Interesting question Tom. My answer is: do you know who the buyers will be? If you got craft types it may pay to separate out your better stuff. But on the other hand with my one lone experience so far this year the hatters bought all the beaver that were offered and crafters bids didn't match the market.

Edit: Had to fact check myself and fact is my small stuff did indeed sell to a crafter for $21 each. My big lot of XL and larger sold for $41 avg to one of the big hatter buyers.

Just the word going around.Re Beaver market update from the auction.
Expecting good beaver to advance and poor beaver to remain the same or drop.
I didnt ask what the evidence was but probably inquiries from the new buyers what the grades mean re- underfur.
Dont worry BP bites shouldnt matter as long as they got some felt.

That is why I shipped with Fur Harvesters

Or the hatter market is stronger than anyone on Tman realizes.

I cant imagine the hatter market being so strong, perhaps I am unaware of it's capacity....

I wonder if any buyers pay by the pound for carcass beaver?$.50 a pound sounds good-wet fur-minimal sand or mud.

I just sold 9 green for $20 average two were blanket , two were medium and five were kits . I was happy , dident have to flesh or stretch

trapper les,
The hatter market is what has got us to where we are today, not the shearable market.

And it's why this beaver marketing thread continues.

I read about Hudson Bay paid with GOLD dust pound for pound Of course Gold was much less then Still an incredible value