If i remember right somebody posted that they got 70 for males and 45 for females from probably Bill in February. Then there was a discussion.

You made the right move selling froze on the grease when you did. You could have paid freight to get them to the sale and sold SOME for less, and the rest would still be sitting there. I can't say I have seen a lot of people bragging about their averages. That tells you something.

Beaver sold prior to an auction PT have thenpotential to bring more money than thy might at the sale.

PT sales, for any fur, rarely if ever sell for more than the pelt brought during the auction.

Fur buyers aren't stupid if they stay in business.
They're not gonna pay more fur pelts..of the same grade...(that facts important),..why would they when they've seen the price they've just went for on the auction..

Alot of time PT sales are dumps for selling lots of.pelts.fast..when you don't have adequate storage available, that also has a bearing on the sale.price.

Occasionally a fur buyer or broker will need a given amount of pelts to finish off a contract and may pay a premium for the hides.needed to finish out his contract but that's rare

Don't be saying that.

You'll get OCOB all wound up !!!

After all, He predicted a Barn Burner Auction Amid a RISING MARKET !!!

Nothing but crickets from him now !!!

w

What country were mink buyers from

I've hit it about as good as possible two springs in a row....for deep South beaver.....to Groenwold.

I was hoping this FH sale would be good again.....the snowball effect will occur.....and will be completely melted b4 it rolls all the way down here by next spring.

I had good prices on this sale,very happy.
Some big prime beaver were held back which is the way to do it,not give them away.
Once all the beaver sell I will post my avg.And no doubt it will be a good one from the prices on the ones that sold.
FHA has always looked out for the trappers after all its our auction house.
After doing a quick comparison of grades that sold,it looks like the beaver did a little better on this sale than jan,so taking into account that this is a june sale,it indeed is a rising market for beaver.Downey is a sharp cookie,he knows the market and the buyers well and knows when to hold the upper end to protect the grades.

Atta boy Boco! Stay positive!

Well its all there in black and white on your auction receipt.

Jan 1x good dmg $38.28 cd
June-1x gd dmg $39.77 cd

Jan 1x sel br $51.48 cd
June 1x sel br $52.10 cd

Same with other grades that sold.
So taking into account that the summer auction sale is historically 10% less than a winter sale indeed the beaver market is rising.

W17 and Dirt,

I've said it quite a few times on here, but just in case you missed it, FHA has NOT been the place to market Alaska marten, for quite a long time now. When you adjust for the FHA deductions, they haven't even been within $10 USD of other outlets, most years. This last sale would be almost exactly $25 USD net below what I sold my entire collection for, to an alternative buyer. If you are sending FHA marten, you are highly likely to be missing out on a fair bit of value. If you have marten to sell next year, PM me, and I'll pass you some info.

Now that's trappers helping trappers^^^^^

From the report, the beaver should have averaged in the low twenties over all. That is for the 71% that sold, minus commissions. Some how that does not look like a rising market. Guys got more than that for froze beaver folded in half all in and sold 100% and no commissions. At trapper sale beaver were in the high 20's and low 30's 100% sold all in.

It all depends on what the 29 percent that didn't sell consisted of

That 29% wasn't felt beaver.

The 6 beaver of mine that didn't sell are on the higher end. They were all 3X-2X. If they sell where they should it will bring my average back up where it should be. I am a proponent of FHA . I think they are looking out for the trappers. With that being said, if my average doesn't go up I would have been better selling to the truck. Time will tell.

Who bought all the mink?

Correct. 73 average back in Feb

Agree T4E ! Will do

Bill W in FAI has been consistently better lately

June auction's never were that great in the NAFA days so from looks of things id not panic just yet.

Some dealers have orders on marten and they are sold privately.Several reasons for this.Buyers don't want the hassle of dealing with FHA.It can be more complicated for them to buy there not to mention the expense.