Wondering how bad the price is gonna drop.

First sets out today. Feels darn good to put out some steel. Ask me later how I end up, but right now I’m pretty sure I’m gonna catch a million this year

I'm betting the good stuff will remain the same, the others.....probably down a bit.
Guess I didn't answer the question.......Not yet.

I'll be interested to see how this thread progresses. Most buyers will likely start out a little on the conservative side is my guess.

Predictions that I have read say down by at least 25% from last year with the hatter market flooded. Hard to say what'll happen later.

I'm sure Groeny will pay great for southern frozen rough skinned beaver

Ill let you know after the first FHA auction in March.
As far as private fur sales of tanned beaver the price is up.

I suspect that on the association sales properly lotted batches of beaver will find willing crafter buyers. I think they may have been left out the last couple of selling seasons with $40+ averages for blanket beaver.

I talked with by buyer, and he said thing turn bad, everything is half of last year,

Was thinking of hanging onto a couple bags as I now have the freezer space, but for now, they’ll be in the March auction.

Heavy shearing beavers are the new hatters. Hatters are the new I don’t know low grade possum LOL When you have a buyer telling trappers to wait until December in northern states to trap beavers that’s pretty telling.

Fortunately fur is still very popular here, I haven't sent any out of state in a couple years. I know a lady that makes garments, so she's always buying and always pays a fair price. It works out for everyone, I average $40+ on beavers, she turns around and makes them into a $500 pair of gauntlets.

this is the new reality guys ^^^^ sad to say

I sure and hope that the hatters don't start turning big select beavers into felters-that would be criminal.

It's threads like this that'll keep coming up before January that'll make my choice for me. But hanging onto them is also a huge gamble that could really cost a fella in the end...lol

Hey I love trapping beavers and I will continue to do so, but may re-think how and when I sell them etc.. Good thing is that the castor market will creep back up sooner than later and that always helps out. But honestly the beaver market isn't good-its a lot of work for $20 average if you can get that. I feel for the Ontario registered trapline guys that have to trap some of their beavers as per their rules( or so I have read somewhere). To me the best part about catching beavers is being out there and getting away from all the B.S. Going on in this crazy world these days. Ice fishing is close on the horizon so there's always that for escaping.

We all knew it wouldn't last long.

I talked to a buyer a couple of days ago and he said he has no standing orders on beaver. The hatter market is flooded and he thought it might be February at the earliest that he might get an order. Since he has no concrete price to base his price structure off of he was looking at a 40 to 50 percent price drop from what he paid in the spring.

I will still be hitting beaver hard. With the $$$ I get from the bi-products plus the revenue generated from the carcasses I use for bobcat and civet bait I should be fine. Still kinda sucks to not be getting $40 for blanket hatters after getting spoiled the last two years. I will be lotting my beaver to appeal to the crafters which should help my averages.

Even the prices last year hurt Im old enough to remember good beaver $1.00 and inch and great ones and western pales $1.25 to $for selects