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Just passing this along for those who may be interested, I personally had no hand in it....
Video from the Iowa Fur Auction Saturday ....
Originally Posted by Craig Sweet
2025 ITA Fur Auction Results
Thank you to all who sold fur, but a big thank you to the buyers who attended and were willing to buy fur --- North IA Fur - Bill Drewelow, NE IA Fur Exchange - Rick Hemsath, Otter Creek Fur – David Raber, Stark Fur – Ernie Kovacik Stark, KS, Hutton Valley School of Taxidermy - Roger Hutton, Central States Fur – Dean Hoffman, Kokas Fur Barn – Craig Kokas Prospect, OH, Hindman Fur – Al Hindman & Sleepy Creek Tannery – Ben Deters.
Help with setting up, lotting in, carrying fur during the day were Chad Thede, Peter Fritzell, Dave Phipps, Cody Hutton, Brock Holker, Zach Grossman, Calvin Barber, Curtis Barber, Beckett Barber, Allyson Oser, Kerry Baestle, Pat McAninch. Bret Smith was auctioneer, Nat Hill & Tracy Hutton - clerked, Dan Roberts and Kristie Lambert oversaw the food area. Funke Trap Tags (Jeff Inlow) Backwater Baits (Bruce Rhoads) & Sleepy Creek Tannery (Ben Deters) accepted fur to be tanned. I also need to thank Justin Deaver for setting up video to stream the auction live on our ITA YouTube channel. I looked and there was already 12k views by Sunday evening after the auction.
We had 9 Buyers, 47 sellers and 451 lots of fur. "F" is for finished -- "G" is for green, “C” is for carcass. We had carcass bobcat, otter, badger, 1 skunk, 1 mink and a few odd colored raccoon. Below are the results
Species... Number... High/Low... Average... Total… Top Coon ...F…255… $15.50/25c....$7.67…$1957.75…. Joel Golish Coon…G...1475....$7.50/10c…$3.11…$4590.85… Mike Van Renterghem Coon …C…7… $10/50c…$7.14…$50…. Lonnie Archer/Brian Burrows Coyote…F…100..$34/$1…$14.41…$1441…Donated to ITA Mike Mazur Coyote…G…101....$6/$2…$4.04…$409…Calvin Barber Muskrat…F...619…$3.40/45c…$1.74…$1081.55…Adam Sadewasser Muskrat…G…54…$2.90/25c…$1.62…$87.50…Brian Burrows Mink..F…100…$12/$1…$10.96…$1096.70… Steve Grulkey Mink…G…1…$8/$8…$8…$8…Scott Nibe Mink…C…1…$5/$5…$5…$5…Steve Grulkey Bobcat…F…2…$37.50/$31…$34.25…$68.50…Darwin Marshall Bobcat…G…2…$55/$52.50…$53.75…$107.50…John Doud Bobcat ...C...15..$135/$12.50…$60…$900…Mike Long Skunk…F…70..$20/$5..$13.75..$962.50…Duane Arkema Skunk…G…101…$23/$5…$15.13…$1528.50…Zach Grossman/Keaton Jones Skunk…C…1…$1/$1…$1…$1….Sam Hutton Red Fox…F…39..$26/$6…$12.29..$479.50…Donated to ITA Mike Mazur Red Fox…G...10..$11/$10…$9.20…$92…Zach Grossman Badger...F...7...$38/$5…$31.28…$219..David Burma Badger…G…3…$21/$5…$8.66…$26…David Burma Badger…C...2..$30/$25…$27.50…$55…David Burma Otter...F...6..$40/$25…$41.33…$248…Dean Bartz Otter…G...7..$31/$8…$24.28…$170…Scott Nibe Otter…C…9…$34/$25…$29.77…$268…Kelly Jessen Beaver...F...21...$18/$10…$8.95…$188…Russ Bruns Beaver...G…94..$11/$1…$4.76…$447.50…John Doud/Brian Lewis Opossum...F...25... $6/50c... $2.64…$66… Craig Sweet Opossum...G...20..$1/10c…25c…$5…Brian Burrow Gray Fox...F...6..$31/$10…$21.66…$130…Donated to ITA Mike Mazur Weasel...C...2…$2/$2…$2…$4…Brian Burrow/John Davidson Fisher…1..$13/$13….$13… $13 … Donated to ITA Mike Mazur Nutria...5…$3/$2….$2.20…$11…Donated to ITA Mike Mazur Kit Fox…1…$20/$20…$20…$20…Donated to ITA Mike Mazur Castor…7oz…$11/$11…..$11….$11… Virgil Davis Squirrel Tail...85..55c/25c…49c…$85… Curtis Barber Squirrel…8…$3.50/$1…$3.18…$25.50….Curtis Barber Beaver Tail...68..10c/10c…10c …$6.80… Bruce Hutton Groundhog…4…$4/$2…$3.50…$14….Curtis Barber Total…..$16,786.30
Whew, rought sale for put up rats! I was hoping that the rat market was similar to last year, but it looks quite a bit weaker based on that sale. GFW paid $2.80 for lot of WI rats that were a mix of fall and winter.
