Making a run up to Glenn's Ferry this morning. The cats are nothing. special. 36 to38 inches with average bellies. I'd be happy to get within 200 dollars of Fallon average on cats. What do you think? Fallon average was over $900.

You should do well, very nice put up.

Isn’t Nephi coming up soon ?

I think so.

Nephi is next weekend. March 10-12.

It used to be first part of February, right after Colorado.

Good job on the handling!

You should do well based on those past sales.

Actually, Nephi is now a mid-week sale because there weren't any weekends available when Utah made the move to have their sale in March.

Foxhunter, you have to get cat tags ahead of time, right? Could you have caught more cats if you wanted?

I'll say.

I'm pretty sure we could have caught more. We had 12 tags. But it was kind of a tough year for us. We only trapped 3 or 4 weeks because of scheduled surgeries and other obligations.

Guess I should have checked my calendar - I know it is the 10-12, just didn’t check what day of the week that was. Oops.

Wyoming had a mid week sale and it turned out ok.

Pretty fur, must be crafters at that sale cause ive never seen a coon turned, greasy as they are id not want one turned for tanning, got to be grease spots in the hide somewhere. Way they are buying those type cats this year must be a red hot market, imagine you will like the price you get.

I saw that coon turned also. And saw it was on a stretcher. Thought maybe it was "in the grease" and put on the stretchers to look nice for pic.

Hope you do well foxhunter

I was talking to one of the buyers this morning. Some interesting insights. He says that it’s completely the Chinese pushing the cat market. There are not enough cats produced to satisfy the need, hence the prices we’re seeing. He represents Groeny. There are some Greeks over here today also connected to Groeny.

He also thinks that Chinese will be into western coyotes in the next couple of years looking for a cheaper alternative to the cats.

You there BP? Find my otters and let me know how they look after shipping compared to some others.

Dropped the coon off at Moyles to get tanned. Fur side out is just a habit.

I’m here. How would I recognize your otters? How many? Feet-on?

Boy oh boy! A lot of cats. Latest count is at about 2500. I’m seeing cites tags from Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming etc

Supposedly only about 100 cats from eastern states. Don’t hold your breath about sale results. Bid deadlines are being extended and final results may not be available until Sunday evening.


Compiling sale averages will not be a priority.

Can’t get all the cats in a pic, but here’s some of them from today.