I am at the sale now. So many cats, both east and west. Also several hundred rats, some otter, nutria, beaver etc.
Quite a few grey fox, too.
I will try to post pics later. Phone pics too big.

More good looking cats. Will be interesting to see what prices do. Thanks for keeping us posted.

Then there is this.

Oh good lord…

That beaver is worth more than any I sold at Glenn's Ferry....its a Picasso. Abstract art buyers would snap that up.

I thought it was yours.

Naw, that put up uses more nails than I do.

Does it really matter for the hatter market?

That’s Top Lot!

It might dress just fine. You never know!!

That beaver looks like groney put it up, lol. They just going to shave the hair off it anyway, no need for it look NAFA approved anymore.

There was a lot of excellent fur handling on display. I was impressed on some of the otter, in particular. Also, some nutria that were absolutely clean. I had forgotten how black nute skins are. Lots of average skunks, and a few coon. Some of the coon might have been put up by the same trapper that did that tortilla-looking beaver. Some very nice coyotes, also. See what they bring.
Should have a better idea how prices work out tomorrow. They clear the tables of all fur tonight, so anything that didn't sell today must be re-submitted tomorrow morning, along with all the fur that comes in from trappers that didn't get to the auction today.
I must say, there is room for improvement, as to getting fur checked in and on the tables. It took me 2-1/2 hours to get 2 items on the floor. And having to do it all again tomorrow in the event of no sale seems, well, not efficient at all.

It was a so-so sale for me. Some critters brought more than I expected, some less. Beaver were a bright spot.

I didn't think so. I put in a true 80"+ beaver taken in last days of December that got a high bid of $35.00. I no-saled it.

Copy. I sold 20 beaver at an average of $33.75. Not the greatest I suppose but not terrible either.

That is a good average. And I saw a stack of 20 there, if those were yours. I just expected better than average, as an 80" beaver certainly isn't average!

I wonder if yesterdays FHA news on beaver helped you out Mike. I had 104 really nice beaver at Glenn's Ferry (mostly coastal) and averaged $24.55 before commissions).

I saw that blanket hatters all sold for $43 yesterday @FHA.

Top cat yesterday was $3315.00 at K. Falls.

Impressive, thank you for the updates.

Who bought it?

Who bought your beaver Mike? You did a lot better than I did in Idaho.

Yesterday's FHA news probably helped out everything except coyotes and coons. Red Fox doubled, in some sections like semi's, tripled or more, Otter up substantially, Mink through the roof, Beaver were better, Cats justified the country price and even did better, Ranch fox are up 50%. Things are looking much better. Mink I think will hold up for a good while, they are a staple of the industry and ranch mink numbers are way down, along with all the millions of ranch mink skins that spent years in freezers that are now gone. Now I'm rooting for coons and coyotes!

Rocky Mountain Fireworks and Fur bought my beaver, Carl. The fur handling I saw on most of the beaver was somewhat shoddy.

Friday Results

For those of you not familiar Oregon bobcats, there are 2 sections, eastern and western, based on which part of the state.

Reading the sale report that petcoon posted.

Bobcat. Any cat that is NOT from Oregon

Bobcat - eastern. Bobcats trapped in the eastern part of Oregon. Much better quality. NOT eastern US

Bobcat - western. Bobcats trapped in the western part of Oregon. More red and poorer bellies. NOT western US.

The above infomation is very important because some cat trapper in New York is going to look at the numbers and think WOW $921.00 for eastern cats!!

George, of course.

I had heard he wasn't going to be there, reason I asked.

He was there today. Glad I don't trap beaver anymore.

Buyers are so focused on cats they don't even look at most other fur.

I see there was 89 beaver yesterday, and 88 sold. guess I was the only hold-out! That means even the Tortilla Beaver got an offer!!!

No.

My buddy who lives south of me and buys several thousand beaver uses 16 nails no more.

Did the day 2 results get posted yet?

I saw them on FB.

That leaves me out.

Would you mind posting them for those of us who don't do facebook?

We took 6 eastern cats to that sale on Saturday averaged $1503 my high cat was $2475. I was happy

Holy cow!!! Those are fantastic numbers. I can remember OTC sales where all 6 cats together would have brought $1503.00 or thereabouts. The cat market this year has been unbelievable!!

Good job.

Those kind of results will pay for a lot of gas spent roaming the two tracks. Good deal!