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.