What are these Foxes worth ? UPDATED

Let's guess what these foxes are worth or were sold for.

Sold today at the New York State Herkimer Auction.

all fox were taken between November 15th and December 15th, 2019

In Northern New York. greys would all grade Heavy select at NAFA/FHA

All foxes have complete legs, paws, and lower lips.

I'm assuming they are destined for the wall hanger, trinket, Internet tanned fur trade.

You might want to take that fact into account when making your estimate.

Have At It !!

w

$204.00

tree fiddy for all.306 for the greys and 44 for the reds.tree fiddy.

$215.

Nice bunch of fox.sad price for them.

Two of my nasty, stinking, brown, coyotes.

$289 after commission.

Beautiful bunch of fox. No idea but I’ll say 375

Would be A little over $10 average

$387,000.00

Sold

Worth about 10 made beaver.

Really nice. 347.00

$250

$324.50

140.00

336

$460.00

Chris

297

400.00

425

$381.37

Moosetrot

Guys,

Nobody is close.

I've added more information on their putup, fur quality, condition, etc.

I think everyone will be surprised.

I know I was shocked.

Try another guess.

w

Getting warmer !!!

w

one-----million------dollars.

$600

Wasn't I close??

Getting still warmer !!!!

$480

25 nose count

$20 apiece, $480 total

Maybe enough to fix that garage door if you're lucky.

Did that already.$600

WARMER !!!!!

w

$655

Getting HOT !!!!!

w

HOTTER still Bruce !!!!

w

$700

Lol I remember my $80 nose count years for a fox

$660.00

Chris

688

BURNING HOT HOT HOT BRUCEY

w

665.00

Moosetrot

$701,$702,$703,$704,$705,$706,$707,$708,$709

That's cheating bruce.

But one of those guesses is almost dead on !!!

w

$704.50

You got the .50cent part right.

w

360.00 for the greys......185.00 for the reds

$702.50

$709.50

706.27

Higher josh.

w

$708.50

Chris

LOWER

$703.50

HIGHER !!!

$705.50

HIGHER !!!!

w

$706,50

Higher !!!!

Only two possible guesses left.

Somebody put Bruce out of his misery.

w

$707.50

$707.50

Didn't type fast enough.

Bruce and Nittany !!!

so close.

w

$708.50 has already been guessed by hodagtrapper

$ 546.00

By Who ?

I must have missed.

whoever it was ...........WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER

$708.50 for 17 greys and 7 reds.

Who guessed right ?

w

Hodagtrapper

Those are some beautiful pelts there, very nicely handled. Your work Bob?

Sorry Chris,

I guess I missed your guess in the frenzy !!!

w

Old get smart would say to agent 99.....missed by that much

Dang, you done real well. I may should quit releasing the fox I catch. Of course our fur isn't as good

$28,68 average

My work on the putup, Mac.

A friend of mine took these fox in my neighborhood but doesn't know how to put up fur,

so I volunteered to put them up and market them for him at the auction.

He's sick cause he gave away around 40 cayutes. walleyed doesn't like to do cayutes

Here's breakdown of the fox:

3 greys @ $39.00= $117.00
3 greys @ $31.00= $93.00
4 greys @ $31.00= $124.00
4 greys @ $25.00= $100.00
3 greys @ $30.00= $90.00

1 red @ $28.00=$28.00
1 red @ $37.00= $37.00
1 red @ $27.50= $27.50
1 red @ $23.00= $23.00
2 reds @ $30.00= $60.00
1 red @ $9.00 = $9.00

$708.50 total

Also sold 2 rats @ $3.00 each
1 coon @ $9,50
1 coon @ $12.50
1 Male Fisher @ $39.00

and 3,25 Lbs of Castor at $80.00 a pound.

w

680.16 take home
Did you get a free DVD. Lol
Very nice fur, hope I do as well

$546.00

Split the money between two guys $14.34 per.

Prices were outstanding.

Top Coyote I saw was $86.00

Top coon $15.00

Top Fisher was about $50.00

Top mink $11.000

Top Greys were ours at $39.00

Top red was ours at $37.00

Top otter was $45.00

Top Beaver was an 82Incher At $80.00 I think

Coyote average was in the 40's, I believe.

Some cats went in the 50's

Top rat $6.10 and maybe $4.00 average

Castor went for between $80 and $83.00 a pound while I was there.

prices were great for our current market.

10 buyers.

I only stayed till noon and there was another 4 hours of fur, I figure.


i think I heard there were about 700 lots

w

Sounds like fur is on the upswing.Will know for sure after the FHA sale.

Good Deal !!!

Thanks for posting

FOR CRAFTERS!!!

did you deduct commission ?

Not sure if it is 6%, 8%, Or !0% this year ?

w

Nope,

Actually I think He's giving walleyed ALL the $$$ as I was tutoring him

on the fur putup so I'm Rich !!!!

Good job treating him fairly for this market. You may have the qualities necessary for a successful furbuyer?

Walleyed bought them off the kid for $5 apiece in the round.

Guy's 12 years my senior and I was doing them for free.

It was his idea to have me keep the $$$. He said he got a real education on fur putup and marketing.

I'm giving lessons Boco & Dirt...I'll show you how to market those worthless Boreal Pine Marten !!!

w

Where else on earth can you get that kind of education for free?

Glad to see he recognizes great value. Congrats to you both!

You did really well Walleyed. You had great fur with great put ups.

I’m not sure why, but prices at District PTA sales have been horrible this year. At the four or so sales in January, reds have been averaging less than $5, greys not much better. I would suspect NY fur to be better than Pa’s, but not that much better. You’re lucky to find a sale where you could average $8-9 on beaver. Coons averaging $4-5 , all put up prices.

Nice work walleyed but it sounds like an anomaly, somebody had niche high-end market that need a few primo pelts. We'll see what reddies and grays in general do in other sales.

It will be interesting to see where coon, beaver, and muskrat averages end up at.

There were a lot of reds and greys in the high teens that did not have

complete legs, paws, and lower lips but still did very well.

But poorly handled and flatter foxes of both species struggled to break the $10.00 mark.

Beaver and coon were much better than I expected even with the smaller sizes.

I'm sure It helped that there were 10 or more buyers present but every item

was improved prices from prior earlier auctions.

w

Agree, been watching the district sales in PA and the prices have been terrible, including the coyote prices. Everything I've seen elsewhere is quite a bit higher than in PA.

i see the same,PA needs to change regulations.heck groeny won't even cross our state line.

I was there and Bob's foxes were the stars of the fox sales....looked outstanding as they crossed the sale table

Most of the fur market put up reds sold in the teens

Good coyotes were in demand $60 - $80 range

After I left, Beaver prices got hot too

Those are pretty good prices on the reds. We have been seeing averages as low as $4.00-$5.00 at the PTA district sales. I'm surprised trappers let them go for that amount but I guess if you have no way to store them or no alternative buyers or markets...

Yea THAT WAS GREAT ! You know why they brought so much. First you stated they had 10 buyers. PLUS I BET THEY DIDN'T have none of those BACK ROOM PT sales..... I have always said that would ruin the fur market and I believe it bit NAFA in the back side . Why bid against each other on the floor when they can just scheme among them selves and buy it for a lower price after the auction closes.??? !!!
Then they spin it for the kool aid drinkers that they did them a favor!!!! NO right the opposite.

Great prices and a great job on the put up walleyed.

Put up can't turn a sow's ear into a silk purse. A great job on the put will make sure that silk purse is a silk purse when taken off the stretcher.

Even the kool aid drinkers or NAFA or FHA don't believe selling in the PT room is a good deal. It is not a bad deal if they sell for what similar fur bid on brought.It is not a terrible deal if they sell for minimum asking price plus 10%. Everybody wants bidding, however there is always buyer collusion at any auction, because they don't want to bid if they don't have to. How much bidding on fur is there at the furbuyers? It is just like a PT deal.

P.S. The reason they brought more than the other fox was because he did extra work skinning out the paws and not cutting off the legs.

all kiddin aside,great job Wally.

the pa guys should make the trip to ny to sale there furs. I looked into getting a pa fur buyer lic way to much BS

What would be the nearest NY sale to Erie, Pa?

Probably Hinsdale. Look in the "Fur Sales Directory."

Well done walleyed. They look nice. This has been my first year where I’ve been able to trap greys since the move. Neat critters. My understanding is the greys here on the eastern shore used to grade well at NAFA as well.

walleyed. Thanks for the info. This indicates that the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t necessarily an incoming train.

I’ll give you $150 for the reds. PM me.

Our Grey Fox in the Northern edge of New York State consistently graded Heavy- Super Select

at all the past NAFA auctions and almost always were in the top lot.

Many TOP LOT Certificates over the years.

FHA was never been able to match NAFA for finding the best Grey Fox Market and buyers.

Hopefully that will change in the near future.

w

Agreed. My fox always did better at NAFA. Beaver better at FHA.

We didn’t do a whole lot this season. Space is limited until the new house gets done. But we scratched the itch and caught some new critters for us.

Outstanding !

Nothing prettier than a Grey Fox !!!!

w