2026 ITA Fur Auction Results

Thank you to all who sold fur this year. The volume of fur and sellers was down, but the prices received were a plus. A big thank you to the buyers who attended – North IA Fur – Bill Drewelow, NE IA Fur Exchange – Rick Hemsath, Otter Creek Fur – David Raber, Stark Fur – Ernie Kovacik Stark, KS, Central States Fur – Dean Hoffman, Miller Fur – Don Miller Plymouth, IL, Hindman Fur – Al Hindman, Sleepy Creek Tannery – Ben Deters, Hutton Valley School of Taxidermy – Roger Hutton, Baestle Fur – Kerry Baestle, Dalton Tharp, Silas Klyn and R&J Fur – Richard Olson Mound City, KS.
Help with setting up, lotting in during the day were Chad Thede, Peter Fritzell, Dave Phipps, Calvin Barber, Curtis Barber, Allyson Oser, Matt Fox, Dwaine Knouse, RJ Barclay, and Randy Porsch. Bret Smith was our auctioneer, Nat Hill, Cody Hutton & Tony Evans clerked. Dan Roberts, Kristie Lambert & Tim Roberts oversaw the food area. Vendor was Backwater Baits – Bruce Rhoads and Sleepy Creek Tannery accepted fur to be tanned. I also need to thank Justin Deaver for setting up video to live stream the auction on our ITA YouTube channel and doing a raccoon fleshing demo onsite. Lonnie Archer once again donated a very nice blanket made with pictures taken during the 2025 fur auction. The blanket was auctioned to Roger Hutton with proceeds being donated to the ITA, thank you Lonnie for your generous donation!!!
We had 13 buyers, 32 sellers with 279 lots of fur. Symbol’s are as follows – “F” finished fur, “G” green fur and “C” for carcass animals. We had carcass otter, bobcat, badger, skunk, odd colored raccoon, opossum and squirrel. Below are the results.

Species….Number…..High/Low…..Average….Total…..Top Seller
Raccoon…F…251….$26/$2….$10.58….$2657.50….Joel Golish
Raccoon…G…428…$12.50/$2….$6.19….$2652.35….Dan Roberts
Raccoon….C…1….$10/$10…..$10….$10….Brian Burrows
Coyote….F….115….$37/50c….$16.73….$1924….Donated ITA Mike Mazur ----- most Iowa coyote were in the low to upper teens for price
Coyote….G….9….$8/$2….$4.55….$41….Sam Hutton
Muskrat….F….387….$5.25/50c….$3.53….$1369.75….Steve Grulkey
Muskrat…G…50….$4.75/50c….$3.32….$166.25….Brian Burrows
Mink Male….F….37….$36/$13….$26.70….$988….Steve Grulkey
Mink Male….G….2….$14/$14….$14….$28….Steve Grulkey
Mink Female…F….23….$16/$12….$15.39….$354….Steve Grulkey
Mink Glands……$10/$10…..$10….$10….Steve Grulkey
Bobcat…F…3….$37.50/$25….$31.66….$95….Donated ITA Mike Mazur
Bobcat….C….15….$190/$25….$95.66….$1435….Keaton Jones
Skunk….F….35….$56/$7….$27.77….$972….John Davidson
Skunk….G….14….$50/$10….$25.92….$363….Lonnie Archer
Skunk….C….9….$27.50/2….$13.77….$124….Nathaniel Utterback
Skunk Tails….4…$17.50/$6….$8.87….$35.50….Joel Golish
Red Fox….F….10….$25/$17….$18.10….$181….Donated ITA Mike Mazur
Red Fox....G….2….$18/$11….$14.50….$29….Nathaniel Utterback
Badger…F….15….$47.50/$17.50….$31.83….$477.50….Larry Wilkinson
Badger….C….3….$37.50/$30….$22.50….$67.50….Brian Burrows
Beaver….F…4….$20/$8.50….$16.62….$66.50….Joel Golish
Beaver….G….53….$27/$2….$11.80….$625.50….Dan Roberts
Otter….F….5….$42.50/$17.50….$23….$115….Donated ITA Mike Mazur
Otter….G….6….$57.50/$20….$41.25….$247.50….Dan Roberts
Otter….C….11….$60/$25….$42.72….$470….Skyler Schindler
Opossum….F….10….$5/50c….$3.05….$30.50….Craig Sweet
Opossum….G….1….10c/10c….10c….10c….Brian Burrows
Opossum….C….1….10c/10c….10c….10c….Kerry Baestle
Weasel….F….1….$3/$3….$3….$3….Donated ITA Mike Mazur
Weasel….C….2….$4/$2….$3….$6….Brian Burrows
Squirrel Tails….306….85c/70c….79c….$242.45….Mike Arkena
Squirrel….F….7….$5/$5….$5….$35….Mike Arkena
Squirrel….C….1….$5/$5….$5….$5….Mike Arkena
Gray Fox…3…$36/$20….$25.33….$76….Donated ITA Mike Mazur
Fisher….F….1….$57.50/$57.50….$57.50….$57.50….Donated ITA Mike Mazur
Marten…F….1….$33/$33….$33….$33….Donated ITA Mike Mazur
Total….$15,993.50