Trapper & Predator Caller fur market expert Serge Lariviére. Shells: Emply sacs, had rock "burnt" castors, damaged sacs $1.50/lb. The ranch mink business is one based on financing, giving loans to farmers to get started, giving loans to feed kits, giving advances for pelting, and all of this based on financing from banks. For a while that was not too bad, but eventually, prices for ranch mink fell below production costs: You paid $30 to raise a mink, only to sell it for $25. Over 107,000 furs were purchased from Wisconsin fur harvesters this season. But the fall of a giant company in the wild fur world is a sign that times are tough in the fur industry, and that low prices that have been the norm now since 2014 are claiming multiple victims, causing many mink ranchers to quit or go out of business, and now even claiming the company that started it all 349 years ago. The other auction house of wild fur in Canada, Fur Harvesters Auctions (www.furharvesters.com) has strengthened its position as the only remaining auction house for wild fur, has expanded its services, is actively working to collect skins from trappers that were used to selling their skins via an auction company. On Washington bears, we buy only hides with skulls intact, and claws attached. Castor brought $80-$100 per pound at the Fur Harvesters Auction in August. The second major fur auction in 2019 has come and gone, and there weren't many surprises. document.write(intYear); No one could afford $100 mink skins anymore, so prices started to fall. The ranchers that remained had to operate extremely efficiently, have low feed costs, have cheap labor and be debt free. Can be white, brown, or graybacks. Another big player, and likely the largest fur buying company in the United States, Groenewold Fur & Wool Co. (www.gfwco.com) is in the process of expanding its operations in Canada. Capes:We are currently buying capes with 22" and larger size necks only. The skulls and claws on a wolf are worth up to $84, depending upon size. Since the official announcement from NAFA, there has been a lot of activity to fill the void. Just recently, the largest auction house of wild fur, North American Fur Auctions, has announced that it would not be able to hold a wild fur sale in 2020 because of financing problems. The company, which began as the historically famous Hudson Bay Company (chartered May 2, 1670) dealing wild fur, grew bigger and bigger over time, and really took off when the ranch mink prices started climbing to unprecedented levels in the late 2010s with China going crazy for fur. Carcass animals:We buy carcass raccoon locally. Coyote. No split briskets, none with drag marks, absolutely no damaged to head. Hunters and Trappers receive top prices for wild fur such as bobcats, coyotes, coons, beavers, foxes, mink, and other furbearers. Prices are subject to change as size of harvest becomes more clear. See if you can get your Fish and Game to put the tags in the rear legs. 2019-2020 Fur Prices: Trapping Today’s Fur Market Forecast. Leave the anus and genitalia attached. We do not buy sheared sheep with short wool.Skulls:We are interested in purchasing fresh, frozen domestic ram heads, #1 quality. Beards:10+" $10.00 each Carcass:up to $150 each. Raw, stretched, dried pelts:We sell ranched mink through our tanned fur business. Arguably, in 2013 global production of ranch mink was around 100 MILLION pelts. The story is very complicated, but in a nutshell, financing issues are what killed NAFA. It is looking like 2020`s global production could be as low as 25 million and possibly less. This whole ordeal happened as trappers were busy harvesting fur in October and November, so many heard the rumors as they were checking traps. / 2020-2021 Fur Prices – Trapping Today’s Fur Market Forecast. #1 quality only, must have good feet, no head shots. We try to update the website when a change or a driver issue occurs, but the social media outlet is far quicker. The Fur Season is underway. We are updating the routes. What this means for the wild fur world is that buyers can now purchase a top-quality ranch mink the size of a river otter pelt for $15. For more information contact Jeff Dornisch at 814-594-0896. Metacritic. Aubrey, the trapper in New York State, said he has watched raccoon prices rising and targeted more raccoons this year as a result. The company has now entered Creditor protection (commonly referred to as Chapter 11 in the United States), which basically means it is no longer able to conduct business as usual. In this episode I go through an email from John Zander, Zander Fur, discussing his outlook on the fur market for the upcoming season. With or without horns. #1 quality only with intact briskets, no drags, absolutely no damaged to heads. Do not cut holes in the hides! 0. PENIS BONES (Baculum): Larger sizes only, uncleaned $0.35 each.Claws:Hair removed, dried. Muskrat. Come to Groenewold Fur & Wool Co., a fur buying company experienced in American raccoon, muskrat, red fox, grey fox, beaver, otter, mink, opossum and other wild furs. The total pelt value for 2018-1 was estimated at 652 thousand dollars, up 9% from the 2017-18 value. Those with mange, broken hairs on shoulders, big holes, etc. Ones with lots of spots on the back will bring premiums. We do not want cats that have been chewed up by hounds, ones that are shot in the head or have trap damaged feet, or ones with major damaged to the skin. Fresh cats only. But when market saturation occurred, things slipped downward. Those with belly taints severely discounted. Silver price forecast for near years. $3.00 tops, FOB, Moscow, Idaho NONE WITH BLACK FUR, Carcass:Carcass otter, with CITIES tags attached: up to $50. When Fur Harvesters Auction in North Bay, Ontario, Canada, held the first wild fur sale of the year on August 30-31, 2020, trappers all over North America finally had some real numbers about what was really happening with wild fur. Capes:We pay up to $50 for #1 quality, full shoulder capes 32" and larger. $25 tops. Visit our How We Buy Page for more information. ZDNet. Just recently, the largest auction house of wild fur, North American Fur Auctions, has announced that it would not be able to hold a wild fur sale in 2020 because of financing problems. We will refund freight costs. Capes:We pay up to $40.00 for #1 quality capes, 15" neck and larger.FRESH HIDES:We will pay up to $15 for complete good hides with neck attached suitable for hair-on tanning. Sign up now to get a five-article Predator Package Compilation from Trapper Yearbook — FREE, Home | Predator Hunting Magazine | Subscribe | Gift Subscription | Store in baby oil. Simply put, ranch mink pleases the “Walmart” operations, whereas wild fur is a “mom-and-pop-store” product. Also like to thank everyone behind the scenes that helps with the fur sales. Must be unthawed at time of sale. Must be well cleaned. CLAWS:Remove hair. High demand for novelty usage. The math was simple: you double your money within one year, so what do you do? #1 quality, Sacs mostly full, $3/oz Ship November through March. Contact us. Skunk. CNET. Must have good tails. Coyote. You are losing money if you do not bring your cougar hides to Moscow Hide & FurSkulls:For #1 quality complete unbroken skulls, up to $100.00. Most items are listed alphabetically as you scroll down this page (Badger, Coyote, Deer, Elk, Opossum, Wolf, etc.). The total pelt value for 2018-1 was estimated at 652 thousand dollars, up 9% ... questioned on the average prices paid to Wisconsin fur harvesters for furbearer pelts. Just freeze them. KanOkla Fur Company is a licensed fur buyer, paying high fur prices. Genesee Valley Trappers (Honeoye, NY) Auction Results January 15, 2006 # Low Ave High Beaver 136 9.50 27.49 42.50 Coyote 24 12.00 22.69 27.50 Deer 16 1.00 1.61 4.50 Fox – Gray44 19. Ginseng $675.00-$725 (3lbs+) (12/04/2020) Golden Seal Root $ 50.00 $ Castor brought $80-$100 per pound at the Fur Harvesters Auction in August. Days and times as well as location’s will be changing this year according to the markets. No holes in head, must have good feet. Owner Gary J. Schroeder is known and respected throughout the fur industry, he is a former Hudson's Bay fur trader with 48 years of buying experience, and writes the fur market report for Fur-Fish-Game magazine. Down with ranch mink. Up to $40. The end product, the skins, were going to the booming Chinese economy, and every new “rich family” wanted to enjoy the luxury goods and display wealth — and mink fur fit that bill perfectly. Article Index | Last Updated: December 12, 2020 Prices subject to change without notice. Females with fur missing or weak fur around the teats will bring $50 or less. Simply put, the company reached unprecedented profitability because of ranch mink, and it also died because of ranch mink. Nothing has changed, and everything’s changed. Will buy 25 @ $5.00 each. Saga Furs and Fire Lady Fur collaborate again for the children’s charity project in China. Must have good heads, good feet, Hides:We will buy fresh hides killed from November through March. We only buy green, or stretched & dried. Prices on females to $30, prices on males to $50, depending upon size etc. FHA Drop off is also available After a spectacular year in 2013, with record prices for almost every species we trap, we began a descent caused in great part by a world over-production of ranch mink, a flooding of the retail market (the “demand”) by an over-production (the “offer”) of ranch mink that at one point reached around 100 million skins produced in a single year. Lastly, Fifty cents each, Claws:Hair removed, dried. Bobcat. 6-8" $4.00 each Carcass Prices. DAVY CROCKETT STATE PARK 06/13/2020. 2020 Fur Market Forecast The global ranch mink industry remains in a terminal condition. Heavy's & semi-heavy's are in high demand from all regions. Carcass animals. Trends archive. Across the North trappers are waiting for their cheques from the first auction of 2018. $10 topsSkulls:Fresh skulls with horns, up to $10, Skulls:We buy nature cleaned horse skulls for up to $20, depending upon condition. 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