Idaho Trappers Association January Fur Sale
 

Post from the ITA’s Facebook page:

January 2022 Idaho Trappers Association Fur Sale

The only rundown I will offer is some poor handled items drove down prices of fisher, kit fox, otter and red fox. 1/3 of the bobcats were from Arizona and New Mexico and hurt cat prices some. The better furred A and A/B bellied cats did extremely well. Coyotes were not a suprise but still disappointing to many. My personal coyotes were bought by Rocky Mountain's buyer and were $41 and had some rubbed coyotes and earlies thrown in the pile. I saw a nice high-line collection that was in the low 50's but that was the exception. I didn't include all the misc and tanned fur so the post wasn't so long.

Item Offered Average Bid High Bid % Sold
Badger 44 $ 9.53 $ 58.17 98%
Beaver 173 $ 18.84 $ 37.19 100%
Bobcat 94 $ 261.09 $ 1,228.00 98%
Castor 51.96 lbs $ 69.15 $ 87.28 47%
Coyote 1178 $ 36.00 $ 225.03 84%
Cross Fox 9 $ 78.78 $ 86.67 100%
Deer Antler 244.4 lbs $ 12.41 $ 16.29 33%
Elk Antler 145.5 lbs $ 16.86 $ 20.02 100%
Ermine 141 $ 3.12 $ 4.00 100%
Fisher 14 $ 24.60 $ 39.82 100%
Grey Fox 39 $ 19.97 $ 30.64 100%
Kit Fox 11 $ 2.87 $ 5.36 100%
Marten 117 $ 35.00 $ 53.17 100%
Mink 86 $ 9.88 $ 20.29 100%
Moose Antler 10.5 $ 15.82 $ 15.82 100%
Muskrat 476 $ 3.77 $ 5.56 100%
Otter 53 $ 30.73 $ 50.25 100%
Raccoon 97 $ 10.81 $ 12.99 100%
Red Fox 337 $ 16.08 $ 52.50 86%

Top lot coyote went for 225$ if I read that right. Not too bad. I don’t know what quality of coyotes go to that sale in the Idaho area? Would they be similar to what we’d see in southern BC and Alberta?

Good money in elk and deer antlers!

Typically these State Auctions are a mixed bag of different types and qualities of coyotes. They use the prices for all coyotes sold to calculate the auction average. FHA only uses the prices for 1st section pelts to determine the auction average. Due to that, and FHA grading different types of coyotes separately, the averages for coyotes at State Auctions is always lower than those of FHA.

Based on previous Idaho auctions, the average for coyotes is lower than it usually is. Montana hosts the Western Fur Auction in mid-February. The results from that one may provide enough insight to make a decent guesstimate of what coyote prices might settle at.

Beaver and red fox look alright to me.

Beaver are the real surprise. Only 173 offered, but still....maybe time to go cut some ice.

Every puddle has an active lodge, seems like.

Dave thanks for posting. The only positive is that we can apply a 20% premium for our C$. I like to apply a gas/diesel price ratio to fur price numbers. Does not look to good this winter with $1.40 diesel.