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Here I thought ole Davey Boy would have stuck this on here some time ago! No Davey... No Jimmy...
Of course for me, coyotes the main interest, and oh me! oh my, a forecast of only 70,000 coyotes???
Now that is an interesting one! If it is true, however, we have seen many times a low forecast of goods and are suddenly surprised by a late influx of goods and sometimes unexpected staggering numbers. I suspect we will see more, but will it be a massive amount? With the price influx, I was expecting to see a 120,000 coyote sale, now 70,000??? YIKES!!!!
You have to understand that much else goes on in the coyote world besides NAFA. No, FHA is not really a factor at all because they don't get any significant amount of western goods, but the country buyers, mostly American, put up quite the volume/collection of goods. They collect very aggressively, competition for goods is very high and price levels paid to trappers and hunters reflects on the heavy competition. Small buyers often use NAFA to move their collections but most buyers sell their goods private treaty.
Generally, the fur collectors are selling fur to the same people that fill the auction room at NAFA, end users, brokers, so goods bought by the end users in the country means less goods needed to be bought in the auction room. Generally, but not always. Some folks prefer to buy exclusively at NAFA and of these are people with deep pockets.
So the questions... is there gonna be a heavy late influx of coyotes into this sale? Did the country buyers load up on goods and satisfy much of the demand? How big was the actual harvest? Is there more demand for the goods this year than last? Etc
Numerous buyers say the harvest was small, some mean it and some don't tell the truth regularly! Some buyers say there were plenty of coyotes and bought considerable amounts. I spoke with one of the largest American buyers regularly through the winter and he claimed the USA harvest was low?
So at 70,000 she's still burning hot! However, my jaded opinion from watching many seasons roll by dictates that much more will show up. But possibly not, new compilation/communication of goods heading to market has been never better, it could be accurate.
NAFA Preliminary Order of Sale, May 2018
Maybe that's why there are more pelts this year.
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