Oregon Territorial Council on Furs, Inc.

 

Albany, Oregon                   March 6, 2004

 

 

Item

# Offered

# Sold

% Sold

Total Volume

Average Price

High Price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Badger

16

16

100.0 %

191.36

11.96

16.25

Beaver

297

263

88.6 %

2,847.06

10.83

22.02

Bobcat - eastern

89

73

82.0 %

13,123.02

179.77

408.88

Bobcat - western

188

150

79.8 %

7,633.13

50.89

167.17

Coyote

245

238

97.1 %

4,277.83

17.97

35.01

Ermine (weasel)

2

2

100.0 %

2.06

1.03

1.03

Fox - cross

1

1

100.0 %

21.00

21.00

21.00

Fox - grey

64

62

96.9 %

1,064.84

17.17

23.01

Fox - red

30

30

100.0 %

547.36

18.25

31.21

Mink - wild

13

8

61.5 %

72.64

9.08

12.50

Muskrat

508

508

100.0 %

1,320.07

2.60

4.00

Nutria

1004

1004

100.0 %

2,734.91

2.72

5.43

Otter

60

60

100.0 %

6,023.70

100.40

126.85

Possum

52

52

100.0 %

128.84

2.48

3.17

Raccoon

496

494

99.6 %

2,789.52

5.65

12.04

Skunk

24

24

100.0 %

126.02

5.25

6.51

Deer antler

120.55 lb.

120.55 lb.

100.0 %

914.47

7.59

9.51

Elk antler

99.8 lb.

99.8 lb.

100.0 %

422.50

4.23

5.51

Castor

24.55 lb.

24.55 lb.

100.0 %

212.51

8.66

11.00

Porky guard hair

20.45 oz.

20.45 oz.

100.0 %

267.64

13.09

18.31

 

 

 

Buyers                                                                                    

 

K&D Furs                          Oregon/Mont.      21,757.33                                 

Moscow Hide & Fur          Idaho                     4,955.57

Cal-Fur                              California                4,332.83

Steve Allard                       Oregon                   3,111.60

Bear’s Den                         Washington            2,511.67

Cascade Trap Supply         Washington            2,460.80

Lone Oak Trading              Oregon                   2,420.29

Tucker Bates                      Oregon                   1,481.50         

Bond’s Indian Supply         Oregon                      906.67

W G Trading                      Oregon                      559.05         

Wayne Loyd                      Oregon                      447.35

Oregon Trail Outfitters        Oregon                      335.51

Hart’s Lake Trading           Washington               273.30                                 

Trappers purchases                                          1,887.14

 

            TOTAL                               47,440.61

                                                                                

                                                                                               

 32 bidders (13 major buyers)         71  sellers                   378 lots offered        346 lots sold   

 
 

 

 

 


Sale Analysis

 

The highlight of the Albany sale was the very strong prices on otter and muskrats.  The overall offering consisted of a substantial mix of stale and marginally handled goods.  A springy collection of coyotes, including many western Oregon type skins, sold very well considering the high percentage of rubbed and broken skins.  Eastern cats continued to sell strong, as did western cats.  The western cat average was held down by several lots of stale and lower grade goods.  A marginal collection of beaver, which included damaged and stale goods, sold at very strong levels considering the overall quality.   Possum and wild mink sold at advanced levels.  The fox offering included a higher percentage of springy goods than normal, but still sold at very good levels.  Nutria saw renewed interest by buyers, although the average was kept down by summer and stale goods.  The raccoon collection sold well considering the offering included a large quantity of stale and poorly handled goods.  A high percentage of the raccoon had springy necks.  OTC looks forward to continued strong prices at the Klamath Falls sale later on this month.

 

Beaver

 

1.    26 skins – excellent handling, Willamette River, mixed quality, 80 % damage                          Ave. 12.02

2.     6 skins – XL sizes, good handling, good fur quality, slight damage                                          Ave. 14.53

3.   17 skins – Large size and up, fair handling, some heavy furred                                                Ave. 13.29                   

Bobcats – western Oregon types

 

1.    11 skins – Large size, good handling, reddish backs, good bellies                                            Ave. 45.74

2.    11 skins – XL size, good handling, reddish backs, narrow bellies, flatter fur                             Ave. 36.82

3.      5 skins – Larger sizes, good handling, Cascade types, brown backs, good bellies                   Ave. 57.23

 

Bobcats – eastern Oregon types

 

1.    3 skins – Medium size, excellent handling, good backs, nice bellies                             Ave. 108.72   No Sale

2.    2 skins – Large size, excellent handling, good backs, good bellies                               Ave. 213.09   No Sale

3.    3 skins – 2 XL / 1 Medium, excellent handling, excellent quality                                 Ave. 237.06   No Sale

 

Coyote

 

1.    4 skins – Large size, good handling, western Oregon, 1 good fur, 3 broken fur                        Ave. 16.18

2.    9 skins – Large size, good handling, western OR, dark backs, casty bellies, semi-hvy fur         Ave. 11.29

3.    4 skins – Large size, good handling, decent color, 3 good fur, 1 poor fur                      Ave. 17.04   No Sale

 

Fox – Grey

 

1.    7 skins – Large size, good handling, good quality fur                                                              Ave. 20.18

2.    8 skins – Medium/Large sizes, good handling, heavy fur, good color                                       Ave. 18.00

3.    7 skins – Large size, fair handling, light weight fur                                                                 Ave. 17.43       

Fox – Red

 

1.      9 skins – Large size, good handling, half good quality fur/half poor quality fur                        Ave. 16.02

2.    13 skins – Half large size/half medium, good handling, good fur quality                                   Ave. 18.32

3.      3 skins – Large size, decent handling, ordinary quality fur                                                    Ave. 15.00

 

Mink

 

1.    2 skins – Medium size, males, good handling, decent fur                                                        Ave. 10.01

2.    1 skin – Medium size, female, good handling, poor fur                                               Ave. 1.26   No Sale

3.    4 skins – 3 males, 1 female, good handling, thin fur                                                    Ave. 7.13   No Sale

                                                                                                                                               

Muskrat

 

1.   200 skins – Mixed sizes, good handling, good winter/early spring fur                                        Ave. 2.67

2.   250 skins – Mixed sizes, excellent handling, good winter fur                                                    Ave.  2.60

 

Nutria

 

1.    100 skins – Mixed sizes, good handling, decent fur                                                                Ave. 2.11

2.    100 skins – Medium size, good handling, good fur                                                                  Ave. 2.75

3.    104 skins – L/XL sizes, good handling, good fur                                                                    Ave. 3.50

 

Otter

 

1.    9 skins – XL size, with feet, excellent handling, excellent fur quality                                       Ave. 126.32

2.    5 skins – L/XL  sizes, excellent handling, flat/lighter weight fur                                              Ave.  93.00

3.    3 skins – XL size, good handling, good fur                                                                            Ave. 93.33

 

Possum

 

1.    35 skins – XL size, good handling, good fur, no road kills                                                       Ave. 2.50

2.    11 skins – Medium size, good handling, good fur, no road kills                                                Ave. 2.67

 

Raccoon

 

1.     15 skins – XL size, poor handling, good quality fur                                                                Ave. 6.07

2.     18 skins – mostly XL sizes, poor handling, light weight fur, stale goods                                  Ave. 5.33

3.   148 skins – Mixed sizes, poor handling, good fur                                                                    Ave. 4.00

 

Skunk

 

1.    10 skins – Mixed sizes, good handling, good quality fur                                                          Ave. 5.12

2.    12 skins – Mostly large sizes, good handling, good quality fur                                                 Ave. 5.18