Oregon Territorial Council on Furs, Inc.

 

Klamath Falls, Oregon                   March 25 - 26, 2005

 

Item

# offered

      # sold

% sold

     Total Volume

Average Price

Top Price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Badger

81

80

98.8 %

1,386.38

17.33

40.00

Beaver

544

508

93.4 %

8,055.41

15.86

36.28

Bobcat – eastern

1061

807

76.1 %

147,644.85

182.96

577.87

Bobcat – western

171

164

95.9 %

9,005.11

54.91

179.44

Civet

35

35

100.0 %

342.90

9.80

12.30

Coyote

830

774

93.3 %

12,699.45

16.41

33.30

Ermine (weasel)

84

54

64.3 %

198.91

3.68

4.19

Fox – cross

3

3

100.0 %

127.80

42.60

42.80

Fox – grey

99

99

100.0 %

1,338.30

13.52

25.14

Fox – red

70

60

85.7 %

1,185.21

19.75

22.22

Marten

41

32

78.0 %

626.97

19.59

26.12

Mink

66

65

98.5 %

481.46

7.41

13.20

Muskrat

5747

5482

95.4 %

12,280.09

2.24

3.30

Nutria

34

34

100.0 %

107.42

3.16

4.00

Otter

124

117

94.4 %

11,133.20

95.16

126.25

Possum

32

8

25.0 %

5.73

0.72

1.87

Raccoon

331

325

98.2 %

2,507.07

7.71

12.00

Skunk

95

92

96.8 %

366.97

3.99

6.00

Deer antler (pounds)

713.28

645.32

90.5 %

3,988.52

6.18

17.91

Elk antler (pounds)

284.6

243.75

85.6 %

1,335.63

5.48

8.84

Castor (pounds)

97.9

97.9

100.0 %

996.50

10.18

20.00

Porky guard hair (oz.)

111.25

103.65

93.2 %

1,446.60

13.96

18.40

 

Buyers                                                                                    

J & M Furs                         Montana               115,213.07

Thunder Mt Fur                   Montana                 20,644.68                                  

Fort Benton Fur                   Montana                 19,552.44

Bear’s Den                         Washington            13,815.71

Park-Sherbo & Ramsey       California               12,678.61

Ray Driscoll                        Oregon                   12,622.65

Steve Allard                        Oregon                    5,523.11

Pacific Roofing                   Oregon                    4,319.38

Furs for Fun                        Idaho                       3,965.55          

Jack & Delores Palmer       Oregon                    1,930.33

Oregon Trail Outfitters        Oregon                    1,657.79          

Rocky Mtn Fur                    Idaho                       1,628.95

Bond’s Indian Supply           Oregon                    1,409.90

Obsidian Arts                      Oregon                    1,202.82          

Trapper-n-Trader                Oregon                    1,043.44          

Ralph White                        Oregon                       936.85

Parmelee’s Antler Art         Oregon                       870.22          

Francis Peterson                 California                    712.75

Cal-Fur                               California                    579.19

 

56 bidders  (24 buyers)         241  sellers

 

1,396 lots offered           1,159 lots sold

 

 

 

 
W G Trading                       Oregon                       521.47

Hart’s Lake Trading            Washington                 288.83

Vann’s Quality Skulls          Oregon                       204.00

Nature’s Craft Supplies       Oregon                       174.80

Wiss Miss Enterprises         Idaho                          156.13

Trappers purchases                                            1,804.20

            TOTAL                             223,456.87

                                                                                

Sale Analysis

 

Badger

 

1.     8 skins – mostly large sizes, good fur w/feet, good handling                                                  Ave. 20.06

2.     5 skins – XL, 2 excellent fur, 2 flat fur, 1 ok fur, good handling                                             Ave. 20.92

3.     4 skins – Large size, hair type, excellent handling                                                                 Ave.   1.29

 

Beaver

 

1.     18 skins – mixed sizes, 50/50 slight damaged, mostly hatter type fur, good handling                Ave.  17.27

2.     23 skins – L to XXL, mixed shearing and straight hair, nice handling                                     Ave.  25.30

3.     20 skins – mostly blankets (XXL), straight hair, no shearers, excellent handling                      Ave.  17.78

4.     14 skins – 50/50 straight hair / shearers, some leather damage, good handling                        Ave.  14.93

 

Bobcats – western Oregon types

 

1.            4 skins – Large, coastal type, 1 poor belly, 1 average belly, 2 casty bellies, redder backs,       Ave.   52.22

                             ok handling                                                                                                  

2.      4 skins – 1 large, 3 medium, Cascade type, decent bellies, decent backs, good handling         Ave. 102.47

 

 

Bobcats – eastern Oregon types

 

1.    6 skins – mostly large sizes, average quality, fair handling                                                      Ave.  263.33

2.    6 skins – XL size, excellent quality, excellent handling                                                           Ave.  334.81

3.    2 skins – XL size, pretty color, casty orange bellies, excellent handling                                   Ave.  274.00

4.    7 skins – mixed sizes, darker backs, poor bellies, several females                                           Ave.    75.86

 

Coyote

 

1.     14 skins – Fair handling, some hippy                                                                         Ave. 24.02

2.     16 skins – Good quality                                                                                            Ave. 18.16

3.     10 skins – Excellent handling, excellent quality                                                          Ave. 22.06

4.     31 skins - excellent handling, little above average quality for Oregon                           Ave. 14.39     

 

Fox – Grey

 

1.           2 skins – 1 large, 1 medium, ok color, fair handling                                                              Ave.  13.15

2.           3 skins – Large size, pretty blue grey color, good handling with feet on                                 Ave.  23.76

3.           7 skins – Large size, lighter colored Nevada skins, good fur, good handling                           Ave.  12.12 

 

Fox – Red

 

1.     15 skins – mixed sizes, mostly large, real pretty color, excellent handling                     Ave. 22.22

2.     12 skins – mostly large, good color, good handling                                                      Ave. 22.05   

3.       3 skins – Large, good color, ok handling                                                                  Ave. 22.22

 

Muskrat

 

1.    325 skins – mixed sizes, spring rats, decent color fur, good handling                                       Ave.    2.28

2.      36 skins – mostly large, damaged spring rats, ok fur, ok handling                                          Ave.    1.81

3.    420 skins – mostly L/XL, mixed fall/winter/spring, a few slights, excellent handling                 Ave.    2.90

4.      32 skins – mostly large, fall fur, rough handling                                                                   Ave.    1.50      

Otter

 

1.     3 skins – L, early caught, good fur, excellent handling                                                           Ave. 111.67

2.   17 skins – large and medium sizes, slightly singed, some trap damage, poor handling                 Ave.   85.18

3.     7 skins – Large, slight singe, good leather, good handling , 1 slight damage  (NOT SOLD)      Ave.   84.41

4.     3 skins – Large, one dark leather, one ok leather w/conibear damage, one good leather,         Ave.   93.33

                              browner type fur, good handling                                                                               

 

Mink

 

1.     11 skins – 50/50 males/females, darker fur, ok handling                                                        Ave.     8.91

2.       3 skins – 2 males, 1 female, a little springy, dark fur, excellent handling                               Ave.   11.08

 

Raccoon

 

1.      5 skins – XL, mostly heavies, very poor handling                                                                 Ave.     5.66

2.      7 skins – M/L (half and half),  fairly heavy, good fur, good handling                                     Ave.     6.43

3.      8 skins – mixed sizes, 60 % early caught, excellent handling                                                Ave.     3.00

4.    25 skins – mostly large, 10 % smalls, early semi-heavy fur, good handling                               Ave.   10.50