NOTE: This is not the latest Fur Market Update. Click here for Trapping Today's 2023-2024 Market Forecast and Fur Prices. Traditionally, it's been common to provide a reasonably accurate picture of what the fur market is going to look like by the time fall rolls around and trapping season gets underway. But the past few years have been anything but traditional in the fur … [Read more...]
Trapping Today Podcast: Episode 9
In this episode, I give a shout out to Meat Trapper, review the Coyote Trapping School video training, provide a fur price report with results from the latest Colorado sale, talk about my under ice beaver trapline, and review Herb Lenon's classic trapping instructional DVD from the 1930's. Enjoy! … [Read more...]
2017-2018 Fur Prices: Trapping Today’s Fur Market Forecast
Note: This is NOT the most recent fur market forecast. Click here for Trapping Today's 2018-2019 Fur Market Forecast. The 2017-2018 trapping season is upon us, and trappers everywhere are looking for a clue as to what fur prices will bring. Since the crash in the fur market a few years back, it's been tougher to get information on fur prices until late in the selling … [Read more...]
Why Fur Prices Vary by Size, Species and Location
North American fur prices vary by region – sometimes substantially – and if you’ve ever looked over fur price averages from the major auction houses, you may find yourself confused by all of the different terms, and wondering how fur in your area stacks up against the averages. I get questions like this all the time, including “what’s so special about Western bobcats that makes … [Read more...]
Trapping Today’s 2015-2016 Fur Market Update
Looking for more detailed information on fur prices and alternatives for marketing your fur? Click here to learn more about Trapping Today's new Fur Guide eBook. All is quiet. That's the story thus far in the 2015-2016 market for wild fur. Folks are looking everywhere for answers to how much money they can expect to get for fur this season, but the answers aren't coming … [Read more...]
NAFA’s January 14, 2014 Fur Market Update
Here's the latest from North American Fur Auctions on the current state of the fur market. In short, expect the continued depressed market that we predicted earlier for most items except for coyote, red fox and a few other items used for trim. Wild Fur Market Update January 14, 2015 Our wild fur market needs to be split into three categories: the Trimming market; the … [Read more...]
Trapping Today’s 2014-15 Fur Market Forecast
Note: This is an earlier fur market report. Click Here to see the 2015-16 Fur Market Update. It's that time of year again. Days are getting shorter, the weather is cooling and trappers are preparing to take to the field and catch some fur. As always, questions about this year's fur market and prices abound. Here's what we can gather about the market and … [Read more...]
NAFA Fur Auction Results – February 2014
North American Fur Auctions held their first major fur sale of the year during the last week of February. This auction is typically an indicator of the state of the fur market and sets the tone for the rest of the fur sale season, though an increasingly unstable fur market has made future predictions of fur prices near impossible. Here's a recap: Coyotes did well, with … [Read more...]