Re: NDFTA Fur Auction
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01/13/21 10:39 PM
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But, we are always looking for help, and trying to recruit younger guys that don't need a walker to get across the building. Whats in it for me,me,me,me [/quote] I think there may be some cold samaches, and you get to help sweep and mop after every one is gone.
"Not Really, Not Really" Mark J Monti "MJM you're a jerk."
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Re: NDFTA Fur Auction
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01/13/21 10:51 PM
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Sounds tempting Just ONE more thing that'll make it better. Are you bringing some....? Hope all goes well. Coyotes need to do well.
swampgas chili and schmidt beer makes for a deadly combo
You have to remember that 1 out of 3 Democratic Voters is just as dumb as the other two.
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Re: NDFTA Fur Auction
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01/14/21 12:35 AM
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Hope you guys knock it out of the park Mark, I was planning on making the trek with Dusty to attend but a family obligation has come up.
Maybe next year.
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.
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Re: NDFTA Fur Auction
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01/14/21 12:36 AM
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Any word on which buyers are coming? Thanks Ha Jamie, Hope all is well. I heard rumor that Dusty my be coming, but I have not spoke to him myself so I am not sure. Any idea about that? Rick Mittlieder, Collen Cale, Monte Fur, Volk Fur, Johnson Fur Brent Kuss, Joe Jasik, Chris Lund and maybe a couple more we are waiting to here back from. As of this morning Dusty told me he was going.
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.
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Re: NDFTA Fur Auction
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01/14/21 02:05 PM
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bucksnbears No home made beer at the sale, I think its in the association bylaws. I did have a batch of homemade Irish cream along last year. Nd native address is 3805 E Bismarck Expressway. It is just east of the ND Game and Fish building across the road. Just south of 5th Ave NE. Steven 49er Good to hear Dusty is going to make it. If you talk to in between tell him Leo, the beer drinking cowboy has not been to any sales, but maybe this year.
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Re: NDFTA Fur Auction
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01/15/21 10:01 AM
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See you there. Don't be scared to ask if we need any help. It goes a lot easier on everyone if everyone pitches in. After all the sale is put on by the association, for the association, not by the board.
"Not Really, Not Really" Mark J Monti "MJM you're a jerk."
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Re: NDFTA Fur Auction
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01/16/21 02:54 AM
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i dropped my coyotes off today.. LOTS of coyotes there..
Last edited by s^s; 01/16/21 02:58 AM. Reason: added pic
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Re: NDFTA Fur Auction
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01/16/21 11:35 PM
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Re: NDFTA Fur Auction
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01/16/21 11:59 PM
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The grade was very hard and prices dropped fast for the lower grades and semis. A fair number of people sold fur after the sale to the high bid buyer of their lot. We let that happen as long as we collected out 4%. Some of the "no sales" were due to fur owners, trappers having no clue where the coyote market really was. You could not fault the buyers for that. I predicated a $60-65 dollar average on the coyotes that sold a week ago tomorrow on the boards conference call. Which I am guessing was close. So some one that thought their coyotes were worth $100-130, just had no idea were the market was. There was little motivation for coyotes with neck lice and brush rubbed, lower end good. I handled 1000's of coyotes on this sale and have looked at more in a day then we had on the sale at times. I have a fair idea what they looked like. I feel we had a very successful sale and want to say Thanks to the buyers and people who had fur on the sale. Also thanks to everyone who helped by working to put on the sale. I will be surprised if this is not the coyote sale of the year again. I do not see a up swing in the market from what I hear. The days of $130 averages are dead and gone for now. I have sold plenty of coyotes for half what this sale averaged. Yes eight buyers.
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Re: NDFTA Fur Auction
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01/17/21 08:12 AM
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Sounds like the otter market back when it got red hot and started to fall apart, trappers get use to certain high price's and when they start heading back down they feel someone is trying to rip them off.
Good luck finding help, we use to call ourself the STP crew, same ten people, lol.
Not my circus, not my clowns.
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Re: NDFTA Fur Auction
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01/17/21 09:51 AM
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When fur is at an all time high, there is a much greater chance it will go down the keep going up. The price was down, but the tight grade dropped them as much as anything. Most people can pick a great coyote out from a bad one, but there are a lot of things that make them land in between the top and bottom. Some closer to the top than others. Last year the grade was pushed hard. This year it is real tight, as tight as I have ever seen it. I am told end users were not happy with the grade they were receiving. An adjustment was made. There was a lot of buyers trying to break even at the end of the year and that didn't happen to all them last year. We had a lot of new help this year to go with our added volume. The board is grateful for that. We even had buyers shagging fur after they were loaded and could have been on the road.
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