Most North American fur is ranch mink.

Please define “most”. Number of pelts? Dollar value? Some other parameter? Just curious.

In terms of current production, how many ranch mink are produced in a year in North America?

AMERICAN MINK EXCHANGE TO OFFER 1.1 MILLION MINK IN THE MAY 2024 LIVE AUCTION.
INSPECTION DATES: MAY 12TH - 14TH
SALE DATES: MAY 15TH - 17TH

Here's 1.1 million multiplied by 30 bucks equals 33 million dollars.

I'm sure there are more.

Mink pelt production in the United States in 2021 totaled 1.44 million pelts, up slightly from 2020. Wisconsin, the largest
mink producing State, produced 579,460 pelts. Utah, the second largest producing State, produced 319,690 pelts.
The number of pelts, by color class, as a percent of the total United States production in 2021 is as follows: Black at
59 percent, Mahogany at 13 percent, White at 9 percent, and Sapphire at 6 percent. The remaining color classes accounted
for 13 percent.
Value of pelts produced during the 2021 crop year was $59.9 million, up 23 percent from $48.6 million the prior year. The
average price per pelt for the 2021 crop year was $41.50, up $7.80 from $33.70 in 2020.

Source: USDA/ Fur Commision USA

2017

About two-thirds of furs produced in Canada (and as much as 85 percent worldwide) come from mink and fox farms.
In Canada, approximately 1.7 million mink pelts are produced by fur farms annually.

Source CMBA

It is probably down from 2017.

For those folks who like to play with Stats here is a link to the production in Canada,

Starts in english at page 19


https://fur.ca/wp-content/uploads/2...DA_-2010-11_2021-22_BILINGUE_Jan2024.pdf

Quebec and Ontario produce most of the fur in Canada.

Numbers are dwindling.

80% of Canadians are in Ontario/Quebec

12 pages of interesting reading mostly related to a company that keeps it's shippers always confused about what lot sold for how much $$, if their pelt was in that lot, and when do they get their check.

Owned by trappers, ran by trappers, etc, etc...but not tech-savvy enough to upgrade their website to keep their shippers better informed.

I have never been confused what pelt my lots sold in, how much they sold for, or roughly when the check was going to show up. Before the internut, all that information came with the check. Still does. Even now I can find out earlier, but it won't change the end game. Only thing that has been confusing, has been NAFA's/FHA's piece of the action and what buyers actually pay for the pelts.

FHA has made strides in these down fur price years to improve their information flow via the internut. I'm not sure why, since money has to be tight. Ask NAFA and ALC.

Other than just Sables, do you know how much wild fur and other ranch goods the Russian fur auctions offer? A pittance.

Waiting to see how many pages of shipper questions there are a day or 2 after the next sale....

Tatiana could answer your question.