Re: Castor sales at FHA
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03/28/24 12:28 PM
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Well, as many on here successfully predicted: the Beaverpeeler ain’t too pleased with how the castor to FHA experiment turned out. 14.25 lbs shipped and FHA shrinkage formula gave me credit for 187 oz 90 oz graded #1 and sold for $60/lb 90 oz graded #2 and did not sell 7 oz graded #3 and sold for $30/lb What really amazes me is zero ozs graded western select!? The following pic is representative of the 14 lbs I sent and indeed was part of the shipment:
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Re: Castor sales at FHA
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03/28/24 12:30 PM
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Maybe none graded western select since I shipped it to a midwestern agent?
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Re: Castor sales at FHA
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03/28/24 01:08 PM
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Maybe none graded western select since I shipped it to a midwestern agent? FHA would certainly grade your product (fur, castor, or otherwise) based strictly on what it was grade-wise, not based on the address of the shipper or the address of the agent it originated from, right ? Otherwise that would mean that they graded with an unfair bias !!! w
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Re: Castor sales at FHA
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03/28/24 01:15 PM
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Maybe none graded western select since I shipped it to a midwestern agent? If the agent had an order to fill, then maybe some got diverted. there is a definitly popular odour with the western, and your colour looks pale enough ( maybe when the whiskey orders are all in the rest goes over)
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Re: Castor sales at FHA
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03/28/24 01:30 PM
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Agent's job is just to get the castor over to the warehouse at North Bay right?
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Re: Castor sales at FHA
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03/28/24 02:09 PM
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That sucks BP. I’m not a shipper. Tried it. Took my rear kicking years ago. I wanna be standing there saying yay or nay to the offer lol. Lol. 99% say yeA. Regardless of offer
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Re: Castor sales at FHA
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03/28/24 02:17 PM
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In hindsight I would have sold it all at one of the association sales for $37.50 lb after commission is taken out. But when I shipped the best price I had heard was $30/lb so I felt it was worth the risk to give it one more shot. The western select prices of the past definitely was the dangling carrot for me.
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Re: Castor sales at FHA
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03/28/24 02:23 PM
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That sucks BP. I’m not a shipper. Tried it. Took my rear kicking years ago. I wanna be standing there saying yay or nay to the offer lol. Lol. 99% say yeA. Regardless of offer Lol Not me. It’s a haggling session when mine are on the table lol.
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Re: Castor sales at FHA
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03/28/24 02:38 PM
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Good for you Clay! I've seen waaaay too many trappers just bend over and accept it.
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Re: Castor sales at FHA
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03/28/24 02:42 PM
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Good for you Clay! I've seen waaaay too many trappers just bend over and accept it. Agreed Better yet take them back.
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Re: Castor sales at FHA
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03/28/24 03:23 PM
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better go back and sharpen your pencil Shakey some of those castor prices are not what they posted I'll have to look into it closer tonight. Loneranger said his price was about the same...just over $4
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Re: Castor sales at FHA
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03/28/24 03:44 PM
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Good for you Clay! I've seen waaaay too many trappers just bend over and accept it. Yet another reason why I finish all my fur. Leaves you with lots of options. I no saled 500 plus 3X coon one time at our state fur auction. The 1X and 2X brought what I wanted. The 3X were $2 shy of what I had in mind.One of the buyers gave me what I wanted for them before I got them all pulled off the table. Made over a grand in about 30 seconds. My darling wife thinks there a little Jewish blood in my veins lol
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Re: Castor sales at FHA
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03/28/24 04:06 PM
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Clay, you and I think alike. Don't know how many times I withdrew fur off the tables at an OTC sale when I wasn't happy with the offers. I think the buyers figured I would take whatever or try to haggle and since I had large quantities of fur they were often times upset to see me jut take my fur and go home. LOL
And I've put up my fur since I was 18
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Re: Castor sales at FHA
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03/28/24 06:07 PM
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The bigger story is that the castor demand is down everywhere, perhaps partially because of more beavers being trapped. My castor. buyer is offering about 1/3 less this year. Couple of his European perfume customers have closed the door, Just reality … lower price still ok considering pelt value
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Re: Castor sales at FHA
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03/28/24 06:49 PM
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Maybe none graded western select since I shipped it to a midwestern agent? FHA would certainly grade your product (fur, castor, or otherwise) based strictly on what it was grade-wise, not based on the address of the shipper or the address of the agent it originated from, right ? Otherwise that would mean that they graded with an unfair bias !!! w I knew an old country buyer years ago who would try to pull a fast one on the big auction houses by taking stale otter and bobcats and cutting the tags off them and going down and getting them tagged as fresh hides before sending them off, he also took some cats from a state known for its low value bobcats and cut the tags off and retagged them in a state known for better cats. I figured he was wasting his time and chancing some big tickets for virtually no gain. I once had a particularly ugly Idaho bobcat I sent to NAFA grade as a Central cat... made top lot. Lol
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