December is a prime month for harvesting, and at this stage let’s hope that 2025 brings us a new reason to get excited about fur prices! [Read More]
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Fur Market Report October 2024: Planning the Season with Wary Anticipation
October is a good month for planning your trapping season, so make plans to have fun and catch some prime fur. With cautious optimism, we should continue to see our markets slowly recover, and with a bit of luck, some fur animals will advance in price. [Read More]
Fur Market Report September 2024: What to Expect for the 2024-25 Season
We have been seeing movement upward in our industry overall, and although we are far from record-high prices, the prediction is good that prices will once again advance in early 2025, so make plans to get out there and catch your share of prime fur this coming fall! [Read More]
Fur Market Report December 2023: Prices to Keep in Mind This Season
It is always quiet on the fur market front when harvesting seasons are on. Most trappers are busy in the fields and forest chasing furbearers, and on the buying front, there is always a lull, a slow time in the trade. [Read More]
Fur Market Report October 2022: Coyotes, Foxes & Beavers Are the News This Fall
Coyotes, foxes and beavers will make the headlines this season, and the best advice continues to be the same as before — catch fur when it is prime, handle it well and strive for quality. [Read More]
Fur Market Report April-May 2022: The Year Ahead
The fur market is interesting in many ways, but one of the funky things about it is that harvesting occurs in fall and early winter, then big fur sales, the ones that set the official price trends, occur after all the harvesting is completed. [Read More]
Fur Market Report December 2020: Results Are In After Season’s First Auction
When Fur Harvesters Auction in North Bay, Ontario, Canada, held the first wild fur sale of the year on August 30-31, 2020, trappers all over North America finally had some real numbers about what was really happening with wild fur. [Read More]
Fur Market Report April-May 2020: Coronavirus Looms Large Over Fur Auctions
The uncertainty that has loomed over the trade remains, as the game has changed since North American Fur Auctions announced it would not be collecting and selling wild fur, in addition to the evolving coronavirus pandemic. [Read More]
Fur Market Memories
This seasoned trapper has experienced all of the industry’s ups and downs over the decades. So, sit back and learn how things compare to the good ol’ days. [Read More]
Fur Market Report December 2019: Get Creative to Find Profit and Save Your Season
The rumors of more difficult times ahead are growing again as trappers are busy harvesting fur all over Canada and the United States. November and December are prime months for prime fur, and in most jurisdictions, these two months are when the majority of the fur is harvested. [Read More]
