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2025 Fur Auction Results

Thank you to all who sold fur, but a big thank you to the buyers who attended and were willing to buy fur --- North IA Fur - Bill Drewelow, NE IA Fur Exchange - Rick Hemsath, Otter Creek Fur – David Raber, Stark Fur – Ernie Kovacik Stark, KS, Hutton Valley School of Taxidermy - Roger Hutton, Central States Fur – Dean Hoffman, Kokas Fur Barn – Craig Kokas Prospect, OH, Hindman Fur – Al Hindman, Sleepy Creek Tannery – Ben Deters.

 

Help with setting up, lotting in, carrying fur during the day were Chad Thede, Peter Fritzell, Dave Phipps, Cody Hutton, Brock Holker, Zach Grossman, Calvin Barber, Curtis Barber, Beckett Barber, Allyson Oser, Kerry Baestle, Pat McAninch.  Bret Smith was auctioneer, Nat Hill & Tracy Hutton - clerked, Dan Roberts and Kristie Lambert oversaw the food area. Funke Trap Tags (Jeff Inlow) Backwater Baits (Bruce Rhoads) & Sleepy Creek Tannery (Ben Deters) accepted fur to be tanned. I also need to thank Justin Deaver for setting up video to stream the auction live on our ITA YouTube channel. I looked and there was already 12k views by Sunday evening after the auction. I almost forgot to thank Lonnie Archer. He had a very nice blanket made of pictures taken during the 2024 auction. The blanket was auctioned off with proceeds donated to the ITA. Thank you Lonnie for your very cool blanket and generous donation.

 

We had 9 Buyers, 47 sellers and 451 lots of fur.  

 

"F" is for finished -- "G" is for green, “C” is for carcass. We had carcass bobcat, otter, badger, 1 skunk, 1 mink  and a few odd colored raccoon. Below are the results

 

Species... Number... High/Low... Average... Total… Top

Coon ...F…255… $15.50/25c....$7.67…$1957.75…. Joel Golish

Coon…G...1475....$7.50/10c…$3.11…$4590.85… Mike Van Renterghem

Coon …C…7… $10/50c…$7.14…$50…. Lonnie Archer/Brian Burrows

Coyote…F…100..$34/$1…$14.41…$1441…Donated to ITA Mike Mazur

Coyote…G…101....$6/$2…$4.04…$409…Calvin Barber

Muskrat…F...619…$3.40/45c…$1.74…$1081.55…Adam Sadewasser

Muskrat…G…54…$2.90/25c…$1.62…$87.50…Brian Burrows

Mink..F…100…$12/$1…$10.96…$1096.70… Steve Grulkey

Mink…G…1…$8/$8…$8…$8…Scott Nibe

Mink…C…1…$5/$5…$5…$5…Steve Grulkey

Bobcat…F…2…$37.50/$31…$34.25…$68.50…Darwin Marshall

Bobcat…G…2…$55/$52.50…$53.75…$107.50…John Doud

Bobcat ...C...15..$135/$12.50…$60…$900…Mike Long

Skunk…F…70..$20/$5..$13.75..$962.50…Duane Arkema

Skunk…G…101…$23/$5…$15.13…$1528.50…Zach Grossman/Keaton Jones

Skunk…C…1…$1/$1…$1…$1….Sam Hutton

Red Fox…F…39..$26/$6…$12.29..$479.50…Donated to ITA Mike Mazur

Red Fox…G...10..$11/$10…$9.20…$92…Zach Grossman

Badger...F...7...$38/$5…$31.28…$219..David Burma

Badger…G…3…$21/$5…$8.66…$26…David Burma

Badger…C...2..$30/$25…$27.50…$55…David Burma

Otter...F...8..$40/$25…$41.33…$248…Dean Bartz

Otter…G...7..$31/$8…$24.28…$170…Scott Nibe

Otter…C…9…$34/$25…$29.77…$268…Kelly Jessen

Beaver...F...21...$18/$10…$8.95…$188…Russ Bruns

Beaver...G…94..$11/$1…$4.76…$447.50…John Doud/Brian Lewis

Opossum...F...25... $6/50c... $2.64…$66… Craig Sweet

Opossum...G...20..$1/10c…25c…$5…Brian Burrow

Gray Fox...F...6..$31/$10…$21.66…$130…Donated to ITA Mike Mazur

Weasel...C...2…$2/$2…$2…$4…Brian Burrow/John Davidson

Fisher…1..$13/$13….$13… $13 … Donated to ITA Mike Mazur

Nutria...5…$3/$2….$2.20…$11…Donated to ITA Mike Mazur

Kit Fox…1…$20/$20…$20…$20…Donated to ITA Mike Mazur

Castor…7oz…$11/$11…..$11….$11… Virgil Davis

Squirrel Tail...85..55c/25c…49c…$41.65… Curtis Barber

Squirrel…8…$3.50/$1…$3.18…$25.50….Curtis Barber

Beaver Tail...68..10c/10c…10c …$68… Bruce Hutton

Groundhog…4…$4/$2…$3.50…$14….Curtis Barber

Total…..$16,786.30

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