2025 ITA 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.
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…6…$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…$85… 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