Thread: Possum fur info

Originally Posted by Spook

The price for fur can fluctuate anywhere between $95 to $120 (and has been known to go higher) per kilo and can differ on whether hand plucked or machine plucked. Skins were fetching good money for a while but I have heard that that has dropped recently. It is still worth the trouble of carrying the bodies out for the pet food market and if cage trapped, live females with young in pouch or on the back are fetching top dollar.
The number of possums caught to the ratio of fur depends on the size of the possums...about 20 to the kilo.
As soon as you have a quantity of fur for sale, the price will drop...Murphy's Law

Hi there 'spook' I have a question. Are these live females with young on their back destined for 'The Ark' .. 'Project Ark' that we have been hearing a bit about lately????.