wild fur and scrap metal appear to be a lot a like...

NHsm- I'll take yoders any which way I can get them but they tend to live a charmed life around me .

The value of coyote fur varies greatly around North America. The last few years or so, the "heavy northerns", especially light in color, have commanded high prices because of a premium Canadian produced (the brand name escapes me right now) goose down filled woman's winter coat that has a big light colored heavy fur trim--the queen of Denmark was photographed 5 years or so wearing one and its the big rage with the Euro/American elites who still wear fur. My state has some heavy northerns in the northern tier of counties but most of our around here are classed as "semi-heavies" and tend to be more tawny in color. These are worth about half the value as the paler northern heavies. You all in New England and other parts of the Northeast tend to have big bodied coyotes are darker and less desirable colors. Typically more surface area of usable fur but the color...so these are considered "commercial grade" and start off at about what the semi-heavies are worth and go down from there. Southern yoders tend to have little value (maybe $5-20 skinned out on a normal year) whereas southwest and western song dogs can be somewhere between "commercial" grade and the better semi-heavies. Other things off of coyotes, such as cleaned up skulls and/or teeth separate, are also worth some money. Good luck if you get one of those "Yankee" yoders!!