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European breeders in particular have deepened their presence, treating the Riyadh sale as the venue where reputations and prices are set.<\/p>\n<h2>A record chick and the prices behind it<\/h2>\n<p>The headline sale so far is a Canadian-bred Super White mottled gyrfalcon chick that went for SR1.3 million, or about $346,600. That makes it the most expensive bird of this year&#8217;s edition and the second highest price in the auction&#8217;s history, behind only the Ultra White gyrfalcon chick that sold for SR1.75 million at the inaugural sale in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Those numbers are less eccentric than they appear. Pale gyrfalcons are difficult to breed consistently, and colouring at the extreme white end of the range is rare enough that a single chick with the right markings can command more than a well-bred racehorse. Buyers are paying for bloodline as much as for the individual bird, which is why the farms bring their breeding records with them and why provenance disputes matter so much in this market.<\/p>\n<h2>Why breeders keep coming back<\/h2>\n<p>The steady influx points to something more practical than prestige. A captive-bred falcon is a difficult asset to sell across borders: it needs documentation, veterinary clearance, transport arranged around the bird&#8217;s welfare, and a buyer who can be trusted to pay. By handling the settlement and the paperwork under one roof, the Riyadh auction removes most of that friction, and breeders have responded by treating it as a fixture rather than an experiment.<\/p>\n<p>For the organisers, the commercial side runs alongside a heritage objective. Falconry in the Kingdom predates the state itself, and the National Center for Falcons frames the auction as a way of keeping that tradition economically alive rather than preserving it behind glass. Alongside the pavilions for local and international farms and the stands selling equipment and supplies, this year&#8217;s edition includes a &#8220;falconer of the future&#8221; pavilion aimed squarely at young Saudis, plus interactive displays and a live bidding platform open to buyers who cannot attend in person.<\/p>\n<h2>A market with room to grow<\/h2>\n<p>The auction now functions as a price signal for a trade that used to operate largely on private arrangements and word of mouth. Published results give breeders in Europe and North America a basis for valuing their own stock, which in turn draws more of them to Riyadh the following year, a cycle that has repeated since 2021 and shows little sign of slowing.<\/p>\n<p>Bidding continues until 25 August, and with the most valuable chicks typically offered in the closing days, the SR1.3 million mark may not survive the fortnight. More information is published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/sfc.org.sa\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Saudi Falcons Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>A white gyrfalcon, the variety behind the auction&#8217;s highest sales. Photo: Olafur Larsen via <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Falco_rusticolus_white_cropped.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a> (CC BY-SA 2.0).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Falcon Breeders Auction has pulled 14 new farms into Riyadh this month, extending a run of growth that has turned a niche sale of captive-bred birds into one of the more reliable indicators of where the global falconry trade is heading. Running from 5 to 25 August at the National Center for Falcons in Malham, north of Riyadh, the auction has drawn six new participants from Spain alone, with fresh entries from Germany, England, France, Belgium, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Bahrain among the rest. 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