RE: mini 14 trade in??
What are you hunting? You have a great gun for coyote at reasonable distances.
You would get about $250 for a Mini 14 trade in in my area.
I think you should try to sell the rifle on the many for sale forums available.
The Perfectunion forum would be a great place to start as well as the Ruger forum. They tend to like and understand the Mini-14 there