SECOND
QUARTER 2008
The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing
timber during the SECOND quarter of 2008 (APRIL - JUNE). Prices for sawtimber are in $ per thousand
board feet (International Ό-inch scale). Pulpwood and fuelwood are reported in
$ per cord, biomass in $ per ton. The
Range shows the high and low prices reported. Half of the prices reported are below the Median;
half are above. Reporting is voluntary, and this is not a complete record of
sale activity in the southern
|
Size |
% |
Type |
% |
Reported by |
% |
Buyer/seller |
% |
|
<
50 Mbf |
41 |
Lump
sum |
64 |
Consulting
|
11 |
Buyer |
63 |
|
51-100
Mbf |
24 |
Mill-tally |
27 |
Public
lands |
6 |
Seller |
31 |
|
>100
Mbf |
26 |
No
data |
9 |
Industrial
|
27 |
No
data |
6 |
|
No
data |
9 |
|
|
Loggers |
32 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sawmills |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Utility
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No
data |
19 |
|
|
EAST OF CT RIVER WEST OF CT RIVER
|
SPECIES |
no. of
reports |
median |
Range |
no. of
reports |
median |
range |
|
Red
oak |
48 |
200 |
85 - 510 |
15 |
190 |
150 475 |
|
White
oak |
46 |
80 |
30 - 300 |
5 |
80 |
45 200 |
|
Other
oaks |
25 |
100 |
30 - 200 |
2 |
88 |
25 150 |
|
Ash |
30 |
50 |
15 - 275 |
9 |
75 |
50 180 |
|
Cherry |
12 |
200 |
50 - 275 |
6 |
300 |
200 550 |
|
Sugar
maple |
22 |
200 |
100 - 250 |
12 |
200 |
175 450 |
|
Red
maple |
37 |
38 |
0 - 65 |
8 |
50 |
25 50 |
|
Tulip
poplar |
1 |
50 |
- |
3 |
150 |
85 155 |
|
Yellow
birch |
12 |
40 |
30 - 175 |
9 |
75 |
50 150 |
|
Black
birch |
31 |
60 |
30 - 375 |
11 |
60 |
50 150 |
|
Paper
birch |
7 |
30 |
30 - 50 |
4 |
25 |
10 75 |
|
Beech |
1 |
50 |
- |
3 |
25 |
10 25 |
|
Pallet
hdwd |
18 |
28 |
15 - 75 |
7 |
10 |
0 10 |
|
Other
hdwd |
15 |
25 |
5 - 90 |
1 |
150 |
- |
|
White
pine |
34 |
73 |
40 - 199 |
9 |
50 |
20 100 |
|
Red
pine |
4 |
73 |
22 - 101 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Hemlock |
9 |
20 |
20 - 60 |
7 |
10 |
0 25 |
|
Spruce |
6 |
20 |
20 - 20 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Other
sfwd |
3 |
20 |
20 - 50 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
hardwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
sftwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Fuel
wood ($/cd) |
38 |
8 |
0 - 25 |
8 |
5 |
0 10 |
|
Pulpwood
($/cd) |
6 |
5 |
1 - 13 |
1 |
1 |
- |
|
Biomass
($/ton) |
6 |
0.61 |
0 - 1 |
1 |
1.00 |
- |
This information is meant to be used as a guide only. Use with care. Prices
paid for standing timber can be influenced by many factors, including but not
limited to: timber quality, distance to market, accessibility of property, sale
volume, market demand, season, skid distance, terrain, landowner requirements, method of sale (e.g., competitively
bid, or directly negotiated), and logging costs.
This survey is a
result of joint efforts of Cooperative Extension at the Universities of
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