SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

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 New England region.  A total of   91    timber sales were reported for the  SECOND quarter of 2008.  Sale characteristics (in percent):

                                                                                                                         

Size

 

%

Type

%

Reported by

%

Buyer/seller

%

< 50 Mbf

41

Lump sum

64

Consulting foresters

11

Buyer

63

51-100 Mbf

24

Mill-tally

27

Public lands foresters

6

Seller

31

>100 Mbf

26

No data

9

Industrial foresters

27

No data

6

No data

9

 

 

Loggers

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sawmills

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utility foresters

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 Massachusetts and  Connecticut, and the state forestry agencies in CT, MA, and RI.

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