SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

FIRST QUARTER— 2003

 

The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the FIRST quarter of 2003 (JANUARY -  MARCH).  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   97  timber sales were reported for the FIRST quarter of 2003.  Sale characteristics (in percent):

 

Size                 %          Type                %          Reported by                             %          Buyer/seller    %

< 50 Mbf           32         Lump sum         66         Consulting foresters                     7        Buyer                64

51-100              31         Mill-tally            27         Public lands foresters                 12         Seller                30

>100 Mbf           28         No data              7         Industrial foresters                      31         No data               6

No data              9                                             Loggers                                     19

                                                                        Sawmills                                     7

                                                                        Utility foresters                            4

                                                                        No data                                     20

 

                                       EAST OF CT RIVER                          WEST OF CT RIVER

SPECIES

no. of reports

median

Range

no. of reports

median

range

Red oak

45

276

100 - 560

21

350

237 – 600

White oak

32

100

45 - 200

9

150

85 – 167

Other oaks

30

150

50 – 320

5

153

80 – 164

Ash

18

75

30 - 200

16

100

60 – 125

Cherry

4

175

125 - 375

13

400

104 – 725

Sugar maple

12

238

30 - 400

14

350

104 – 900

Red maple

22

40

25 - 60

17

60

30 – 117

Tulip poplar

1

50

50 - 50

3

60

50 – 80

Yellow birch

4

45

30 - 60

13

85

60 – 547

Black birch

16

50

30 - 85

14

90

60 – 547

Paper birch

4

45

30 - 50

5

30

25 – 30

Beech

1

30

30 - 30

9

50

25 – 128

Pallet hdwd

8

33

20 - 50

9

25

8 – 45

Other hdwd

8

48

30 - 65

2

300

300 - 300

White pine

42

95

60 - 188

15

75

50 – 125

Red pine

7

60

20 - 80

0

-

 –

Hemlock

20

33

5 - 60

12

28

0 – 45

Spruce

3

40

20 - 60

3

40

35 – 60

Other sfwd

1

20

20 - 20

0

-

 –

Poles, hardwd ($/lin.ft)

0

-

-

0

-

-

Poles, sftwd ($/lin.ft)

0

-

-

0

-

-

Fuel wood ($/cd)

23

7

0 - 15

7

5

0 - 15

Pulpwood ($/cd)

4

1

0 - 3

0

-

-

Biomass ($/ton)

0

-

-

0

-

-

 

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

See: http://forest.fnr.umass.edu/stumpage.htm for more results