SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

FIRST QUARTER— 2004

 

The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the  FIRST quarter of 2004 (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 2004.  Sale characteristics (in percent):

 

Size                 %          Type                %          Reported by                             %          Buyer/seller    %

< 50 Mbf           33         Lump sum         64         Consulting foresters                   19        Buyer                58

51-100              26         Mill-tally            27         Public lands foresters                 11        Seller                35

>100 Mbf           29         No data             9         Industrial foresters                      19        No data                7

No data             12                                             Loggers                                     24

                                                                        Sawmills                                     5

                                                                        Utility foresters                            5

                                                                        No data                                      17

 

                                       EAST OF CT RIVER                          WEST OF CT RIVER

SPECIES

no. of reports

median

Range

no. of reports

median

range

Red oak

40

315

200 - 550

22

375

220 – 700

White oak

35

100

45 - 350

11

150

50 – 265

Other oaks

43

150

50 - 350

7

200

50 – 305

Ash

15

80

30 - 125

18

138

50 – 180

Cherry

5

325

200 - 450

17

500

220 – 750

Sugar maple

11

225

70 - 450

20

400

100 – 700

Red maple

23

50

20 - 100

16

58

25 – 100

Tulip poplar

1

100

-

7

50

20 – 155

Yellow birch

6

60

40 - 75

15

100

60 – 150

Black birch

17

60

33 - 100

21

80

55 – 155

Paper birch

3

60

50 - 60

10

35

20 – 60

Beech

6

45

30 - 60

14

25

0 – 80

Pallet hdwd

7

30

25 - 60

12

20

0 – 37

Other hdwd

24

50

5 - 235

7

20

0 – 113

White pine

38

100

25 - 211

17

75

45 – 140

Red pine

7

90

20 - 125

1

35

-

Hemlock

11

30

20 - 60

14

30

0 – 60

Spruce

2

30

30 - 30

2

53

35 – 70

Other sfwd

0

-

-

0

-

-

Poles, hardwd ($/lin.ft)

1

5

-

0

-

-

Poles, sftwd ($/lin.ft)

0

-

-

0

-

-

Fuel wood ($/cd)

28

5

0 - 13

12

5

0 – 20

Pulpwood ($/cd)

7

1

0 - 3

2

5

0 – 10

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

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