SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

FIRST QUARTER—1998

The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the first quarter of 1998. Prices for sawtimber are in $ per thousand board feet (international ¼-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 155 timber sales was reported for the fourth quarter of 1997. Sale characteristics (in percent):

Size Type Reported by .

< 50 Mbf 37% Lump sum 68% Consulting foresters 11%

51-100 29 Mill-tally 27 Public lands foresters 9

>100 Mbf 31 No data 5 Industrial foresters 12

No data 3 Loggers 36

Sawmills 15

No data 17

EAST OF CT RIVER WEST OF CT RIVER

SPECIES	no. of reports	median	range	no. of reports	median	range
red oak	47	250	75-460	33	300	125-550
white oak	30	100	30-150	17	100	40-245
other oaks	34	125	40-204	13	40	25-250
tulip poplar	4	58	28-115	8	48	40-70
ash	19	137	80-240	28	110	40-225
cherry	7	150	50-500	24	200	85-400
sugar maple	15	125	30-425	27	175	65-393
red maple	25	30	20-130	25	40	20-125
yellow birch	13	50	30-210	24	65	30-200
black birch	20	50	30-210	22	80	40-150
paper birch	10	43	30-215	15	40	25-100
beech	10	35	15-60	21	40	20-75
pallet hdwd	11	50	20-130	19	35	0-80
other hdwd	17	35	10-50	9	30	20-95
white pine	48	83	47-180	23	75	30-120
red pine	11	90	50-125	6	45	30-62
hemlock	12	40	25-85	26	39	0-60
spruce	3	70	65-80	6	33	0-45
other sfwd	2	35	30-40	0
fuelwood ($/cd)	24	8	0-15	16	5	0-10
pulpwood ($/cd)	7	0	0-2.5	2	0.25	0-0.5
biomass ($/ton)	1	2.5		1	7

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 and MA.