SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

FIRST QUARTER—1999

The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the FIRST quarter of 1999 (January - March). 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 121 timber sales was reported for the FIRST quarter of 1999. Sale characteristics (in percent):

Size % Type % Reported by % Buyer/seller %

< 50 Mbf 26 Lump sum 58 Consulting foresters 25 Buyer 63

51-100 26 Mill-tally 36 Public lands foresters 4 Seller 33

>100 Mbf 40 No data 6 Industrial foresters 16 No data 4

No data 8 Loggers 36

Sawmills 14

Utility foresters 2

No data 3

EAST OF CT RIVER WEST OF CT RIVER

SPECIES	no. of reports	median	range	no. of reports	median	range
red oak	44	291	100 - 450	25	350	150 - 720
white oak	33	101	50 - 200	13	100	40 - 220
other oaks	36	150	50 - 300	11	127	40 - 260
ash	19	125	60 - 300	25	100	40 - 240
cherry	6	133	75 - 250	13	300	80 - 500
sugar maple	13	150	40 - 300	20	225	40 - 500
red maple	24	50	25 - 130	21	40	10 - 275
tulip poplar	4	80	25 - 100	9	40	25 - 100
yellow birch	9	50	37 - 65	17	90	40 - 150
black birch	23	51	37 - 130	15	90	40 - 150
paper birch	11	50	37 - 70	10	40	5 - 100
beech	7	30	5 - 130	13	30	0 - 40
pallet hdwd	14	40	25 - 60	13	35	0 - 50
other hdwd	5	60	25 - 60	2	50	50 - 50
white pine	48	90	45 - 150	29	71	40 - 140
red pine	10	79	35 - 170	4	63	0 - 100
hemlock	13	40	20 - 75	33	25	0 - 80
spruce	0	-	-	5	100	50 - 145
other sfwd	4	53	30 - 75	0	-	-
fuelwood ($/cd)	27	7	0 - 11	13	0	0 - 20
pulpwood ($/cd)	9	1	0 - 5	1	2.6	-
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, landowner requirements, 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 and MA.