SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY
RESULTS
SECOND
QUARTER—2001
The
table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the SECOND quarter of 2001 (April-June). 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 65 timber sales was reported for
the SECOND quarter of 2001. Sale
characteristics (in percent):
Size % Type % Reported by %
Buyer/seller %.
<
50 Mbf 34 Lump sum 74 Consulting foresters 15 Buyer 68
51-100 26 Mill-tally 23 Public
lands foresters 17 Seller 29
>100
Mbf 35 No data 3 Industrial
foresters 11 No data 3
No
data 5 Loggers 22
Sawmills 15
Utility
foresters 2
No
data 18
EAST OF CT RIVER WEST OF CT
RIVER
|
SPECIES |
no. of
reports |
median |
range |
no. of
reports |
median |
range |
|
red
oak |
25 |
250 |
150 - 600 |
17 |
389 |
162 - 610 |
|
white
oak |
17 |
100 |
50 - 148 |
11 |
100 |
15 - 300 |
|
other
oaks |
15 |
140 |
100 - 379 |
2 |
125 |
100 - 150 |
|
tulip
poplar |
7 |
60 |
30 - 80 |
6 |
50 |
40 – 162 |
|
ash |
14 |
90 |
50 - 140 |
12 |
100 |
50 - 200 |
|
cherry |
3 |
100 |
100 - 180 |
11 |
300 |
150 - 500 |
|
sugar
maple |
10 |
190 |
100 - 250 |
12 |
225 |
100 - 450 |
|
red
maple |
16 |
33 |
25 - 85 |
14 |
45 |
10 – 100 |
|
yellow
birch |
5 |
60 |
50 - 100 |
10 |
83 |
40 – 310 |
|
black
birch |
12 |
60 |
50 - 150 |
7 |
60 |
35 - 100 |
|
Paper
birch |
2 |
55 |
50 - 60 |
4 |
33 |
10 - 100 |
|
Beech |
3 |
40 |
20 - 60 |
4 |
23 |
10 – 50 |
|
pallet
hdwd |
2 |
25 |
20 - 30 |
4 |
10 |
10 – 12 |
|
other
hdwd |
6 |
50 |
15 - 60 |
1 |
162 |
- |
|
white
pine |
18 |
78 |
50 - 145 |
11 |
60 |
20 - 110 |
|
red
pine |
9 |
100 |
20 - 150 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
hemlock |
5 |
40 |
20 - 130 |
6 |
15 |
10 - 30 |
|
spruce |
1 |
30 |
- |
2 |
65 |
55 - 75 |
|
other
sfwd |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
fuelwood
($/cd) |
12 |
6 |
4 - 20 |
4 |
5 |
3 - 20 |
|
pulpwood
($/cd) |
3 |
1 |
1 - 1 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
biomass
($/ton) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
hardwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
sftwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
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.