SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS
SECOND
QUARTER— 2002
The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing
timber during the SECOND quarter of 2002
(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 100 timber sales were reported for the SECOND quarter of 2002. Sale characteristics (in percent):
Size % Type % Reported by %
Buyer/seller %
< 50 Mbf 38 Lump sum 75 Consulting
foresters 12 Buyer 58
51-100 32 Mill-tally 22 Public
lands foresters 21 Seller 38
>100 Mbf 30 No data 5 Industrial
foresters 27 No data 4
No data 0 Loggers 30
Sawmills 5
Utility
foresters 0
No
data 0
EAST OF
CT RIVER WEST OF CT RIVER
|
SPECIES |
no. of
reports |
median |
Range |
no. of
reports |
median |
range |
|
red
oak |
45 |
250 |
16 – 500 |
18 |
400 |
173-650 |
|
white
oak |
31 |
75 |
35 - 200 |
8 |
90 |
75-230 |
|
other
oaks |
30 |
140 |
50- 250 |
7 |
275 |
100 -280 |
|
ash |
13 |
40 |
35- 100 |
17 |
110 |
35-230 |
|
cherry |
8 |
250 |
110 - 250 |
12 |
463 |
200 - 800 |
|
sugar
maple |
15 |
200 |
50 – 350 |
15 |
400 |
140 - 600 |
|
red
maple |
27 |
40 |
20 – 100 |
15 |
45 |
25 - 230 |
|
tulip
poplar |
2 |
50 |
50-50 |
5 |
50 |
50 - 105 |
|
yellow
birch |
11 |
40 |
40 - 254 |
10 |
108 |
40 - 250 |
|
black
birch |
26 |
50 |
25- 150 |
13 |
80 |
40 - 350 |
|
paper
birch |
7 |
40 |
40 - 65 |
5 |
20 |
10 - 70 |
|
beech |
4 |
33 |
10 - 254 |
11 |
25 |
10 - 150 |
|
pallet
hdwd |
15 |
30 |
20 – 60 |
7 |
45 |
6 - 45 |
|
other
hdwd |
9 |
40 |
5 – 60 |
2 |
85 |
25 - 145 |
|
white
pine |
46 |
87 |
50– 167 |
16 |
85 |
45 - 175 |
|
red
pine |
18 |
55 |
20-160 |
1 |
79 |
- |
|
hemlock |
22 |
20 |
5-40 |
12 |
38 |
10 - 110 |
|
spruce |
7 |
30 |
30 - 90 |
3 |
180 |
100 - 190 |
|
other
sfwd |
3 |
60 |
10 - 220 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
hardwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
sftwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
fuelwood
($/cd) |
24 |
5 |
3-15 |
9 |
6 |
1 - 10 |
|
pulpwood
($/cd) |
6 |
1 |
1- 2 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
biomass
($/ton) |
0 |
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, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
and the state forestry agencies in CT, MA, and RI.