SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

SECOND QUARTER— 2004

 

The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the  SECOND quarter of 2004 (APRIL - JUNE).  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  76  timber sales were reported for the  SECOND quarter of 2004.  Sale characteristics (in percent):

 

Size                 %          Type                %          Reported by                             %          Buyer/seller    %

< 50 Mbf           43         Lump sum         76         Consulting foresters                   8         Buyer                71

51-100              20         Mill-tally            16         Public lands foresters                 11         Seller                24

>100 Mbf           25         No data              8         Industrial foresters                      24         No data               5

No data             12                                             Loggers                                     26

                                                                        Sawmills                                  24

                                                                        Utility foresters                            0

                                                                        No data                                       7

 

                                       EAST OF CT RIVER                          WEST OF CT RIVER

SPECIES

no. of reports

median

Range

no. of reports

median

range

Red oak

35

350

100 - 600

12

318

135 – 450

White oak

23

100

20 - 250

7

100

75 – 150

Other oaks

26

175

65 - 290

5

190

120 – 205

Ash

17

90

40 - 170

10

88

2 – 250

Cherry

10

295

100 - 450

7

400

3 – 500

Sugar maple

15

250

165 - 600

8

250

150 – 350

Red maple

17

50

20 - 70

11

50

7 – 60

Tulip poplar

0

-

-

3

30

30 – 100

Yellow birch

4

60

25 - 120

6

80

12 – 90

Black birch

17

70

25 - 120

9

70

7 – 85

Paper birch

4

60

10 - 60

7

25

4 – 70

Beech

0

-

-

6

25

14 – 60

Pallet hdwd

10

35

5 - 50

5

20

10 – 25

Other hdwd

13

50

20 - 65

4

139

20 – 219

White pine

30

100

35 - 163

12

70

10 – 130

Red pine

3

25

25 - 120

2

115

70 – 160

Hemlock

18

33

0 - 60

10

30

10 – 60

Spruce

2

25

25 - 25

1

25

 –

Other sfwd

2

10

0 - 20

0

-

-

Poles, hardwd ($/lin.ft)

2

5

5 - 5

1

60

-

Poles, sftwd ($/lin.ft)

0

-

-

1

60

-

Fuel wood ($/cd)

19

5

0 - 15

8

5

1 – 7

Pulpwood ($/cd)

2

1

1 - 1

3

5

1 - 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, 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