SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS
SECOND
QUARTER—1999
The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing
timber during the SECOND quarter of 1999
(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 76 timber sales was reported for the SECOND quarter of 1999. Sale characteristics (in percent):
Size % Type % Reported by %
Buyer/seller %
< 50 Mbf 22 Lump sum 71 Consulting
foresters 17 Buyer 66
51-100 28 Mill-tally 25 Public
lands foresters 7 Seller 30
>100 Mbf 39 No data 4 Industrial
foresters 18 No data 4
No data 11 Loggers 33
Sawmills 16
Utility
foresters 0
No
data 9
EAST OF
CT RIVER WEST OF CT RIVER
|
SPECIES |
no. of
reports |
median |
range |
no. of
reports |
median |
range |
|
red
oak |
36 |
300 |
70 - 450 |
18 |
368 |
175 - 500 |
|
white
oak |
29 |
100 |
55 - 200 |
7 |
200 |
90 - 350 |
|
other
oaks |
29 |
150 |
60 - 200 |
6 |
180 |
60 - 300 |
|
ash |
22 |
100 |
60 - 200 |
13 |
135 |
55 - 200 |
|
cherry |
10 |
110 |
80 - 380 |
7 |
300 |
135 - 350 |
|
sugar
maple |
14 |
115 |
60 - 250 |
11 |
300 |
100 - 350 |
|
red
maple |
32 |
48 |
20 - 150 |
10 |
50 |
40 - 60 |
|
tulip
poplar |
6 |
50 |
30 - 80 |
7 |
75 |
50 - 200 |
|
yellow
birch |
15 |
80 |
35 - 160 |
10 |
100 |
50 - 150 |
|
black
birch |
27 |
65 |
20- 200 |
10 |
100 |
50 - 150 |
|
paper
birch |
15 |
80 |
25 - 100 |
10 |
50 |
25 - 50 |
|
beech |
10 |
40 |
25 - 50 |
8 |
30 |
25 - 50 |
|
pallet
hdwd |
13 |
40 |
25 - 75 |
5 |
25 |
10 - 30 |
|
other
hdwd |
8 |
45 |
35 - 60 |
3 |
50 |
40 - 100 |
|
white
pine |
38 |
80 |
35 - 140 |
11 |
90 |
30 - 130 |
|
red
pine |
7 |
60 |
30 - 178 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
hemlock |
14 |
35 |
20 - 40 |
16 |
35 |
20 - 50 |
|
spruce |
3 |
95 |
30 - 120 |
3 |
35 |
30 - 80 |
|
other
sfwd |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
50 |
- |
|
Poles,
hardwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
sftwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
fuelwood
($/cd) |
23 |
4 |
0 - 10 |
6 |
5 |
0 - 8 |
|
pulpwood
($/cd) |
6 |
0 |
0 - 1 |
1 |
5 |
- |
|
biomass
($/ton) |
3 |
0 |
0 - 0.1 |
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.