SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS
THIRD
QUARTER— 2001
The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing
timber during the THIRD quarter of 2001
(JULY - SEPTEMBER). 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 79 timber sales were reported for the THIRD quarter of 2001. Sale characteristics (in percent):
Size % Type % Reported by %
Buyer/seller %
< 50 Mbf 39 Lump sum 65 Consulting
foresters 13 Buyer 61
51-100 33 Mill-tally 33 Public
lands foresters 10 Seller 33
>100 Mbf 24 No data 2 Industrial
foresters 2 No data 6
No data 4 Loggers 43
Sawmills 9
Utility
foresters 4
No
data 18
EAST OF
CT RIVER WEST OF CT RIVER
|
SPECIES |
no. of
reports |
median |
Range |
no. of
reports |
median |
range |
|
red
oak |
29 |
220 |
104-325 |
18 |
323 |
90-500 |
|
white
oak |
21 |
80 |
25-150 |
9 |
100 |
50-350 |
|
other
oaks |
19 |
120 |
30-280 |
5 |
70 |
12-350 |
|
ash |
18 |
75 |
30-250 |
15 |
100 |
15-350 |
|
cherry |
12 |
220 |
100-350 |
12 |
375 |
200-800 |
|
sugar
maple |
14 |
210 |
150-300 |
15 |
275 |
125-550 |
|
red
maple |
23 |
30 |
25-75 |
14 |
40 |
20-250 |
|
tulip
poplar |
7 |
40 |
40-50 |
7 |
50 |
40-120 |
|
yellow
birch |
12 |
40 |
35-75 |
11 |
60 |
35-250 |
|
black
birch |
19 |
45 |
25-75 |
10 |
63 |
40-250 |
|
paper
birch |
8 |
40 |
40-75 |
4 |
30 |
20-50 |
|
beech |
3 |
30 |
25-35 |
8 |
28 |
15-85 |
|
pallet
hdwd |
13 |
30 |
30-85 |
3 |
15 |
15-40 |
|
other
hdwd |
1 |
10 |
- |
1 |
55 |
- |
|
white
pine |
26 |
70 |
45-130 |
17 |
65 |
25-115 |
|
red
pine |
7 |
30 |
30-70 |
3 |
75 |
55-85 |
|
hemlock |
15 |
30 |
25-55 |
17 |
25 |
10-55 |
|
spruce |
7 |
30 |
30-35 |
5 |
50 |
35-85 |
|
other
sfwd |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
hardwd ($/lin.ft) |
2 |
8 |
5-10 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
sftwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
fuelwood
($/cd) |
26 |
6 |
2-12 |
14 |
5 |
1-10 |
|
pulpwood
($/cd) |
2 |
1 |
1- 1 |
3 |
3 |
3-7 |
|
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.