SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS
THIRD
QUARTER— 2000
The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing
timber during the THIRD quarter of 2000
(JULY to 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 74 timber sales were reported for the THIRD quarter of 2000. Sale characteristics (in percent):
Size % Type % Reported by %
Buyer/seller %
< 50 Mbf 20 Lump sum 64 Consulting
foresters 13 Buyer 65
51-100 26 Mill-tally 27 Public
lands foresters 6 Seller 27
>100 Mbf 41 No data 9 Industrial
foresters 3 No
data
8
No data 13 Loggers 28
Sawmills 11
Utility
foresters 3
No
data 36
EAST OF
CT RIVER WEST OF CT RIVER
|
SPECIES |
no. of
reports |
median |
Range |
no. of
reports |
median |
range |
|
red
oak |
24 |
350 |
150 - 468 |
12 |
463 |
250 - 700 |
|
white
oak |
19 |
110 |
50 – 270 |
2 |
300 |
200 - 400 |
|
other
oaks |
19 |
175 |
99 - 315 |
3 |
200 |
125 - 400 |
|
ash |
13 |
150 |
60 - 300 |
14 |
200 |
75 - 260 |
|
cherry |
3 |
200 |
200 - 450 |
11 |
600 |
300 - 900 |
|
sugar
maple |
7 |
300 |
200 - 350 |
13 |
425 |
200 - 600 |
|
red
maple |
13 |
50 |
20 - 80 |
12 |
80 |
40 - 175 |
|
tulip
poplar |
4 |
75 |
50 - 100 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
yellow
birch |
9 |
70 |
50 - 100 |
10 |
150 |
65 - 200 |
|
black
birch |
7 |
50 |
50 - 100 |
12 |
113 |
60 - 175 |
|
paper
birch |
0 |
- |
- |
10 |
50 |
30 - 100 |
|
beech |
2 |
32.5 |
25 - 40 |
7 |
50 |
35 - 75 |
|
pallet
hdwd |
20 |
40 |
10 - 100 |
8 |
37.5 |
20 - 50 |
|
other
hdwd |
9 |
25 |
10 - 65 |
2 |
134 |
104 - 163 |
|
white
pine |
32 |
100 |
25 - 176 |
11 |
65 |
40 - 100 |
|
red
pine |
9 |
100 |
70 - 150 |
2 |
67 |
45 - 88 |
|
hemlock |
10 |
32.5 |
20 - 50 |
10 |
25 |
10 - 50 |
|
spruce |
1 |
115 |
115 - 115 |
7 |
100 |
75 - 137 |
|
other
sfwd |
1 |
20 |
20 - 20 |
0 |
- |
– |
|
Poles,
hardwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
sftwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
fuelwood
($/cd) |
12 |
5 |
4 - 10 |
2 |
4 |
3 - 5 |
|
pulpwood
($/cd) |
5 |
0.5 |
0.5 - 5 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
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, logging costs,
and the degree of competition (i.e., if the timber is put out to competitive
bid, or negotiated directly with a buyer).
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.