SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

THIRD QUARTER— 2004

 

The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the  THIRD quarter of 2004 (JULY – SEPTEMBER).  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  80  timber sales were reported for the  THIRD quarter of 2004.  Sale characteristics (in percent):

 

Size                 %          Type                %          Reported by                             %          Buyer/seller    %

< 50 Mbf           36         Lump sum         56         Consulting foresters                   20         Buyer               63

51-100              25         Mill-tally            38         Public lands foresters                   6        Seller                33

>100 Mbf          29         No data               6        Industrial foresters                        8        No data               4

No data            10                                             Loggers                                      33

                                                                        Sawmills                                    12

                                                                        Utility foresters                             1

                                                                        No data                                      20

 

                                       EAST OF CT RIVER                          WEST OF CT RIVER

SPECIES

no. of reports

median

Range

no. of reports

median

range

Red oak

42

300

90 - 540

16

450

225 – 600

White oak

26

100

65 - 250

6

200

80 – 200

Other oaks

25

190

90 - 275

6

242

150 – 350

Ash

21

100

45 - 160

10

138

65 – 250

Cherry

7

250

60 - 500

9

500

300 – 800

Sugar maple

13

250

170 - 500

9

400

225 – 750

Red maple

30

50

20 - 150

16

70

30 – 200

Tulip poplar

7

50

35 - 125

6

63

20 – 200

Yellow birch

11

85

50 - 150

10

115

60 – 300

Black birch

25

60

40 - 150

10

75

60 – 200

Paper birch

3

50

40 - 50

8

83

20 – 175

Beech

2

35

20 - 50

8

25

20 – 65

Pallet hdwd

3

35

30 - 50

6

25

10 – 25

Other hdwd

20

50

20 - 135

2

35

20 – 50

White pine

35

100

60 - 180

17

75

45 – 130

Red pine

2

63

25 - 100

1

30

-

Hemlock

15

30

0 - 60

8

30

20 – 60

Spruce

2

50

40 - 60

4

88

20 – 100

Other sfwd

1

60

-

1

10

-

Poles, hardwd ($/lin.ft)

0

-

-

0

-

-

Poles, sftwd ($/lin.ft)

0

-

-

0

-

-

Fuel wood ($/cd)

33

8

0 - 31

8

5

0 – 8

Pulpwood ($/cd)

9

0

0 - 3

0

-

-

Biomass ($/ton)

3

1

1 - 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, 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