SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS
THIRD
QUARTER1999
The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing
timber during the THIRD quarter of 1999
(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 78 timber sales was reported for the THIRD quarter of 1999. Sale characteristics (in percent):
Size % Type % Reported by %
Buyer/seller %
< 50 Mbf 26 Lump sum 64 Consulting
foresters 32 Buyer 56
51-100 27 Mill-tally 28 Public
lands foresters 10 Seller 37
>100 Mbf 36 No data 8 Industrial
foresters 15 No data 7
No data 11 Loggers 29
Sawmills 12
Utility
foresters 2
No
data 0
EAST OF
CT RIVER WEST OF CT RIVER
|
SPECIES |
no. of
reports |
median |
range |
no. of
reports |
median |
range |
|
red
oak |
25 |
300 |
100 - 425 |
21 |
325 |
125 - 660 |
|
white
oak |
15 |
100 |
70 - 180 |
6 |
120 |
80 - 300 |
|
other
oaks |
17 |
160 |
50 - 300 |
5 |
140 |
90 - 180 |
|
ash |
11 |
150 |
75 - 200 |
14 |
150 |
75 - 250 |
|
cherry |
5 |
100 |
100 - 300 |
13 |
300 |
100 560 |
|
sugar
maple |
9 |
150 |
50 - 200 |
13 |
325 |
100 500 |
|
red
maple |
18 |
50 |
20 125 |
20 |
45 |
20 125 |
|
tulip
poplar |
4 |
55 |
28 - 80 |
3 |
60 |
30 - 80 |
|
yellow
birch |
6 |
60 |
50 - 200 |
14 |
63 |
0 - 250 |
|
black
birch |
12 |
60 |
40- 200 |
10 |
70 |
35 - 150 |
|
paper
birch |
5 |
50 |
0 - 100 |
9 |
50 |
0 75 |
|
beech |
7 |
40 |
35 - 60 |
13 |
30 |
0 - 50 |
|
pallet
hdwd |
10 |
40 |
20 - 75 |
10 |
20 |
0 - 40 |
|
other
hdwd |
0 |
- |
- |
3 |
25 |
10 50 |
|
white
pine |
28 |
100 |
53 147 |
19 |
75 |
35 - 150 |
|
red
pine |
8 |
118 |
0 150 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
hemlock |
11 |
30 |
4 75 |
16 |
25 |
10 - 50 |
|
spruce |
2 |
40 |
40 - 40 |
4 |
90 |
70 105 |
|
other
sfwd |
1 |
20- |
- |
2 |
40 |
20 60 |
|
Poles,
hardwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
sftwd ($/lin.ft) |
1 |
3 |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
fuelwood
($/cd) |
22 |
5 |
0 15 |
13 |
5 |
0 10 |
|
pulpwood
($/cd) |
4 |
1 |
0 - 1 |
4 |
3 |
0 - 5 |
|
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.