SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY
RESULTS
FOURTH
QUARTER2001
The
table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the FOURTH
quarter of 2001 (October - December). 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 125 timber sales was reported for
the FOURTH quarter of 2001. Sale
characteristics (in percent):
Size % Type % Reported by %
Buyer/seller %.
<
50 Mbf 34 Lump sum 69 Consulting foresters 19 Buyer 62
51-100 17 Mill-tally 26 Public
lands foresters 13 Seller 34
>100
Mbf 35 No data 5 Industrial
foresters 11 No data 4
No
data 14 Loggers 33
Sawmills 16
Utility
foresters 2
No
data
6
EAST OF
CT RIVER WEST
OF CT RIVER
|
SPECIES |
no. of
reports |
median |
range |
no. of
reports |
median |
range |
|
red
oak |
45 |
300 |
10 - 425 |
28 |
400 |
200 - 680 |
|
white
oak |
35 |
90 |
45 - 180 |
11 |
125 |
50 - 200 |
|
other
oaks |
26 |
150 |
50 - 250 |
9 |
237 |
50 - 300 |
|
tulip
poplar |
2 |
55 |
50 - 60 |
7 |
100 |
25 100 |
|
ash |
18 |
80 |
30 - 120 |
24 |
100 |
20 - 260 |
|
cherry |
10 |
250 |
100 - 400 |
18 |
290 |
50 - 800 |
|
sugar
maple |
21 |
220 |
100 - 425 |
22 |
275 |
150 - 650 |
|
red
maple |
31 |
40 |
10 - 100 |
21 |
50 |
25 175 |
|
yellow
birch |
12 |
50 |
50 - 150 |
18 |
83 |
40 175 |
|
black
birch |
23 |
50 |
10 - 200 |
20 |
80 |
40 - 200 |
|
Paper
birch |
5 |
40 |
30 - 50 |
10 |
30 |
10 - 150 |
|
Beech |
4 |
30 |
20 - 100 |
10 |
18 |
5 125 |
|
pallet
hdwd |
20 |
28 |
25 - 150 |
9 |
25 |
5 50 |
|
other
hdwd |
6 |
50 |
30 - 200 |
4 |
25 |
20 40 |
|
white
pine |
51 |
90 |
20 - 171 |
27 |
60 |
20 - 180 |
|
red
pine |
11 |
30 |
30 - 160 |
7 |
20 |
15 150 |
|
hemlock |
26 |
30 |
2 - 100 |
20 |
28 |
10 - 140 |
|
spruce |
6 |
40 |
40 - 40 |
4 |
90 |
50 200 |
|
other
sfwd |
2 |
23 |
20 -
25 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
fuelwood
($/cd) |
34 |
6 |
3 - 20 |
8 |
5 |
3 15 |
|
pulpwood
($/cd) |
4 |
1 |
1 - 1 |
1 |
5 |
- |
|
biomass
($/ton) |
2 |
15 |
15 - 15 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
hardwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
sftwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
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.