SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

FOURTH QUARTER—2001

 

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.