SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

FOURTH QUARTER— 2000

The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the FOURTH quarter of 2000 (OCTOBER - DECEMBER). 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 102 timber sales were reported for the FOURTH quarter of 2000. Sale characteristics (in percent):

Size % Type % Reported by % Buyer/seller %

< 50 Mbf 28 Lump sum 67 Consulting foresters 22 Buyer 61

51-100 32 Mill-tally 25 Public lands foresters 12 Seller 32

>100 Mbf 29 No data 8 Industrial foresters 10 No data 7

No data 11 Loggers 38

Sawmills 8

Utility foresters 0

No data 10

EAST OF CT RIVER WEST OF CT RIVER

SPECIES	no. of reports	median	Range	no. of reports	median	range
red oak	38	325	180 - 625	19	400	300 - 750
white oak	17	100	80 - 400	7	140	100 - 300
other oaks	36	150	100 - 400	6	165	75 – 500
ash	21	140	50 - 300	12	200	75 – 310
cherry	9	300	75 - 300	11	500	200 – 760
sugar maple	16	250	150 - 700	12	300	200 – 600
red maple	30	50	25 – 200	16	50	25 – 225
tulip poplar	1	50	–	5	60	40 – 140
yellow birch	12	80	50 - 250	8	150	70 – 300
black birch	20	80	30- 125	11	100	70 – 300
paper birch	8	80	30 - 80	7	50	30 – 125
beech	11	30	25 - 50	10	29.5	0 - 100
pallet hdwd	14	35	30 – 155	11	30	20 – 50
other hdwd	7	50	50 – 100	9	50	0– 60
white pine	56	110	20– 200	17	95	65 – 150
red pine	12	40	30 – 100	2	20	–
hemlock	25	35	25 – 55	15	30	15 – 50
spruce	6	40	-	3	50	35 – 50
other sfwd	0	-	-	1	0	–
Poles, hardwd ($/lin.ft)	0	-	-	0	-	-
Poles, sftwd ($/lin.ft)	0	-	-	0	-	-
fuelwood ($/cd)	22	7	0 – 20	3	0	–
pulpwood ($/cd)	1	5	–	2	0	-
biomass ($/ton)	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, 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.