SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

FOURTH QUARTER— 2003

 

The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the  FOURTH quarter of 2003 (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   79    timber sales were reported for the  FOURTH quarter of 2003.  Sale characteristics (in percent):

 

Size                 %          Type                %          Reported by                             %          Buyer/seller    %

< 50 Mbf           24         Lump sum         65         Consulting foresters                   14         Buyer                60

51-100              30         Mill-tally            34         Public lands foresters                   9        Seller                39

>100 Mbf           37         No data              1         Industrial foresters                      29         No data               1

No data             9                                              Loggers                                     19

                                                                        Sawmills                                   13

                                                                        Utility foresters                            2

                                                                        No data                                     14

 

                                       EAST OF CT RIVER                          WEST OF CT RIVER

SPECIES

no. of reports

median

Range

no. of reports

median

range

Red oak

30

310

150 - 400

25

400

180 – 800

White oak

19

100

50 - 200

11

175

80 – 200

Other oaks

25

150

50 - 250

7

100

100 – 200

Ash

10

65

40 - 90

24

100

75 – 300

Cherry

3

300

200 - 450

20

500

180 – 800

Sugar maple

5

250

250 - 285

23

400

120 – 800

Red maple

18

45

20 - 50

23

50

20 – 100

Tulip poplar

0

-

-

1

10

-

Yellow birch

4

60

50 - 70

22

80

60 – 150

Black birch

14

60

50 - 70

21

80

50 – 150

Paper birch

3

60

50 - 70

14

40

20 – 85

Beech

3

25

25 - 30

20

25

0 – 50

Pallet hdwd

8

25

20 - 50

15

25

10 – 45

Other hdwd

7

50

30 - 70

2

40

40 – 40

White pine

28

98

50 - 160

25

75

40 – 160

Red pine

4

80

20 - 120

1

30

-

Hemlock

16

30

20 - 100

27

25

0 – 52

Spruce

2

65

20 - 110

6

73

10 - 75

Other sfwd

1

20

-

0

-

-

Poles, hardwd ($/lin.ft)

0

-

-

0

-

-

Poles, sftwd ($/lin.ft)

0

-

-

0

-

-

Fuel wood ($/cd)

13

5

0 - 8

20

5

0 – 7

Pulpwood ($/cd)

7

1

0 - 4

4

0

0 – 1

Biomass ($/ton)

1

4

-

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