SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

FOURTH QUARTER— 2004

 

The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the  FOURTH quarter of 2004 (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   102  timber sales were reported for the  FOURTH quarter of 2004.  Sale characteristics (in percent):

 

Size                 %          Type                %          Reported by                             %          Buyer/seller    %

< 50 Mbf          43         Lump sum        63         Consulting foresters                   21        Buyer                61

51-100 Mb       25       Mill-tally              27         Public lands foresters                  5        Seller                31

>100 Mbf         26         No data             10         Industrial foresters                    23        No data              8

No data             6                                            Loggers                                     25

                                                                        Sawmills                                 15

                                                                        Utility foresters                          -

                                                                        No data                                   11

 

                                       EAST OF CT RIVER                          WEST OF CT RIVER

SPECIES

no. of reports

median

Range

no. of reports

median

range

Red oak

50

350

100 - 640

15

400

250 - 775

White oak

41

100

40 - 245

5

150

100 – 150

Other oaks

41

180

40 - 300

8

130

50 – 300

Ash

27

95

40 - 180

15

150

90 – 300

Cherry

16

275

50 - 480

10

450

300 – 1400

Sugar maple

21

250

75 - 450

13

350

225 – 550

Red maple

39

50

15 - 200

12

50

25 – 125

Tulip poplar

3

75

55 - 250

2

45

40 – 50

Yellow birch

18

80

40 - 210

9

80

60 – 125

Black birch

31

60

15 - 275

16

80

40 – 260

Paper birch

16

60

25 - 210

7

30

25 – 60

Beech

9

30

20 - 100

9

30

25 – 50

Pallet hdwd

15

30

15 - 130

9

25

15 – 35

Other hdwd

21

50

20 - 65

1

30

-

White pine

49

90

50 - 397

19

90

65 – 179

Red pine

10

30

30 - 120

4

75

10 – 100

Hemlock

18

30

0 - 60

16

33

10 – 60

Spruce

6

40

40 - 40

3

40

25 – 90

Other sfwd

2

50

25 - 75

0

-

-

Poles, hardwd ($/lin.ft)

0

-

-

0

-

-

Poles, sftwd ($/lin.ft)

0

-

-

0

-

-

Fuel wood ($/cd)

31

5

0 - 15

10

5

0 – 15

Pulpwood ($/cd)

8

1

0 - 4

2

4

1 – 7

Biomass ($/ton)

2

0

0 - 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, 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