SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

FOURTH QUARTER—1999

The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the FOURTH quarter of 1999 (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 119 timber sales were reported for the FOURTH quarter of 1999. Sale characteristics (in percent):

Size % Type % Reported by % Buyer/seller %

< 50 Mbf 27 Lump sum 69 Consulting foresters 16 Buyer 60

51-100 23 Mill-tally 22 Public lands foresters 17 Seller 30

>100 Mbf 43 No data 9 Industrial foresters 20 No data 10

No data 7 Loggers 22

Sawmills 15

Utility foresters ~

No data 9

EAST OF CT RIVER WEST OF CT RIVER

SPECIES	no. of reports	median	Range	no. of reports	median	range
red oak	41	290	70 - 536	28	365	200 - 650
white oak	28	100	50 - 250	11	110	75 - 300
other oaks	34	123	50 - 250	8	155	75 – 375
ash	18	100	30 - 160	18	138	75 - 300
cherry	7	100	80 - 300	18	300	110 – 650
sugar maple	12	125	60 - 450	21	300	100 – 500
red maple	22	50	20 – 70	16	48	10 – 125
tulip poplar	5	50	20 – 80	5	50	10 - 100
yellow birch	7	60	50 - 100	13	100	31 - 350
black birch	12	58	28- 100	15	60	37 - 300
paper birch	7	50	30- 60	8	38	25 – 75
beech	4	45	30- 50	10	23	15 - 50
pallet hdwd	9	45	20 – 141	6	15	10 – 35
other hdwd	9	50	20 – 150	1	40	–
white pine	53	95	50– 180	25	80	50 – 125
red pine	11	70	48 – 120	4	48	15 – 90
hemlock	15	40	20 – 90	20	30	5 – 65
spruce	3	75	68 - 75	6	78	55 – 100
other sfwd	3	48	20 – 50	0	-	–
Poles, hardwd ($/lin.ft)	0	-	-	1	90	-
Poles, sftwd ($/lin.ft)	0	-	-	0	-	-
fuelwood ($/cd)	32	8	3 – 40	7	8	5 –12
pulpwood ($/cd)	2	3	1.5 – 5	0	-	-
biomass ($/ton)	3	15	10 –15	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.