SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

FOURTH QUARTER—1997

The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the FOURTH quarter of 1997. 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 155 timber sales was reported for the FOURTH quarter of 1997. Sale characteristics (in percent):

Size % Type % Reported by %

< 50 Mbf 29 Lump sum 59 Consulting foresters 23

51-100 29 Mill-tally 33 Public lands foresters 7

>100 Mbf 35 No data 8 Industrial foresters 19

No Data 7 Loggers 29

Sawmills 11

No Data 11

EAST OF CT RIVER WEST OF CT RIVER

SPECIES	no. of reports	median	range	no. of reports	median	range
red oak	57	290	140-565	36	350	125-650
white oak	42	100	40-275	8	115	50-200
other oaks	47	140	40-300	6	125	25-200
Tulip Poplar	7	50	45-150	2	50	50-50
ash	23	141	70-300	27	150	100-350
cherry	9	140	40-250	20	225	100-520
sugar maple	16	146	30-425	24	200	50-700
red maple	36	40	20-110	30	50	20-200
yellow birch	24	41	27-110	20	80	30-180
black birch	29	45	27-150	18	80	25-180
paper birch	12	39	30-110	5	25	25-100
beech	12	35	20-110	17	40	20-50
pallet hdwd	33	40	10-100	21	40	0-70
other hdwd	14	40	20-75	5	30	20-75
white pine	62	85	40-168	38	60	25-125
red pine	12	71	10-108	6	38	30-95
hemlock	21	32	10-85	34	38	10-60
spruce	4	63	10-105	6	80	30-90
other sfwd	0	--	--	0	--	--
fuelwood ($/cd)	30	8	0-11	16	5	0-10
pulpwood ($/cd)	10	1	0-20	5	0	0-1
biomass ($/ton)	6	0.5	0.5-1.0	1	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.