THIRD
QUARTER— 2008
The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing
timber during the THIRD quarter of 2008 (JULY - SEPTEMBER). 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
|
Size |
% |
Type |
% |
Reported by |
% |
Buyer/seller |
% |
|
<
50 Mbf |
37 |
Lump
sum |
60 |
Consulting
|
16 |
Buyer |
63 |
|
51-100
Mbf |
41 |
Mill-tally |
27 |
Public
lands |
1 |
Seller |
31 |
|
>100
Mbf |
12 |
No
data |
13 |
Industrial
|
21 |
No
data |
6 |
|
No
data |
10 |
|
|
Loggers |
38 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sawmills |
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Utility
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No
data |
11 |
|
|
EAST
OF CT RIVER WEST
OF CT RIVER
|
SPECIES |
no. of
reports |
median |
Range |
no. of
reports |
median |
range |
|
Red
oak |
33 |
200 |
100-300 |
9 |
200 |
150-250 |
|
White
oak |
27 |
70 |
30-210 |
5 |
100 |
50-150 |
|
Other
oaks |
30 |
93 |
50-210 |
2 |
48 |
25-70 |
|
Ash |
22 |
50 |
20-125 |
12 |
65 |
20-100 |
|
Cherry |
9 |
200 |
125-250 |
9 |
200 |
150-375 |
|
Sugar
maple |
14 |
153 |
60-320 |
11 |
175 |
35-300 |
|
Red
maple |
29 |
30 |
10-100 |
9 |
40 |
20-70 |
|
Tulip
poplar |
2 |
65 |
60-70 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Yellow
birch |
8 |
40 |
40-60 |
11 |
60 |
30-100 |
|
Black
birch |
22 |
53 |
10-110 |
12 |
60 |
30-100 |
|
Paper
birch |
6 |
40 |
40-40 |
3 |
10 |
10-10 |
|
Beech |
0 |
- |
- |
7 |
10 |
5-20 |
|
Pallet
hdwd |
14 |
25 |
15-210 |
4 |
20 |
10-25 |
|
Other
hdwd |
5 |
20 |
15-40 |
1 |
10 |
- |
|
White
pine |
27 |
85 |
50-130 |
8 |
43 |
20-75 |
|
Red
pine |
7 |
20 |
20-45 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Hemlock |
10 |
20 |
20-65 |
9 |
0 |
0-20 |
|
Spruce |
6 |
25 |
25-25 |
2 |
20 |
20-20 |
|
Other
sfwd |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
10 |
- |
|
Poles,
hardwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
sftwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Fuel
wood ($/cd) |
32 |
10 |
5-26 |
6 |
8 |
5-10 |
|
Pulpwood
($/cd) |
3 |
1 |
0-1 |
3 |
0 |
0-1 |
|
Biomass
($/ton) |
0 |
- |
- |
3 |
0 |
0-1 |
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
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