SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

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 New England region.  A total of  70     timber sales were reported for the  THIRD quarter of 2008.  Sale characteristics (in percent):

                                                                                                                         

Size

 

%

Type

%

Reported by

%

Buyer/seller

%

< 50 Mbf

37

Lump sum

60

Consulting foresters

16

Buyer

63

51-100 Mbf

41

Mill-tally

27

Public lands foresters

1

Seller

31

>100 Mbf

12

No data

13

Industrial foresters

21

No data

6

No data

10

 

 

Loggers

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sawmills

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utility foresters

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

No data

11

 

 

 

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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 Massachusetts and  Connecticut, and the state forestry agency  in RI.

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