SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

FIRST QUARTER— 2005

The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the  FIRST quarter of 2005 (JANUARY – MARCH).  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  55   timber sales were reported for the  FIRST quarter of 2005.  Sale characteristics (in percent):

Size                 %          Type                %          Reported by                             %          Buyer/seller    %

< 50 Mbf           35         Lump sum         67        Consulting foresters                   31       Buyer              55

51-100 Mb         25         Mill-tally            26        Public lands foresters                  2        Seller             38

>100 Mbf           35         No data             7         Industrial foresters                     22        No data           7  

No data               5                                            Loggers                                    29

                                                                        Sawmills                                    -

                                                                        Utility foresters                            -

                                                                        No data                                     16

                                       EAST OF CT RIVER                          WEST OF CT RIVER

SPECIES

no. of reports

median

Range

no. of reports

median

range

Red oak

21

370

150 - 575

20

375

160 – 750

White oak

19

120

50 - 225

7

150

100 – 200

Other oaks

17

200

100 - 465

6

175

150 – 300

Ash

14

80

50 - 315

15

125

100 – 220

Cherry

7

400

150 - 550

15

400

100 – 1000

Sugar maple

11

250

150 - 545

14

350

250 – 900

Red maple

19

50

25 - 245

17

50

20 – 100

Tulip poplar

1

50

-

7

60

20 – 137

Yellow birch

9

90

50 - 320

14

133

40 – 250

Black birch

17

80

50 - 320

13

125

40 – 250

Paper birch

1

35

-

10

75

25 – 130

Beech

2

35

10 - 60

14

30

20 – 35

Pallet hdwd

7

30

25 - 40

5

25

25 – 55

Other hdwd

7

40

35 - 60

6

30

30 – 35

White pine

23

130

60 - 180

14

100

70 – 150

Red pine

2

20

-

2

58

40 – 75

Hemlock

9

35

20 - 45

16

28

0 – 40

Spruce

2

30

-

0

-

-

Other sfwd

2

20

-

0

-

-

Poles, hardwd ($/lin.ft)

0

-

-

0

-

-

Poles, sftwd ($/lin.ft)

0

-

-

0

-

-

Fuel wood ($/cd)

16

5

0 - 11

8

5

0 – 7

Pulpwood ($/cd)

4

0

-

1

1

-

Biomass ($/ton)

3

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