SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS
FIRST
QUARTER— 2002
The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing
timber during the FIRST quarter of 2002
(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 102 timber sales were reported for the FIRST quarter of 2002. Sale characteristics (in percent):
Size % Type % Reported by %
Buyer/seller %
< 50 Mbf 35 Lump sum 67 Consulting
foresters 20 Buyer 60
51-100 15 Mill-tally 28 Public
lands foresters 12 Seller 36
>100 Mbf 34 No data 5 Industrial
foresters 11 No data 4
No data 16 Loggers 33
Sawmills 16
Utility
foresters 2
No
data 6
EAST OF
CT RIVER WEST OF CT RIVER
|
SPECIES |
no. of
reports |
median |
Range |
no. of
reports |
median |
range |
|
red
oak |
42 |
273 |
50 - 731 |
25 |
359 |
50-560 |
|
white
oak |
26 |
79 |
50 - 302 |
15 |
125 |
50-350 |
|
other
oaks |
25 |
150 |
50- 302 |
12 |
100 |
40 -185 |
|
ash |
23 |
60 |
50 - 150 |
19 |
125 |
50-250 |
|
cherry |
12 |
200 |
200 - 449 |
18 |
400 |
200 - 700 |
|
sugar
maple |
18 |
200 |
100 – 342 |
19 |
275 |
150 - 700 |
|
red
maple |
23 |
40 |
20 – 150 |
18 |
58 |
30 - 225 |
|
tulip
poplar |
3 |
80 |
50-100 |
2 |
55 |
50 - 60 |
|
yellow
birch |
12 |
60 |
50 - 150 |
13 |
80 |
30 - 250 |
|
black
birch |
17 |
70 |
50- 331 |
17 |
80 |
30 - 250 |
|
paper
birch |
7 |
50 |
45 - 50 |
9 |
80 |
40 - 225 |
|
beech |
0 |
0 |
- |
10 |
35 |
5 - 150 |
|
pallet
hdwd |
15 |
40 |
5 – 65 |
10 |
25 |
10 - 130 |
|
other
hdwd |
10 |
53 |
25 – 60 |
2 |
70 |
65 - 75 |
|
white
pine |
35 |
90 |
45– 168 |
22 |
78 |
50 - 210 |
|
red
pine |
11 |
30 |
30-155 |
1 |
40 |
- |
|
hemlock |
9 |
20 |
20-45 |
23 |
20 |
5 - 145 |
|
spruce |
6 |
25 |
25 |
7 |
40 |
30 - 220 |
|
other
sfwd |
1 |
25 |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
hardwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
sftwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
fuelwood
($/cd) |
29 |
5 |
1-17 |
12 |
5 |
2 - 10 |
|
pulpwood
($/cd) |
3 |
1 |
1- 1 |
1 |
2 |
- |
|
biomass
($/ton) |
0 |
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, 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.