SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

FIRST QUARTER— 2000

The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the FIRST quarter of 2000 (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 116 timber sales were reported for the FIRST quarter of 2000. Sale characteristics (in percent):

Size % Type % Reported by % Buyer/seller %

< 50 Mbf 40 Lump sum 69 Consulting foresters 18 Buyer 78

51-100 23 Mill-tally 27 Public lands foresters 5 Seller 19

>100 Mbf 29 No data 4 Industrial foresters 20 No data 3

No data 8 Loggers 28

Sawmills 15

Utility foresters 0

No data 14

EAST OF CT RIVER WEST OF CT RIVER

SPECIES	no. of reports	median	Range	no. of reports	median	range
red oak	47	300	50 - 510	23	375	200 - 720
white oak	30	100	50 - 346	10	130	50 - 200
other oaks	33	150	50 - 346	9	150	50 – 250
ash	14	136	50 - 200	18	175	30 – 250
cherry	6	100	50 - 250	12	450	100 – 1000
sugar maple	9	180	50 - 450	17	300	75 – 800
red maple	34	48	25 – 100	19	60	25 – 175
tulip poplar	0	-	–	5	50	10 – 80
yellow birch	5	75	50 - 130	13	85	50 – 325
black birch	14	55	30- 130	15	75	50 – 325
paper birch	9	60	35 - 130	8	50	40 – 60
beech	7	50	25 - 80	8	38	30 - 50
pallet hdwd	16	35	20 – 50	11	25	10 – 40
other hdwd	7	50	40 – 120	2	43	35 – 50
white pine	47	102	50– 174	26	75	10 – 125
red pine	6	70	0 – 115	5	50	10 – 85
hemlock	14	40	25 – 90	19	30	10 – 50
spruce	0	-	-	6	88	10 – 130
other sfwd	3	20	20 - 40	0	-	–
Poles, hardwd ($/lin.ft)	0	-	-	0	-	-
Poles, sftwd ($/lin.ft)	0	-	-	0	-	-
fuelwood ($/cd)	24	5	0 – 15	17	5	0 –10
pulpwood ($/cd)	7	1	0 – 10	0	-	-
biomass ($/ton)	2	15	15 –15	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.