SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS
FIRST
QUARTER— 2001
The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing
timber during the FIRST quarter of 2001
(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 104 timber sales were reported for the FIRST quarter of 2001. Sale characteristics (in percent):
Size % Type % Reported by %
Buyer/seller %
< 50 Mbf 35 Lump sum 52 Consulting
foresters 16 Buyer 54
51-100 30 Mill-tally 34 Public
lands foresters 8 Seller 26
>100 Mbf 26 No data 14 Industrial foresters 7 No data 20
No data 9 Loggers 38
Sawmills 16
Utility
foresters 1
No
data 14
EAST OF
CT RIVER WEST OF CT RIVER
|
SPECIES |
no. of
reports |
median |
Range |
no. of
reports |
median |
range |
|
red
oak |
39 |
300 |
75 - 900 |
21 |
366 |
150 - 650 |
|
white
oak |
27 |
100 |
50 - 1000 |
11 |
150 |
50 - 300 |
|
other
oaks |
19 |
140 |
77 - 340 |
12 |
185 |
85 -300 |
|
ash |
19 |
110 |
50 - 1000 |
16 |
150 |
100-200 |
|
cherry |
8 |
250 |
250 - 450 |
12 |
425 |
200 - 665 |
|
sugar
maple |
12 |
250 |
150 - 375 |
13 |
320 |
150 - 600 |
|
red
maple |
19 |
50 |
35 – 1200 |
16 |
50 |
25 - 150 |
|
tulip
poplar |
8 |
95 |
25-500 |
2 |
45 |
30 - 60 |
|
yellow
birch |
17 |
80 |
40 - 700 |
13 |
75 |
50 - 225 |
|
black
birch |
21 |
80 |
40- 700 |
16 |
78 |
50 - 225 |
|
paper
birch |
10 |
80 |
40 - 80 |
7 |
50 |
5 - 125 |
|
beech |
7 |
40 |
20 - 300 |
11 |
25 |
5 - 100 |
|
pallet
hdwd |
13 |
30 |
20 – 100 |
9 |
35 |
20 - 50 |
|
other
hdwd |
6 |
45 |
30 – 50 |
4 |
43 |
20 - 50 |
|
white
pine |
42 |
90 |
40– 250 |
23 |
75 |
35 - 150 |
|
red
pine |
14 |
56 |
30-175 |
2 |
68 |
10 - 125 |
|
hemlock |
20 |
30 |
20-225 |
12 |
35 |
10 - 125 |
|
spruce |
7 |
40 |
30-40 |
4 |
63 |
30 - 150 |
|
other
sfwd |
2 |
20 |
20-20 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
hardwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
Poles,
sftwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
|
fuelwood
($/cd) |
27 |
5 |
1-11 |
7 |
5 |
1 - 20 |
|
pulpwood
($/cd) |
8 |
1 |
1- 5 |
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.