SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

SECOND QUARTER— 2000

The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the SECOND quarter of 2000 (APRIL - JUNE). 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 79 timber sales were reported for the SECOND quarter of 2000. Sale characteristics (in percent):

Size % Type % Reported by % Buyer/seller %

< 50 Mbf 29 Lump sum 65 Consulting foresters 24 Buyer 67

51-100 34 Mill-tally 32 Public lands foresters 9 Seller 32

>100 Mbf 35 No data 4 Industrial foresters 3 No data 1

No data 1 Loggers 49

Sawmills 4

Utility foresters 4

No data 7

EAST OF CT RIVER WEST OF CT RIVER

SPECIES	no. of reports	median	Range	no. of reports	median	range
red oak	26	300	150 - 525	20	338	150 - 850
white oak	17	80	75 - 200	6	105	100 - 200
other oaks	21	150	40 - 200	4	135	80 – 200
ash	14	125	60 - 170	16	138	60 – 250
cherry	10	100	60 - 300	14	300	200 – 700
sugar maple	11	100	100 - 800	15	200	70 – 525
red maple	19	50	20 – 100	15	50	30 – 320
tulip poplar	1	85	–	1	70	–
yellow birch	8	80	60 - 80	14	75	30 – 350
black birch	13	70	50- 80	19	75	30 – 350
paper birch	7	80	50 - 80	13	50	20 – 350
beech	8	40	25 - 45	12	40	10 - 50
pallet hdwd	12	30	30 – 50	11	40	15 – 50
other hdwd	5	60	50 – 255	2	35	–
white pine	30	90	45– 150	26	90	40 – 155
red pine	6	98	74 – 120	3	80	50 – 86
hemlock	13	30	30 – 50	19	35	20 – 45
spruce	6	30	-	4	53	30 – 135
other sfwd	0	-	-	0	-	–
Poles, hardwd ($/lin.ft)	0	-	-	0	-	-
Poles, sftwd ($/lin.ft)	0	-	-	0	-	-
fuelwood ($/cd)	15	5	0 – 10	14	6	4 –10
pulpwood ($/cd)	6	1	0 – 10	0	-	-
biomass ($/ton)	0	-	–	2	2	-

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.