SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

SECOND QUARTER— 2003

 

The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the SECOND quarter of 2003 (APRIL - JUNE).  Prices for sawtimber are in $ per thousand board feet (International Ό-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   72    timber sales were reported for the SECOND quarter of 2003.  Sale characteristics (in percent):

 

Size                 %          Type                %          Reported by                             %          Buyer/seller    %

< 50 Mbf           29         Lump sum         68         Consulting foresters                   7         Buyer                76

51-100              38         Mill-tally            29         Public lands foresters                  8         Seller                24

>100 Mbf           32         No data              3         Industrial foresters                      22         No data               0

No data              1                                             Loggers                                     19

                                                                        Sawmills                                   19

                                                                        Utility foresters                            1

                                                                        No data                                     24

 

                                       EAST OF CT RIVER                          WEST OF CT RIVER

SPECIES

no. of reports

median

Range

no. of reports

median

range

Red oak

43

320

100 - 515

14

400

200 – 650

White oak

35

100

40 - 300

8

118

100 – 200

Other oaks

34

150

50 – 310

4

113

80 – 135

Ash

19

70

30 - 100

14

95

50 – 375

Cherry

7

200

100 - 300

9

400

300 – 650

Sugar maple

15

220

100 - 400

12

300

200 – 625

Red maple

28

43

20 - 85

15

50

20 – 175

Tulip poplar

3

65

50 - 75

1

50

50 – 50

Yellow birch

11

60

40 - 100

9

80

50 – 100

Black birch

25

60

30 - 200

14

75

50 – 100

Paper birch

11

50

15 - 100

6

30

15 – 50

Beech

9

30

15 - 50

10

20

5 – 35

Pallet hdwd

14

28

20 - 35

4

28

20 – 40

Other hdwd

16

48

20 - 100

5

30

5 – 65

White pine

30

98

50 - 150

8

68

10 – 120

Red pine

5

60

30 - 70

2

88

75 – 100

Hemlock

14

30

10 - 50

15

25

10 – 50

Spruce

5

35

25 - 45

2

65

45 – 85

Other sfwd

5

20

20 - 35

1

35

35 – 35

Poles, hardwd ($/lin.ft)

0

-

-

0

-

-

Poles, sftwd ($/lin.ft)

0

-

-

0

-

-

Fuel wood ($/cd)

19

5

0 - 8

6

5

5 - 5

Pulpwood ($/cd)

7

1

0 - 2

1

2

2 – 2

Biomass ($/ton)

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 Connecticut and  Massachusetts, and the state forestry agencies in CT, MA, and RI.

See: http://forest.fnr.umass.edu/stumpage.htm for more results