SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS

THIRD QUARTER— 2003

 

The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the THIRD quarter of 2003 (JULY - SEPTEMBER).  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   69    timber sales were reported for the THIRD quarter of 2003.  Sale characteristics (in percent):

 

Size                 %          Type                %          Reported by                             %          Buyer/seller    %

< 50 Mbf           26         Lump sum         67         Consulting foresters                   12         Buyer                64

51-100              20         Mill-tally            23         Public lands foresters                 12         Seller                26

>100 Mbf           39         No data             10         Industrial foresters                      30         No data             10

No data             15                                             Loggers                                     23

                                                                        Sawmills                                   12

                                                                        Utility foresters                            0

                                                                        No data                                     11

 

                                       EAST OF CT RIVER                          WEST OF CT RIVER

SPECIES

no. of reports

median

Range

no. of reports

median

range

Red oak

25

280

100 - 400

10

375

275 – 650

White oak

15

100

50 - 150

6

125

80 – 300

Other oaks

22

150

50 - 260

3

150

80 – 400

Ash

8

78

50 - 250

11

100

45 - 250

Cherry

4

250

100 - 300

7

500

350 – 800

Sugar maple

4

225

200 - 300

11

450

110 – 750

Red maple

15

50

25 - 70

12

50

25 – 400

Tulip poplar

5

50

20 - 60

2

83

65 – 100

Yellow birch

5

65

50 - 110

11

80

50 – 250

Black birch

10

68

50 - 136

11

80

60 – 300

Paper birch

5

50

25 - 70

5

25

20 – 30

Beech

3

25

20 - 30

4

28

25 – 30

Pallet hdwd

8

28

20 - 120

5

20

10 – 25

Other hdwd

6

40

30 - 60

0

-

-

White pine

23

105

65 - 370

12

70

50 – 140

Red pine

7

60

50 - 150

0

-

-

Hemlock

12

33

20 - 60

12

30

0 – 55

Spruce

3

50

30 - 80

1

100

-

Other sfwd

1

30

-

0

-

-

Poles, hardwd ($/lin.ft)

0

-

-

0

-

-

Poles, sftwd ($/lin.ft)

0

-

-

0

-

-

Fuel wood ($/cd)

25

5

0 - 10

9

0

0 – 10

Pulpwood ($/cd)

7

1

0 - 4

1

0

-

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