SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS
SECOND
QUARTER— 2002
The table below summarizes reported prices paid for
standing timber during the SECOND quarter
of 2002 (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 100 timber sales were
reported for the SECOND quarter of 2002.
Sale characteristics (in percent):
Size
% Type
%
Reported by
%
Buyer/seller %
< 50 Mbf
38
Lump sum 75
Consulting foresters
12
Buyer
58
51-100
32
Mill-tally 22
Public lands foresters
21
Seller
38
>100 Mbf
30
No data
5
Industrial foresters
27
No data
4
No data
0
Loggers
30
Sawmills
5
Utility foresters
0
No data
0
EAST OF CT RIVER
WEST OF CT RIVER
|
SPECIES |
no.
of reports |
median |
Range |
no.
of reports |
median |
range |
|
red
oak |
45 |
250 |
16
– 500 |
18 |
400 |
173-650 |
|
white
oak |
31 |
75 |
35
- 200 |
8 |
90 |
75-230 |
|
other
oaks |
30 |
140 |
50- 250 |
7 |
275 |
100
-280 |
|
ash |
13 |
40 |
35-
100 |
17 |
110 |
35-230 |
|
cherry |
8 |
250 |
110
- 250 |
12 |
463 |
200
- 800 |
|
sugar
maple |
15 |
200 |
50
– 350 |
15 |
400 |
140
- 600 |
|
red
maple |
27 |
40 |
20
– 100 |
15 |
45 |
25
- 230 |
|
tulip
poplar |
2 |
50 |
50-50
|
5 |
50 |
50
- 105 |
|
yellow
birch |
11 |
40 |
40
- 254 |
10 |
108 |
40
- 250 |
|
black
birch |
26 |
50 |
25-
150 |
13 |
80 |
40
- 350 |
|
paper
birch |
7 |
40 |
40
- 65 |
5 |
20 |
10
- 70 |
|
beech |
4 |
33 |
10
- 254 |
11 |
25 |
10
- 150 |
|
pallet
hdwd |
15 |
30 |
20
– 60 |
7 |
45 |
6
- 45 |
|
other
hdwd |
9 |
40 |
5
– 60 |
2 |
85 |
25
- 145 |
|
white
pine |
46 |
87 |
50–
167 |
16 |
85 |
45
- 175 |
|
red
pine |
18 |
55 |
20-160 |
1 |
79 |
-
|
|
hemlock |
22 |
20 |
5-40 |
12 |
38 |
10
- 110 |
|
spruce |
7 |
30 |
30
- 90 |
3 |
180 |
100
- 190 |
|
other
sfwd |
3 |
60 |
10
- 220 |
0 |
- |
-
|
|
Poles,
hardwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
-
|
0 |
- |
-
|
|
Poles,
sftwd ($/lin.ft) |
0 |
- |
-
|
0 |
- |
-
|
|
fuelwood
($/cd) |
24 |
5 |
3-15 |
9 |
6 |
1 - 10 |
|
pulpwood
($/cd) |
6 |
1 |
1-
2 |
0 |
- |
- |
|
biomass
($/ton) |
0 |
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,
landowner requirements, and logging costs.
This survey is a result of joint efforts of
Cooperative Extension at the Universities of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island and the state forestry agencies in CT, MA, and RI.