SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STUMPAGE PRICE SURVEY RESULTS
THIRD QUARTER— 2013
The table below summarizes reported prices paid for standing timber during the THIRD quarter of 2013 (JULY SEPTEMBER). Prices for sawtimber are in $ per thousand board feet (International ¼-inch scale). Fuelwood is
reported in $ per cord, biomass and pulpwood 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 36 timber sales were reported for the THIRD
quarter of 2013. Sale characteristics (in percent):
Size
%
Type
%
Reported by
%
Buyer/seller
%
< 50 Mbf
51-100 Mbf
>100 Mbf
39
47
11
Lump sum
Mill-tally
64
36
Consulting foresters
Public lands foresters
Industrial foresters
Loggers
Sawmills
Utility foresters
17
2
39
19
19
-
Buyer
Seller
67
31
No data
2
No data
No data
-
3
No data
SPECIES
Red oak
White oak
Other oaks
Ash
Cherry
Sugar maple
Red maple
Tulip poplar
Yellow birch
Black birch
Paper birch
Beech
Pallet hdwd
Other hdwd
White pine
Red pine
Hemlock
Spruce
Other sfwd
Poles, hardwd
($/lin.ft)
Poles, sftwd
($/lin.ft)
Fuel wood ($/cd)
Pulpwood ($/ton)
Biomass ($/ton)
EAST OF CT RIVER
median
no. of
Range
reports
150
17
100 - 300
40
13
0 - 100
100
10
60 - 130
25
13
0 - 65
60
6
60
9
0 - 140
25
15
0 - 40
30
1
40
8
30 - 100
40
14
30 - 50
25
6
25
8
10 - 30
25
8
25 - 40
20
4
20 - 30
50
12
50 - 130
no. of
reports
12
4
3
12
9
10
11
2
10
8
5
6
8
0
11
3
WEST OF CT RIVER
median
Range
200
100
100
100
150
175
40
30
60
60
10
13
15
55
200 – 302
60 – 100
75 – 125
0 – 300
125 – 300
25 – 70
50 – 150
60 – 80
10 – 40
10 – 25
10 – 25
35 – 80
0
2
0
0
0
30
-
20 - 40
-
0
12
1
0
0
20
75
-
10 – 40
-
0
-
-
0
-
-
19
1
10
5
4 - 15
-
3
0
10
-
-
3
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 University of Massachusetts and the
state forestry agency in RI.
See: http://masswoods.net/stumpage-report for more results