Huge spike in pulpwood prices.
Maine hardwood log prices.
Another source of information are the prices reported to the maine forest service and published annually.
Red oak prime select and 1 logs 8 6 9 6 and 12 6 lengths preferred.
However there are several other factors that influence the price of timber by region.
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Prices are based on an average calculated from a sample of timber buyers across the u s and only intended to provide an estimate of trends and current prices.
Wood markets likely to stabilize after tumultuous winter.
Mills mills are the foundation of established timber markets because they determine what products can be.
If you have been logging for a year or more all you need to do is look over your books for the past year.
If mills don t need wood prices go down.
Instability in the market.
As a logger and harvester of standing timber there are several factors to consider when determining the standing timber prices you will pay.
Prices updated september 21 2020.
If mills need wood prices go up.
If your timber grows near a lot of mills your timber might command a higher price than if the timber were far from mills or close to only one or two mills.
All saw logs require 6 trim.
For example a 12 foot log 12 inches in diameter at the small end has 48 bf in it.
An up and down market.
You then look at the grade rules to determine the grade of the log.
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First even though statewide or regional prices can provide a taste of the level and trends of prices what your timber is worth is somewhat dependent on local market conditions.
The chart with log prices should be read as price per 1000 bf.
You first need to determine the costs of harvesting your logs.
Timber prices are directly affected by the forces of supply and demand.
Hardwood sawtimber prices shown are based on per ton stumpage price.
And some prices shown are averages of several bid sales that occurred in the same area around the same time.
Hardwood prices continue to rise january 2014 landowners earning 250 mbf stumpage for hardwood mats september 2012.
In other words if you add a decimal in front that would be price per board foot.
