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Looking for timber prices in your area? Wondering what mills
are offering for delivered logs? Want to know what loggers are paying for
stumpage? Use this page to find links and explanations of what free information is available for your state.
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<b>Arkansas:</b>
<a href="http://www.arnatural.org/News/Timber_Report/" target="_top">Arkansas Timber Report</a></font><br>
Assembled by Forest2Market, this report quarterly report describes recent averages and trends over time for stumpage values for northern and southern regions of the state as well as Southwide evaluations.<p></p>
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<b>California:</b>
<a href="http://www.boe.ca.gov/proptaxes/timbertax.htm" target="_top">Timber Yield Tax and Harvest Values Schedules </a></font><br>
The California State Board of Equalization publishes tables of stumpage value for different regions. Look for the link to "Value of Timberland."<p></p>
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<b>Conn. and Mass.:</b> <a href="" target="_top">Southern New England Stumpage Price Survey</a></font><br>
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 and MA. Median, minimum and maximum prices are reported by species with separate statistics for east and west of the Connecticut River.</p><p></p>
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<b>Delaware:</b>
<a href="http://www.naturalresources.umd.edu/ResourcesStumpage.html" target="_top">Maryland/Delaware Stumpage Price Report</a>
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The Maryland Timber Market Reports were produced jointly by Maryland and Delaware and are offered up by the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension. They no longer track stumpage prices but this archive of biannual reports spans late 1999 to mid-2006.<p></p>
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<b>Georgia:</b>
<a href="http://www.gfc.state.ga.us/ForestManagement/TimberSelling.cfm" target="_top">Georgia Timber Report</a>
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Look for links near the bottom of this page for current and past versions of the Georgia Timber Report.<p></p>
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<b>Florida:</b>
<a href="http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/Extension/florida_forestry_information/additional_pages/newsletter.html" target="_top">The Florida Forest Steward</a></font><br>
This quarterly newsletter to landowners and resource professionals has a section titled "Timber Price Update" that gives ranges for pine chip-n-saw and plylogs, plus softwood and hardwood pulpwood.<p></p>
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<b>Idaho:</b>
<a href="http://ext.nrs.wsu.edu/publications/forestry/logreportsmills.htm" target="_top">Washington State University</a></font><br>
Washington State University used to collect information on stumpage prices in Idaho but stopped doing so in 2006. You can still view the prices they collected from 2003-2006 at this site.<p></p>
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<b>Illinois:</b>
<a href="http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/forestry/il_timber_prices/index.html" target="_top">IL Timber Prices</a>
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The Illinois Timber Prices newsletter is issued twice each year by the IL DOA - Agricultural Statistics Service and the IL DNR - Division of Forest Resources. Stumpage and F.O.B. prices are based on surveys of licensed timber buyers, and reported by species group and product.<p></p>
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<b>Indiana:</b>
<a href="http://www.ag.purdue.edu/fnr/Pages/extresources.aspx" target="_top">Forest Products Prices and Trend Report, from Purdue Extension</a>
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The most recent annual report is available online in PDF format and reports prices based on a mail survey of Indiana mills. Last checked it was for 2008. Follow the link for <b>Timber Marketing</b> and from there look for <b>FNR 177W</b>.<p></p>
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<b>Kentucky:</b>
<a href="http://www.forestry.ky.gov/programs/utilize/Kentuckys+Growing+Gold+Bulletin.htm" target="_top">Kentucky Dept. of Agriculture</a>
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This survey by the Kentucky Division of Forestry produces seasonal "Growing Gold" bulletins describing delivered log price ranges for four regions of the state by species group, product and grade.<p></p>
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<b>Louisiana:</b>
<a href="http://www.ldaf.state.la.us/portal/Offices/Forestry/ForestryReports/QuarterlyReportofForestProducts/tabid/451/Default.aspx" target="_top">Quarterly Report of Timber Products</a>
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Published by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, this regular
newsletter reports prices for five areas of the state. Note that prices reflect
total volume and total value ratios paid from bid and negotiated sales, and do
not represent inter or intra-company transactions and long-term contracts. The
report: (1) provides a guide for private timber owners in determining stumpage
prices regionally or stateside, (2) establishes annual stumpage price figures
for severance tax purposes, and (3) determines the timber value for use-value
assessment of forest land.<p></p>
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<b>Maryland:</b>
<a href="http://www.naturalresources.umd.edu/ResourcesStumpage.html" target="_top">Maryland/Delaware Stumpage Price Report</a>
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The Maryland Timber Market Reports were produced jointly by Maryland and Delaware and are offered up by the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension. They no longer track stumpage prices but this archive of biannual reports spans late 1999 to mid-2006.<p></p>
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<b>Maine:</b>
<a href="http://www.state.me.us/doc/mfs/pubs.htm" target="_top">Annual Stumpage Price Report</a>
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The Maine Department of Conservation publishes annual prices
paid to landowners for a wide variety of species and product classes, both statewide
and broken out by county. Alternatively, you can get the most recent quarter's numbers from the <a href="http://northernwoodlands.org/issues/" target="_top">Northern Woodlands Magazine</a> web site which also reports prices for three other nearby states. Pick the issue and then look in the Table of Contents for "Mill Prices."<p></p>
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<b>Mississippi:</b>
<a href="http://msucares.com/forestry/prices/" target="_top">Timber Price Reporting in Mississippi</a>
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The <i>Mississippi Timber Report</i> is a quarterly report of statewide prices
produced by Forest2Market, Inc., replacing the more detailed Mississippi Timber Price Report. Periodic price reports are available here back through 1989.<p></p>
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<b>Michigan:</b>
<a href="http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10368_22594-81536--,00.html" target="_top">Stumpage Price Report</a>
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This series of reports, updated quarterly, summarize bid prices from historic State Forest timber sales averaged over the preceeding year. The data in the Price Report are used to provide DNR staff base information for determining a minimum acceptable bid for future timber sales. A separate report lists bids for the individual sales, again from State Forest timber sales.<p></p>
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<b>Minnesota:</b>
<a href="http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/um/index.html" target="_top">Minnesota's Forest Resources</a>
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Scroll down the page to link to "Minnesota's Forest Resources," in PDF format. Buried in this rather lengthy annual report is several pages of information on timber price trends by species and over multiple years. The prices they report are averages based on sales from public lands as reported by Minnesota Counties, Chippewa and
Superior National Forests, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Minnesota DNR-Forestry.<p></p>
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<b>Missouri:</b>
<a href="http://agebb.missouri.edu/mkt/timber/" target="_top">Missouri Timber Price Trends</a>
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Produced by the <a href="http://mdc.mo.gov/forest/"
target="_top">Missouri Department of Conservation, Forestry Division</a>, this
series of quarterly reports tracks market prices for stumpage and delivered
logs. Reports on the stumpage market are received from Missouri Department of
Conservation Resource Foresters and private consulting foresters.
Reports on the log market give delivered log prices and are compiled from
reports submitted by sawmills and other wood processing plants. Prices are
reported for three regions and for various product and species groups, extending
back through 1994.<p></p>
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<b>Montana:</b>
<a href="http://www.bber.umt.edu/forest/log.asp" target="_top">Log Prices</a>
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Delivered log prices are reported quarterly by product type and species for each of two regions. Reports are available back to the year 2000.<p></p>
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<b>Nebraska:</b>
<a href="http://www.nfs.unl.edu/publications.asp#forestproducts" target="_top">Timber Talk Newsletter</a>
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This newsletter by the Nebraska Forest Service reports quarterly mill prices by species and grade, in PDF format. Look in the Forest Products section of this page for a list of recent issues.<p></p>
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<b>New Hampshire:</b>
<a href="http://www.nh.gov/revenue/munc_prop/avgstumpval.htm" target="_top">Average Stumpage Value List</a></font><br>
The New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration offers a Word document containing "suggested" low and high stumpage values for various product classes and regions in the state for the upcoming period. The recommended valuations are posted to guide calculation of New Hampshire's Timber Tax, assessed at harvest. No information is provided on how the prospective values are calculated although a contact is provided. Alternatively, you can get the most recent quarter's prices from the <a href="http://northernwoodlands.org/issues/" target="_top">Northern Woodlands Magazine</a> web site which also reports prices for three other nearby states. Pick the issue and then look in the Table of Contents for "Mill Prices."<p></p>
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<b>New York:</b>
<a href="http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/5259.html" target="_top">New York Stumpage Price Reports</a>
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This semi-annual publication reports prices for four regions of the state, based on information from buyers and sellers.<p></p>
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<b>North Carolina:</b>
<a href=" http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/forestry/resources/price_report.php" target="_top">NCSU Extension Forestry Price Report</a>
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Price reports draw on both Timber-Mart South and Forest2Market sources. Also included are annual estimates of timber harvesting income by county.</p><p></p>
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<b>Ohio:</b>
<a href="http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/ohiowood/" target="_top">Ohio Timber Prices</a>
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Developed by Ohio State University, the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, this series reports delivered and stumpage sawlog prices by species and grade. Current and several years of historical data are available.<p></p>
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<b>Oregon:</b>
<a href="http://oregon.gov/ODF/STATE_FORESTS/TIMBER_SALES/logpage.shtml" target="_top">Log Price Information</a>
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The Oregon Department of Forestry reports delivered log
prices for various regions, species and product groups. Price reports are
available quarterly back to 1977.<p></p>
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<b>Pennsylvania:</b>
<a href="http://extension.psu.edu/timber-market-report" target="_top">Timber Market Report</a>
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The Pennsylvania Woodlands' Timber
Market Report gives prices paid in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for
standing timber (stumpage) and for logs delivered to sawmills. Prices are
reported quarterly for each of four regions since 1992, with prices reported for
hardwood and softwood pulpwood and for sawtimber for a variety of species
groups.<p></p>
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<b>South Carolina:</b>
<a href="http://www.state.sc.us/forest/mprice.htm" target="_top">South Carolina Timber Report</a>
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Look for links to these quarterly reports partway down the page. They are jointly produced by the South Carolina Forestry Commission and Forest2Market, Inc.<p></p>
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<b>Tennessee:</b>
<a href=" http://www.tn.gov/agriculture/forestry/bulletin.shtml" target="_top">Tennessee Forest Products Bulletin</a>
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The Forestry Division of the Tennessee Department of
Agriculture produces a quarterly newsletter which includes delivered prices for
various species groups in three regions of the state. Thus far only the most
current Bulletin is available online. Call the Division of Forestry at 615-837-5430 for back issues.<p></p>
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<b>Texas:</b>
<a href="http://texasforestservice.tamu.edu/main/article.aspx?id=148" target="_top">Texas Timber Price Trends</a>
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Timber Price Trends Report is a bimonthly
publication of the Texas Forest Service reporting average prices paid for
standing timber, commonly called the "stumpage price." Average
stumpage prices are calculated from actual timber sales as reported by more than
60 cooperators active in the East Texas timber market. Values are weighted by
volume sold to filter out the effect that size of sale has on price paid. Thus,
the average price reported is the average price paid per unit of wood, NOT per
average timber sale. Price series for five or more product categories are
reported for two reporting regions from eastern Texas and extending back to
1984.<p></p>
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<b>Utah:</b>
<a href="http://extension.usu.edu/forestry/Management/Timber_TimberWorth.htm" target="_top">How Much is Your Timber Worth?</a>
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Sawtimber stumpage values for six categories of timber based on US Forest Service tractor-logged sales.</p><p></p>
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<b>Vermont:</b>
<a href="http://stumpage.uvm.edu/stumpage.php" target="_top">Stumpage Price Data</a>
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Check out the <a href="http://stumpage.uvm.edu/stumpage.php" target="_top">University of Vermont Extension</a> web site for comprehensive statistics. Low, medium and high prices for the most recent quarter are reported for species groups and for three regions in each state. It is described as the longest running, quarterly stumpage price reporting system in the country. Alternatively, you can get the most recent quarter's numbers from the <a href="http://northernwoodlands.org/issues/" target="_top">Northern Woodlands Magazine</a> web site which also reports prices for three other nearby states. Pick the issue and then look in the Table of Contents for "Mill Prices."<p></p>
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<b>Washington:</b>
<a href="http://dor.wa.gov/content/findtaxesandrates/othertaxes/timber/forst_stump.aspx" target="_top">Stumpage Value Determination Tables</a>
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The State of Washington's Department of Revenue offers tables of stumpage prices by species group, hauling distance and quality. New tables are produced twice a year with historical prices available back to 2000.<p></p>
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<b>West Virginia:</b>
<a href="http://ahc.caf.wvu.edu" target="_top">Appalachian Hardwood Center's Timber Market Report</a>
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Produced by the WVU Division of Forestry, reports by species and region are offered going back to 1989. Use the drop-down list at the bottom of the web page to select from the available reports.<p></p>
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<h2>International</h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hva/logreports.htm" target="_top">British Columbia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.maf.govt.nz/forestry/statistics/logprices/index.html" target="_top">New Zealand</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.unece.org/forests/output/prices.html" target="_top">UN Economic Commission for Europe</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.globalwood.org/" target="_top">Global Wood</a></li>
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<b>Wisconsin:</b>
<a href="http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/forestry/private/harvest/NR_46.htm" target="_top">Wisconsin Timber Stumpage Price Trends</a>
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources used to make available on the web annual estimates of average stumpage rates in twelve zones across Wisconsin based on sales data collected by foresters. That web address no longer offers that information, we are looking for find whether similar data is available elsewhere. <p></p> -->
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<b>E-Markets:</b>
<a href="http://www.forest2market.com/cgi-bin/db2www.exe/f2m_index.d2w/report " target="_top">Forest2Market</a></b></font> <font color="#880000">free and by subscription</font>
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F2M provides solutions to participants in the forest industry and wood products supply chain, using tools that connect and empower the participants to make more informed decisions. Offerings include detailed price information for 39 market regions in the South, a timberland value calculator, registries of buyers and service providers, and timber news feeds.</p>
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<b>E-Markets:</b>
<a href="http://www.forestone.com" target="_top">ForestOne</a></b></font> <font color="#880000">free with registration</font>
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Using their web site, Forest One continuously tracks the current buyers of timber and logs. If you post your stumpage or logs on their F1.Market, the timber buyers in your area and on their list will be notified automatically via email or fax at no cost to you.</p>
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<b>E-Markets:</b>
<a href="http://www.forestexpress.com" target="_top">Forest Express</a></b></font> <font color="#880000">free with registration</font>
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ForestExpress Timber offers to all industry participants an online platform for buying and selling timber in an open and neutral marketplace. </p>
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<b>Southwide:</b>
<a href="http://www.tmart-south.com/tmart/" target="_top">Timber Mart-South</a></b></font> <font color="#880000">free and by subscription</font>
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Run by the University of Georga, TMS publishes <a href="http://www.tmart-south.com/tmart/prices.html" target="_top">southwide average prices quarterly in their free, online newsletter</a> and, for subscribers only, quarterly high, low and average prices from 22 price-reporting areas spanning Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, northern Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas. While the data have undergone <a
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changes</a>, they extend back to 1976, making TMS a rich data source for statistical analysis of timber prices.</p>
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<b>Western Public Lands:</b>
<a href="http://www.woodcom.com/woodcom/woodcom/tdc-spr.html" target="_top">Timber Data Company</a></b></font> <font color="#880000">data only by subscription</font>
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The monthly Stumpage Price Report tracks current and historical stumpage volumes and prices for timber sold from public lands in the West.
Stumpage prices and volumes are reported for timber sold by:
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<li>The US Forest Service in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and California
<li>The Bureau of Land Management in Oregon
<li>The Washington Department of Natural Resources
<li>The Oregon State Department of Forestry
<li>The Idaho Department of Lands
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<b>Various Southern Cities:</b>
<a href="http://www.vardaman.com/stumpage.htm" target="_top">Stumpage Price Estimates</a>
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J.M. Vardaman and Co. managers from 12 locations across the South provide their best monthly estimates of stumpage prices in pine plantations, with separate estimates by DBH and for thinning versus final harvest.</p>
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