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Arkansas: Arkansas Timber Report
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.
California: Timber Yield Tax and Harvest Values Schedules
The California State Board of Equalization publishes tables of stumpage value for different regions. Look for the link to "Value of Timberland."
Delaware: Maryland/Delaware Stumpage Price Report
The stumpage price report is a cooperative effort between MD Cooperative Extension, MD Dept. of Agriculture, MD Dept. of Natural Resources-Forest Service, DE Forest Service, and MD Tree Farmers and Forest Landowners. It is consolidated and distributed three times per year by the University of Maryland. The prices are collected from consulting and state agency foresters in four price-reporting areas throughout MD and DE.
Georgia: Georgia Timber Report
Look for links near the bottom of this page for current and past versions of the Georgia Timber Report. The Georgia Forestry Commission and Forest2Market, Inc. teamed up to produce stumpage reports for three regions of the state.
Conn. and Mass.: Southern New England Stumpage Price Survey
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. This site reports recent results. For data on 2005 and earlier you may wish to check the University of Connecticut archives.
Florida: The Florida Forest Steward
This quarterly newsletter to lanwowners 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.
Idaho: Washington State University
Not the most specific source of timber prices, you may still get some useful information on logging in eastern WA and adjoining Idaho, with pointers to other sources that might be helpful for estimating local prices.
Illinois: IL Timber Prices
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.
Indiana: Forest Products Prices and Trend Report, from Purdue Extension
The most recent annual report is available online in PDF format from this page and reports prices based on a mail survey of Indiana mills. Follow the link for FNR 177W under Timber Marketing.
Kentucky: Kentucky Dept. of Agriculture
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.
Louisiana: Quarterly Report of Timber Products
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.
Maryland: Maryland/Delaware Stumpage Price Report
The stumpage price report is a cooperative effort between MD Cooperative Extension, MD Dept. of Agriculture, MD Dept. of Natural Resources-Forest Service, DE Forest Service, and MD Tree Farmers and Forest Landowners. It is consolidated and distributed three times per year by the University of Maryland. The prices are collected from consulting and state agency foresters in four price-reporting areas throughout MD and DE.
Maine: Annual Stumpage Price Report
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 Northern Woodlands Magazine web site which also reports prices for three other nearby states.
Mississippi: Timber Price Reporting in Mississippi
The Mississippi Timber Report 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.
Michigan: Stumpage Price Report
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.
Minnesota: Minnesota's Forest Resources
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.
Missouri: Missouri Timber Price Trends
Produced by the Missouri Department of Conservation, Forestry Division, 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.
Montana: Log Prices
Delivered log prices are reported quarterly by product type and species for each of two regions. Reports are available back to the year 2000.
Nebraska: Timber Talk Newsletter
This newsletter by the Nebraska Forest Service reports quarterly mill prices by species and grade, in PDF format.
New Hampshire: Average Stumpage Value List
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 Northern Woodlands Magazine web site which also reports prices for three other nearby states.
New York: Northern Woodlands Magazine
Prices paid for delivered sawlog prices of average quality, by species, as collected in interviews and printed by the Sawlog Bulletin. The site also reports prices from several nearby states.
Ohio: Ohio Timber Prices
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. Limited data from 2000 and 2001 are available from the Ohio Agricultural Statistical Service.
Oregon: Log Price Information
The Oregon Department of Forestry reports delivered log prices for various regions, species and product groups. Price reports are available quarterly back to 1977.
Pennsylvania: Timber Market Report
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.
South Carolina: South Carolina Timber Report
Look for links to these quarterly reports partway down the page. They are jointly produced by the South Carolina Forestry Commission and Forest2Market, Inc.
Tennessee: Tennessee Forest Products Bulletin
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.
Texas: Texas Timber Price Trends
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.
Vermont: Stumpage Price Data
Check out the University of Vermont Extension 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 Northern Woodlands Magazine web site which also reports prices for three other nearby states.
Washington: Stumpage Value Determination Tables
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.
West Virginia: Appalachian Hardwood Center's Timber Market Report
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.
Wisconsin: Wisconsin Timber Stumpage Price Trends
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources annually estimates average stumpage rates in twelve zones across Wisconsin from sales data collected by foresters. Data are reported in three tables: The first table has average prices for trees that will be sawn into lumber or sliced for veneer. The second table has average prices for pulpwood (measured in cords) that is used for paper making and fuel. The third table has stumpage prices for trees sold for specialty products such as posts, poles and Christmas trees.
The use of trade, firm, or corporation names in this page and linked publications is for the information and convenience of the reader. Such use does not constitute an official endorsement or approval by the United States Department of Agriculture of any product or service to the exclusion of others that may be suitable.
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