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A Bimonthly Market Report
Pulpwood Prices Stayed
High, Sawlog Prices DroppedHardwood sawlog price experienced moderate
decline in East Texas during this period. Average
hardwood sawlog price for Northeast Texas decreased
to $24.59/ton. This was a 7% decrease over the last
while still a 12% increase over a year ago. In
ast Texas, hardwood sawlog price averaged
/ton, a slight decrease from the last period.
, statewide hardwood sawlog price dropped to
/ton.
Hardwood pulpwood price for Northeast Texas
d after increasing over the last four months, av-
g $12.07/ton. It was 9% lower than the last pe-
hile still 64% higher than last year. On the other
hand, hardwood pulpwood price increased slightly to
on in Southeast Texas. These changes to-
narrowed the price difference between the two
s. Statewide average hardwood pulpwood price
sed 5% to $11.26/ton from the last period.
Texas Timber Price Trends
Market Regions
ortheast TX
Region I ar Zlmd 4W:
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-as1Sawlog prices declined period
due to a depressed lum- Southe
A ber market and drying $19.58
weather after the wet
summer. Continuing $23.98
i . shortage of residual
' chips for pulpwood mills
kept pulpwood prices strong in East Texas this period. droppe
Hardwood pulpwood prices in Northeast Texas de- eraginc
lined though. riod wh
Average stumpage price for pine sawlogs in $4.74/t
Northeast Texas decreased $3.25/ton or 8% to $36.86/ gether
ton from the last period. It was still slightly higher than g ion
the price a year ago. Pine sawlog price in Southeast region
Texas dropped to $40.17/ton. This was a 5% decline
from the last period and 12% decline from a year ago.
Overall, statewide pine sawlog price averaged $37.89/
ton for this period, a 9% decline from the previous two-
month period and 4% decline from last year.
Pine pulpwood price for Northeast Texas re-
mained roughly the same level as the last period, aver-
aging $13.60/ton. Compared to a year ago, it was 63%
higher. In Southeast Texas, pine pulpwood price in-
creased to $10.47/ton, a 13% increase from the previ-
ous period. This price more than doubled the price a
year ago. The price difference between the two re-
gions narrowed compared to last period. Statewide
average pine pulpwood price was $12.27/ton.
Pine Chip-n-Saw price increased moderately in
Northeast Texas while it decreased in Southeast
Texas. In Northeast Texas, the price increased 5% to so
$20.03/ton from the last period. The price for South-
east Texas averaged $15.76/ton, a 7% decrease from
the previous period. Statewide average pine Chip-n-Saw price dropped to $16.14/ton.
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