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Green Horizons

Volume 11, Number 4
Fall 2007

The Bid Box
(All volumes reported in Doyle Scale)

Callaway County

  • 80 acres
  • 826 trees
  • Estimated volume: 101,830 bd.ft. (70 percent white oak)
  • Consulting forester valued the sale at $27,500
  • 3 bids received
    • $20,366
    • $31,988
    • $34,114
  • Return: $426 per acre

Monroe County

  • 120 acres
  • 754 trees, 25 of which were walnut
  • Estimated volume: 142,100 bd.ft. (20 percent soft maple, remaining volume was a mix)
  • Consulting forester valued the sale at $19,750
  • 6 bids
    • $15,250
    • $17,555
    • $20,100
    • $22,290
    • $24,300
    • $27,500
  • Return: $229 per acre

Do You Have a Timber Sale for The Bid Box?
If you have competitively sold your timber in the past few months and would like to share the information with other landowners, we would welcome your input. All sales will be reported at the county level as shown above and no personal information will be divulged.

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