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Green Horizons

Volume 9, Number 2
Spring 2005

The Bid Box

In February of this year, the competitive bid process netted these Missouri forest landowners the following results: In Lafayette Co., six bids were received from an invitation to bid on 447 black walnut trees containing an estimated 54,000 bd. ft. (Doyle Scale):

  • $73,643 An 84% difference between high and low bid.
  • $73,555
  • $63,250
  • $61,300
  • $55,528
  • $40,000

In Adair Co., four bids were received from an invitation to bid on 96 black walnut trees containing an estimated 18,200 bd. Ft. (Doyle Scale):

  • $27,270 A 110% spread between high and low bid
  • $24,500
  • $20,244
  • $13,000

In Lafayette Co., four bids were submitted for a mixed hardwood sale containing an estimated 54,000 board feet (Doyle Scale):

  • $27,600 A whopping 250% difference between high and low bid!
  • $18,860
  • $10,000
  • $ 7,889
Remember... Know what you are selling. Have a professional forester paint mark your crop trees and prepare an inventory of your sale trees.


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