January - March, 2011
Timber Prices Fall
South-wide stumpage and delivered prices for all major timber products decreased in late 2010. Timber supply remained adequate to meet demand. Dry weather over much of the South this quarter led to unusually good fall logging conditions. The recession restrained demand for timber
The south-wide average mixed hardwood and hardwood pulpwood prices also. Although mixed hardwood sawtimber fell more than one dollar per ton, the average remained above the same period last year. Hardwood pulpwood continued to retreat from the dramatic peak in the 1st Quarter of 2010
Source: Timber Mart-South