July to September 2009
A quarterly summary of timber-price trends, reporting coverage and state timber-sale activity. Detailed prices and calculations are available to subscribers.
The MI DNR stumpage price report for July to September 2009 is out: 317 price lines across 16 of 80 management units and 24 species.
The Michigan Timber Index for sawtimber has no reading for this quarter; pulpwood moved down.
Down statewide: red pine, mixed oak sawtimber.
Up statewide: red maple pulpwood. Down: mixed hardwood, red pine, jack pine.
Of the 133 state sales opened this quarter, 111 sold and 22 drew no bid — 17% — with 3.2 bidders on a sold sale on average.
The previous quarter (Apr–Jun 2009) opened 210 sales, 33 no-bid — 16%; the same quarter a year earlier (Jul–Sep 2008) opened 139, 12 no-bid — 9%.
The figures behind every line — every price, every receipt — are in the record at stumpage.net.
What this edition holds
The documents behind this note
- 07-01-2009 to 09-30-2009.CSVfetched Aug 20, 2026
- Stumpage Report 07-01-2009 to 09-30-2009.pdffetched Aug 20, 2026