January to March 2012
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 January to March 2012 is out: 388 price lines across 14 of 80 management units and 24 species.
The Michigan Timber Index for sawtimber has no reading for this quarter; pulpwood moved up.
Up statewide: red pine, sugar maple, red oak sawtimber. Down: red maple.
Up statewide: red pine, mixed hardwood, mixed aspen pulpwood. Down: mixed softwood, mixed oak, jack pine.
Of the 166 state sales opened this quarter, 158 sold and 8 drew no bid — 5% — with 4.6 bidders on a sold sale on average.
The previous quarter (Oct–Dec 2011) opened 122 sales, 2 no-bid — 2%; the same quarter a year earlier (Jan–Mar 2011) opened 111, 2 no-bid — 2%.
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
- 01-01-2012 to 03-31-2012.CSVfetched Aug 20, 2026
- Stumpage Report 01-01-2012 to 03-31-2012.pdffetched Aug 20, 2026