October to December 2015
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 October to December 2015 is out: 383 price lines across 14 of 80 management units and 26 species.
The Michigan Timber Index for sawtimber has no reading for this quarter; pulpwood moved down.
Up statewide: red pine sawtimber. Down: mixed oak, sugar maple, red maple.
Up statewide: mixed hardwood, red pine, mixed softwood pulpwood. Down: red maple, mixed aspen.
Of the 113 state sales opened this quarter, 97 sold and 16 drew no bid — 14% — with 3.6 bidders on a sold sale on average.
The previous quarter (Jul–Sep 2015) opened 105 sales, 12 no-bid — 11%; the same quarter a year earlier (Oct–Dec 2014) opened 98, 12 no-bid — 12%.
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
- 10-01-2015 to 12-31-2015.CSVfetched Aug 20, 2026
- Stumpage Report 10-01-2015 to 12-31-2015.pdffetched Aug 20, 2026