April to June 2016

The MI DNR stumpage price report for April to June 2016 is out: 425 price lines across 16 of 80 management units and 26 species.

The Michigan Timber Index for sawtimber has no reading for this quarter; pulpwood held steady.

Up statewide: mixed aspen, sugar maple, mixed oak sawtimber. Down: white pine, red maple, red pine.

Up statewide: red maple, mixed softwood, quaking aspen pulpwood. Down: bigtooth aspen, red pine, jack pine.

Of the 148 state sales opened this quarter, 129 sold and 19 drew no bid — 13% — with 3.8 bidders on a sold sale on average.

The previous quarter (Jan–Mar 2016) opened 173 sales, 32 no-bid — 18%; the same quarter a year earlier (Apr–Jun 2015) opened 174, 13 no-bid — 7%.

The figures behind every line — every price, every receipt — are in the record at stumpage.net.