October to December 2017
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 2017 is out: 480 price lines across 15 of 80 management units and 26 species.
The Michigan Timber Index for sawtimber moved up this quarter; pulpwood moved up.
Up statewide: black cherry, basswood, red maple sawtimber. Down: paper birch, sugar maple, red pine.
Up statewide: basswood, mixed oak, white pine pulpwood. Down: balsam fir, mixed hardwood, mixed aspen.
Of the 150 state sales opened this quarter, 122 sold and 28 drew no bid — 19% — with 3.2 bidders on a sold sale on average.
The previous quarter (Jul–Sep 2017) opened 220 sales, 32 no-bid — 15%; the same quarter a year earlier (Oct–Dec 2016) opened 195, 28 no-bid — 14%.
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
- 10-01-2017 to 12-31-2017.csvfetched Aug 20, 2026
- Stumpage Report 10-01-2017 to 12-31-2017.pdffetched Aug 20, 2026