April to June 2018
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 April to June 2018 is out: 533 price lines across 15 of 80 management units and 28 species.
The Michigan Timber Index for sawtimber moved up this quarter; pulpwood moved down.
Up statewide: mixed aspen, beech, sugar maple sawtimber. Down: white oak, mixed oak, red maple.
Up statewide: balsam fir, white pine, tamarack pulpwood. Down: jack pine, mixed hardwood, basswood.
Of the 162 state sales opened this quarter, 152 sold and 10 drew no bid — 6% — with 3.5 bidders on a sold sale on average.
The previous quarter (Jan–Mar 2018) opened 149 sales, 20 no-bid — 13%; the same quarter a year earlier (Apr–Jun 2017) opened 223, 25 no-bid — 11%.
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
- 04-01-2018 to 06-30-2018.csvfetched Aug 20, 2026
- Stumpage Report 04-01-2018 to 06-30-2018.pdffetched Aug 20, 2026