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April to June 2019

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 2019 is out: 453 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: white oak, sugar maple sawtimber. Down: basswood, mixed oak, red maple.

Up statewide: mixed oak, jack pine, mixed aspen pulpwood. Down: tamarack, paper birch, mixed hardwood.

Of the 149 state sales opened this quarter, 117 sold and 32 drew no bid — 21% — with 3.2 bidders on a sold sale on average.

The previous quarter (Jan–Mar 2019) opened 191 sales, 31 no-bid — 16%; the same quarter a year earlier (Apr–Jun 2018) opened 162, 10 no-bid — 6%.

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

What this edition holds

Price lines453reported in this edition
Management units15 of 80reported a price line
Species26with at least one line
State sales opened149117 sold · 32 drew no bid

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