July to September 2020

The MI DNR stumpage price report for July to September 2020 is out: 384 price lines across 13 of 80 management units and 22 species.

The Michigan Timber Index for sawtimber moved down this quarter; pulpwood moved down.

Up statewide: white oak, mixed aspen sawtimber. Down: basswood, sugar maple, paper birch.

Up statewide: mixed spruce, mixed hardwood, white pine pulpwood. Down: jack pine, paper birch, balsam fir.

Of the 94 state sales opened this quarter, 79 sold and 15 drew no bid — 16% — with 3.3 bidders on a sold sale on average.

The previous quarter (Apr–Jun 2020) opened 133 sales, 11 no-bid — 8%; the same quarter a year earlier (Jul–Sep 2019) opened 150, 32 no-bid — 21%.

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