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April to June 2021

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 2021 is out: 481 price lines across 15 of 80 management units and 25 species.

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

Up statewide: mixed aspen, beech, mixed oak sawtimber. Down: paper birch, yellow birch, white pine.

Up statewide: mixed oak, basswood, mixed spruce pulpwood. Down: paper birch, balsam fir, jack pine.

Of the 135 state sales opened this quarter, 127 sold and 8 drew no bid (6%), with 3.8 bidders on a sold sale on average.

The previous quarter (Jan–Mar 2021) opened 121 sales, 14 no-bid (12%); the same quarter a year earlier (Apr–Jun 2020) opened 133, 11 no-bid (8%).

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

What this edition holds

Price lines481reported in this edition
Management units15 of 80reported a price line
Species25with at least one line
State sales opened135127 sold · 8 drew no bid

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