April to June 2023
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 2023 is out: 405 price lines across 11 of 80 management units and 25 species.
The Michigan Timber Index for sawtimber moved down this quarter; pulpwood held steady.
Up statewide: paper birch, black cherry, basswood sawtimber. Down: sugar maple, red pine, white pine.
Up statewide: jack pine, balsam fir, northern white cedar pulpwood. Down: paper birch, mixed oak, mixed aspen.
Of the 94 state sales opened this quarter, 77 sold and 17 drew no bid — 18% — with 3.2 bidders on a sold sale on average.
The previous quarter (Jan–Mar 2023) opened 124 sales, 12 no-bid — 10%; the same quarter a year earlier (Apr–Jun 2022) opened 149, 17 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
- 04-01-2023 to 06-30-2023.xlsxfetched Aug 20, 2026
- Stumpage Report 04-01-2023 to 06-30-2023.pdffetched Aug 20, 2026