July to September 2024

The MI DNR stumpage price report for July to September 2024 is out: 433 price lines across 13 of 80 management units and 24 species.

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

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

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

Of the 111 state sales opened this quarter, 84 sold and 27 drew no bid — 24% — with 2.5 bidders on a sold sale on average.

The previous quarter (Apr–Jun 2024) opened 144 sales, 34 no-bid — 24%; the same quarter a year earlier (Jul–Sep 2023) opened 138, 48 no-bid — 35%.

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