Tag: Madison’s Lumber Reporter

The American Thanksgiving holiday predictably dampened lumber market activity

As is historically usual for this season, demand — and therefore prices — of most softwood lumber items dropped during the US Thanksgiving holiday week. This time of year, is normally marked by slowing construction activity thus lower...

US lumber prices decline in early August

Dropping markedly after two weeks flat, for the week ending August 5, 2022 the price of benchmark softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was $610 mfbm, according to Madison’s Lumber Reporter. This is down by...

US lumber price increases slow down

As the month drew to a close and players recovered from the shock of a big pop in lumber prices two weeks ago, for the week ending February 25 these price increases slowed down. After a big pop...

Lumber futures price crash 30% in 2 weeks as rising mortgage rates take some heat out of US housing market

In the week ending January 21, 2022, the price of benchmark softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was US$1,220 mfbm, said forest products industry price guide newsletter Madison’s Lumber Reporter. This is up by +$50,...

US lumber prices continue to rise in mid-January 2022

Momentum from strong demand at the end of 2021 pushed prices higher, so in the week ending January 14, 2022 the price of benchmark lumber item Western S-P-F 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) continued rising; up by +$70 or...

US lumber prices are rallying again, scaling toward their highest level in seven months

Increasingly significantly over the end of 2021, for the week ending January 07, 2022, the price of benchmark construcition framing dimension softwood lumber item Western S-P-F 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was $1,100 mfbm, reports Madison’s Lumber Reporter. This...

After multi-week rises, most softwood lumber prices US declined slightly in early November

According to Madison’s Lumber Reporter, in the week ending November 5, 2021 the wholesaler price of benchmark softwood timber commodity item Western S-P-F KD 2×4 #2&Btr was $620 ($400/m³). Compared to the previous week, lumber fell by $10...

US lumber prices continue to rise, ignoring seasonal declines

As far as the seasonal cycle of lumber sales — thus prices — goes, normally, after the Labour Day long weekend, demand starts to drop and by U.S. Thanksgiving, demand reaches the annual low. This didn’t happen last...

Current US lumber price increases mirror one year ago

Still pushing up at an unusual time of year, for the week of October 8, 2021 the price of Western S-P-F 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was $580 mfbm, according to Madison’s Lumber Reporter. This is up by +$40, or...

In September 2021, US sawn timber prices increased 7% compared to the previous month

According to Madison’s Lumber Reporter, in the week ending September 10, 2021 the wholesaler price of benchmark softwood timber commodity item Western S-P-F KD 2×4 #2&Btr was $480 ($311/m³). This is up by +$50, or +12%, from the...

US lumber prices continue to plummet

According to Madison’s Lumber Reporter, in the week ending july 16, 2021 the wholesaler price of benchmark softwood timber commodity item Western S-P-F KD 2×4 #2&Btr was $555 ($359/m³), reaching the minimum value since the beginning of the...

US lumber prices fell sharply

After some waffling by suppliers, sharply decreased sales volumes, and strong push-back from customers, this week the wholesaler price of benchmark construction framing dimension softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr, for the week ending June 11,...