current timber prices

[Forest2Furniture]

I read an article about this time last year that said the price of roadside and standing timber had risen

up to 20% on previous years, has anyone noticed a significant rise.

For instance, what prices are you paying now for Oak, Ash, Beech or Elm compared to say 3 years ago.

Edited February 12, 2020 by Forest2Furniture

[Big J]

I don't know about hardwoods, but softwood is presently about 20% down on October.

[Forest2Furniture]

6 hours ago, Big J said:

I don't know about hardwoods, but softwood is presently about 20% down on October.

That's interesting as I'm about to buy another load of Larch, hopefully I'll get a better deal then last year.

Edited February 13, 2020 by Forest2Furniture

[spuddog0507]

1 hour ago, Forest2Furniture said:

That"s interesting as I'm about to buy another load of Larch, hopefully I'll get a better deal then last year.

quite a shortage of larch at the moment, white saw logs where at about £90 tonne roadside back in june/july last year then took a dive since then and back down to high 60s low 70s redwood logs we havent done any for a while but get asked for them regularly so i would say there is a shortage which will hold the price up, we are about to drop some oak,s that are 30-36" dbh going from us in 36ft lenghs all defect free and gun barrel straight i dernt say what price they are but all sold to the the same guy,

[Squaredy]

23 hours ago, Forest2Furniture said:

I read an article about this time last year that said the price of roadside and standing timber had risen

up to 20% on previous years, has anyone noticed a significant rise.

For instance, what prices are you paying now for Oak, Ash, Beech or Elm compared to say 3 years ago.

I went to the FC hardwood auction in November and can tell you that non Oak hardwood went from around £60 to £90 per cubic metre.  Oak went from about £80 to £315 per cube.

 

I would say Oak has gone up a lot in recent years (well top quality Oak anyway) but other hardwoods not really.  

[gobbypunk]

And as for a load of elm well defo not hear in Dorset you would be lucky to get one butt

[spuddog0507]

1 hour ago, Squaredy said:

I went to the FC hardwood auction in November and can tell you that non Oak hardwood went from around £60 to £90 per cubic metre.  Oak went from about £80 to £315 per cube.

 

I would say Oak has gone up a lot in recent years (well top quality Oak anyway) but other hardwoods not really.  

top quality Oak saw logs have gone up a lot and as for spiecalised oak logs they have gone through the roof, Beech will be around the £70-80 Ash i would say has come down as there is a lot about £60 ish ,Elm every one wants it and there is very little about so priced accordingly,

[Rough Hewn]

top quality Oak saw logs have gone up a lot and as for spiecalised oak logs they have gone through the roof, Beech will be around the £70-80 Ash i would say has come down as there is a lot about £60 ish ,Elm every one wants it and there is very little about so priced accordingly,

Even though I do grimace at some prices, there's still good money to be made even with the expensive stuff.
The massive price drop of small mills in the last twenty years has helped.
[emoji106]

[Youngstu]

Interesting reading this as I'm looking to get a couple of loads of larch sawlogs sometime soon.

Could anyone more in the know than me (just about anyone!) confirm if £70/cubic metre sounds like a reasonable going rate at the moment. 

Thanks

[Big Beech]

On 13/02/2020 at 12:18, spuddog0507 said:

quite a shortage of larch at the moment, white saw logs where at about £90 tonne roadside back in june/july last year then took a dive since then and back down to high 60s low 70s redwood logs we havent done any for a while but get asked for them regularly so i would say there is a shortage which will hold the price up, we are about to drop some oak,s that are 30-36" dbh going from us in 36ft lenghs all defect free and gun barrel straight i dernt say what price they are but all sold to the the same guy,

What are redwood logs going for currently hoppus price?

Wanting to buy some and don't know what they are worth?