Author: kkosman

  • Canada and US Railcar Loadings: to May 2, 2020

    The Association of American Railroads (AAR) on May 6 reported total US weekly rail traffic for the week ending May 2, 2020 was 416,954 carloads and intermodal units, down -22% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for that week were 189,190 carloads, down -29% compared with the same week in 2019, while…

  • Madison’s Weekly Softwood Lumber Price Snippet:

    MADISON’S SOFTWOOD LUMBER MARKET WEEKLY COMMENT: Key comment: “Western S-P-F prices continued to push higher as construction in the US and Canada opened up.” Prices updated May 11, 2020 (CLICK TABLE TO ENLARGE)

  • Madison’s Western S-P-F Lumber Prices May 8: sneak preview

    The full Madison’s Lumber Reporter North America softwood lumber price list will be updated as usual first thing Friday morning Eastern time, however here is a SNEAK PEAK at tomorrow’s benchmark Western Spruce-Pine-Fir (WSPF) prices: After some recovery from steep drops in April last week,The wholesaler price of benchmark softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD…

  • Some Softwood Lumber Prices Recover From Recent Drops

    Improved demand and continued restricted supply last week brought some North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber prices back up to levels of one-month-ago, and indeed to match exactly what prices were at this time last year. The wholesaler price of benchmark softwood lumber commodity item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr (RL) last week gained…

  • MADISON’S SOFTWOOD LUMBER MARKET WEEKLY COMMENT:

    Key comment: “Buyers in active construction markets scrambled to secure limited supply.” Prices updated May 5, 2020 (CLICK TABLE TO ENLARGE)