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Most Lumber Prices Flat as Summer Slow-Down Arrives
A decidedly underwhelming 2025 spring building season slid into the usual summer slow-down for the North American lumber industry. Only the continued sawmill curtailments helped keep most prices generally flat, as demand remained uninspired at best. Customers made the rounds between producers and secondary suppliers in search of the best deals they could find. The…
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Madison’s Lumber Prices Index July 4, 2025: US$505 mfbm
The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending July 4, 2025 is: US$505 mfbM The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending July 4, 2025 is: US$505 mfbm.This is up +1%, or +$3, from the previous week when it was US$502.This is up +3%, or +$17, from one month ago when it was…
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Sawmill Curtailments Help Boost Lumber Prices Slightly
Lumber producers kept manufacturing volumes lower to keep supply in line with still-muted demand. Capacity utilization rates at North America sawmills have been well below optimal levels for approximately 2 years, since rising interest rates brought slower home sales thus reduced new housing starts. Solid wood manufacturers prefer to keep production volumes higher, due to…
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Madison’s Lumber Prices Index June 27, 2025: US$502 mfbm
The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending June 27, 2025 is: US$502 mfbM The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending June 27, 2025 is: US$502 mfbm.This is up +1%, or +$3, from the previous week when it was US$499.This is up +4%, or +$18, from one month ago when it was…
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Softwood Lumber Market Remains Unseasonably Quiet
For the past couple of years players in the North American forest products industry have been waiting to see what is the baseline for “new normal”, following the significant changes to business and society since Covid. Its possible some information has come to light; as in mid-June 2025 the price of benchmark Southern Yellow Pine…
