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Lumber Market Waffles on Price Points as Sales Take a Pause
Last week some sources found that lumber prices were still inching up. Others said sawmills were holding firm on price lists as they worked through extended order files, while wholesalers and secondary suppliers offered discounts to move wood. Lumber futures were soft, with brisk trading of the May contract on moderate volumes. In reality there…
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Madison’s Heating Wood Pellet Report: January 2018
The latest data, for full year 2017, on Canadian and US residential heating wood pellet exports is now out. Also, to November 2017 numbers for US and Canadian pellet production, sales, and prices as well as competing home heating fuel prices are now out. Don’t miss out on this vital and timely information regarding…
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Southern Pine Softwood Lumber Prices Skyrocket, March Futures Closes Up $14
The sense of astonishment was unabated throughout the North American softwood lumber market last week, even as a brief respite in buying — due to sheer sticker-shock on the part of customers — allowed sawmills to catch up on yawning order files and to ship out wood purchased weeks ago. While long-delayed rail cars started…
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US Building Materials Prices Continue Recent Increases: Feb 2018
Prices paid for building materials in the US increased across the board in February, according to the latest US Producer Price Index (PPI) release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the National Association of Home Builders Wednesday. The indices for softwood lumber (+5.6%), gypsum products (+4.2%), OSB (+3.1%), ready-mix concrete (+0.4%), and inputs to…
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North America Softwood Lumber Production, WWPA: Full Year 2017
Elsewhere, softwood lumber production in Canada stayed flat in 2017 compared to the previous year, said the Western Wood Products Association’s monthly Lumber Track Thursday, at 28,334 million board feet versus 28,335 million the previous year. However, in British Columbia lumber production fell by -4.5 per cent, to 12,950 million board feet from 13, 559…
