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Madison’s Lumber Reporter: January 11, 2021 Softwood Lumber Prices Update
Compared to the price one-year-ago, of US$402 mfbm, last week benchmark softwood lumber item Western S-P-F KD 2×4 #2&Btr was selling for US$944 mfbm which is +$542, or +135% more. Unstoppable demand over the Holiday Season pushed prices relentlessly higher, for the week ending January 8, 2021 benchmark softwood lumber commodity item Western S-P-F KD…
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New Year 2021 Starts Off With Rising Softwood Lumber Prices
In the first full week back to work of 2021, the latest data of housing construction and home sales out of the US shows a marked increase over the previous year. The economic indicators for future home building, and remodelling, are rosy. Macroeconomic conditions in the US remain murky, however there are two things that…
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US Railcar Loadings: 2020
Total combined U.S. traffic for 2020 was 25,157,476 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of -7.2% compared to last year. Total U.S. carload traffic for the first 12 months of 2020 was 11,482,059 carloads, down -13%, or 1,705,963 carloads, from the same period last year; and 13,675,417 intermodal units, down -2%, or 255,634 containers and…
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US Housing Market & Softwood Lumber Prices: 2020
Benchmark Dimension Softwood Lumber and Panel Wholesaler Prices: December 2020 A consistent bright point in the confusing US economy for 2020 has been real estate and the housing market. As February US housing starts and home sales data came out, it became clear that home building and buying activity was headed for quite an upswing.…
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Madison’s Full Softwood Lumber Prices List: Sample
Softwood Lumber Prices Sample: Nov – Dec 2020 Or to view file as a .pdf, click here: https://madisonsreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/MadisonsFullPriceListSample-copy.pdf Attached is a 4-week sample of the full list of 440 individual softwood lumber and panel commodity wholesaler prices (net FOB sawmill) updated every Friday morning. These prices updates are available weekly to Madison’s subscribers. To view the historical…
