Category: Weekly Softwood Lumber Blog

  • USA Douglas-Fir Plywood & OSB Prices *New Data Set*

    As always Madison’s Lumber Reporter is working hard to bring the best and latest information to the North American softwood lumber manufacturing industry …. today we are happy to reveal that: (prices US$ per msf. stocking wholesaler market in US Northeast / New Jersey) Madison’s Lumber Reporter has secured enough sources to be able to…

  • Next Week’s Lumber Prices: Full List

    We have been receiving so many queries, due to the non-stop epic blundering of our competition, so are releasing one-time only, and until Monday morning only, the full price list and market commentary taken from Madison’s Lumber Prices online dashboard tool: https://www.forest2market.com/madisons-lumber-reporter CLICK TO DOWNLOAD! *Limited Time Only: Until Monday Morning* The .pdfs were deleted…

  • Softwood Lumber Prices Bounce Prior to Labour Day

    “But for how long?”, asked Madison’s Lumber Reporter Tuesday as the ups-and-downs of North America construction framing softwood dimension lumber prices for 2019 remain baffling. A good look at the latest US housing starts and home sales data — coming this week from Madison’s — shows continued strong increases. Indeed, US ‘homes for sale inventories’…

  • A Slow-Selling Lumber Market Continued Through Mid-August

    Just back from Haida Gwaii and still picking the northern Sitka spruce sap out of our hair, Madison’s quotes a large-volume North America softwood lumber trader in describing this mid-summer 2019 construction framing wood demand as a “s-lumber” market. As further sawmill curtailments were announced, specifically (again) in British Columbia, many lumber-selling players literally took…

  • Gone Fishin

    Gone Fishin Madison’s is currently enjoying the unspoiled splendour and natural beauty of Haida Gwaii, with little to no signal.Back August 16.