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Softwood Lumber Prices Race Toward 2018 Highs as Demand Drops
“Robust lumber and panel sales continued last week as supply just couldn’t keep up.” — Madison’s Lumber Reporter While demand for construction framing dimension softwood lumber continued to surpass supply last week, it was noticeable that buyer orders to sawmills were slowing down. Indeed, customer interest seemed to shift from the benchmark Western Spruce-Pine-Fir to…
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Madison’s Heating Wood Pellet Price report: June 2020
Progress with Regulations Will Increase Use of Heating Wood Pellets Biomass Heating for Interior BC Community The Esk’etemc indigenous community in Alkali Lake, BC, recently installed biomass boilers to facilitate a transition from fossil fuel community-heating to a more stable, long-term biomass heating solution. Phase 1 of this project to convert from propane to biomass…
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Madison’s North America Lumber and Sawmill Update: May 2020
US Softwood Lumber Production Improves in January-February 2020 Compared to One-Year-Ago For the first two months of 2020 softwood lumber production in the US continued improvements compared to one-year-ago, to increase even more, says the latest issue of the Western Wood Products Association’s monthly Lumber Track.For January and February 2020 US lumber production volume increased…
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Madison’s Western S-P-F Softwood Lumber Prices July 10: sneak preview
Here is a SNEAK PEAK at benchmark Western Spruce-Pine-Fir (WSPF) prices: Further approaching the latest highs, wholesaler prices of benchmark construction framing dimension softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr for the week ending July 10, 2020, was US$504 mfbm, an increase of +$36, or +7%, from last week when it was US$468. The…
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Softwood Lumber Prices Pop During Usual Seasonal Slow-Down
At this time of year it is usual for softwood lumber prices to be lowering, as end-users would be stocked-up on inventory needs for ongoing building projects, and sawmills would be slowing down as normal seasonal closures and curtailments come into effect. However, this year — having largely stopped production during spring as industry responded…
