Tag: softwood lumber

  • Madison’s Announces . . . BC Coastal Log Prices: Monthly

    The information tool for your forest management and investment planning decisions. Our *new* monthly log price report is tailored to provide you with vital data about prices of various species and grades of British Columbia coastal logs, for Canadian and international markets, at your fingertips in a timely manner. Order our PRE-PUBLICATION sale and be…

  • Short Week In Canada Kept Pressure Up for Higher Lumber Prices

    A persistent lack of stable supply together with ongoing hot demand served to keep western Canadian dimension framing softwood lumber prices high, even as many other species/regions experienced price drops this week. In support of the WSPF R/L price resistance to softening was erratic straight lengths (or specified lengths) prices, most sizes of which flew…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…