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  • Madison’s Weekly Softwood Lumber Prices: April 10, 2020

    Western Spruce-Pine-Fir prices flattened out following sweeping sawmill curtailments; plywood prices were flat while Oriented Strand Board prices slid further down.

  • North America Rail Traffic, Lumber: Jan – April 2020

    The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported yesterday U.S. rail traffic for the week ended April 4, 2020.For the week ended April 4, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 429,095 carloads and intermodal units, down -15.9% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for that week were 210,911 carloads, down -16.2% compared with…

  • Madison’s Weekly Softwood Lumber Price Graphs: April 3, 2020

    Western SPF: USA Tumble The economic repercussions of COVID-19 continued to unfold last week as Western Spruce-Pine-Fir purveyors in the US had a hard time securing consistent sales at anything other than crazy prices. Suppliers had wildly variable inventories of on-ground stock and spot-counters of up to $50 per thousand were not uncommon. Sawmill order…

  • Softwood Lumber Producer Prices Range Widely

    North American softwood lumber sawmills sold wood at a wide range of prices last week, as some refused to go lower than their price lists while others just took whatever offers they could get from reluctant buyers. Strangely, demand was not abated. It was, however, again only for highly-specified loads to fill orders wholesalers and…

  • Madison’s Weekly Softwood Lumber Price Snippet Update

    North American softwood lumber industry players had trouble finding business, determining volatile price levels, and shipping product, as the market tumbled further. — Madison’s Lumber Reporter