Table 2.31—Average pine stumpage prices! for sawtimber sold from national forests in the South, by State for selected years 1950-85 
1950 
1955 
1960 
1965 
1970 
1975 
1980 
1985 
Current 
dollars 
24.11 
29.92 
30.77 
29.77 
49.67 
84.34 
151.73 
127.72 
Mississippi 
157.88 
Alabama 
Current 1985 
dollars dollars” 
14.56 
23.50 
30.71 
29.03 
46.06 
77.28 
116.98 
135.95 
Dollars per thousand board feet, Scribner log rule 
52.00 
80.14 
99.92 
91.80 
127.99 
139.68 
141.08 
136.28 
North Carolina 
81.27 
104.25 
88.19 
Arkansas 
Current 
dollars 
42.35 
36.82 
30.80 
35.25 
49.13 
68.44 
148.25 
123.48 
1985 
dollars” 
150.53 
126.80 
100.21 
111.38 
137.30 
125.85 
175.53 
123.82 
South Carolina 
Florida 
Current 
dollars 
1985 
dollars? 
12.17 43.25 
20.51 70.09 
30.95 100.70 
32.11 101.58 
55.07 152.27 
103.85 187.59 
133.64 161.46 
160.01 160.28 
Tennessee 
10.23 36.67 
18.38 62.96 
24.36 79.26 
19.25 60.92 
20.67 57.49 
25.35 48.05 
27.49 32.83 
68.93 69.01 
Georgia 
Current 
dollars 
13.70 
26.04 
31.34 
33.17 
42.64 
57.06 
95.31 
106.66 
202.51 
110.31 
1985 
dollars” 
48.67 
89.17 
101.97 
105.19 
118.96 
' Prices computed as a 5-year moving average of volume-weighted prices derived from high bids for national forest timber sales. 
Louisiana 
Current 1985 
dollars dollars” 
22.06 78.46 
29.34 100.81 
27.60 89.82 
31.40 98.91 
62.44 173.52 
99.38 184.47 
193.46 232.29 
110.33 110.66 
Virginia 
10.84 33.43 
12.20 33.80 
18.25 34.81 
13.29 15.68 
31.60 31.56 
? Derived by dividing the price in current dollars by the Bureau of Labor Statistics producer price index for all commodities (1985 = 100). 
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 
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