Table 2.32—Average hardwood stumpage prices! for sawtimber sold from national forests in the South, by State for selected years 1950-85 
South Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana 
Current 1985 Current 1985 Current 1985 Current 1985 Current 1985 Current 1985 
Year dollars dollars? dollars dollars dollars dollars? dollars dollars” dollars dollars? dollars _—_ dollars? 
Dollars per thousand board feet, Scribner log rule 
1950 9.57 34.05 7.92 28.58 3.52 12.46 10.12 35.67 15.62 55.68 6.90 24.44 
1955 14.54 49.53 9.66 33.03 8.24 27.97 13.70 46.70 21.56 73.65 7.28 24.65 
1960 25.22 82.04 13.16 42.82 16.59 53.99 22.97 74.74 29.64 96.43 7.35 23.93 
1965 21.34 67.93 18.42 58.40 28.53 90.09 25.14 80.07 26.61 84.30 11.11 34.91 
1970 22.22 61.64 24.03 66.46 28.97 80.60 15.29 34.79 27.39 73.02 14.31 39.91 
1975 41.48 76.07 23.46 41.72 3217 60.64 —_ — 48.57 89.18 28.38 $2.29 
1980 52.24 62.45 22.47 28.62 70.30 83.32 —_— —_— 65.53 79.83 32.67 39.75 
1985 59.74 59.88 24.86 24.84 117.78 118.07 — — 50.51 50.57 27.26 27.24 
Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia 
1950 10.40 36.85 12.36 44.16 16.19 57.35 12.28 43.88 5.42 19.43 — —- 
1955 10.34 35.07 18.18 62.10 20.62 70.26 22.43 76.65 6.92 26.34 — — 
1960 13.82 44.97 29.61 96.32 35.27 114.77 27.16 88.38 21.09 39.32 a oo 
1965 19.25 60.72 19.13 60.54 31.18 99.50 25.17 80.06 772 56.15 19.96 24.63 
1970 27.60 76.85 22.23 62.15 31.16 88.63 17.86 49 33 18.65 51.85 16.90 47.17 
1975 42.42 75.90 37.04 71.71 30.90 57.14 34.82 61.80 277 Sy 30.96 56.26 
1980 56.69 68.07 58.73 68.69 46.78 59.43 26.72 32.76 41.11 50.60 33.55 39.97 
1985 49.90 50.01 72.42 72.47 51.40 51.54 50.21 50.14 33.13 33.38 49.13 49.19 
' Prices computed as a 5-year moving average of volume-weighted prices derived from high bids for national forest timber sales. 
? 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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