Table 2.35—Average select hardwood! stumpage prices for sawtimber and veneer timber in the South, by region? and product, 1977-85 
Northern East Gulf West Gulf Piedmont Mississippi Central Appalachian 
South coastal plain coastal plain coastal plain and uplands delta plateaus highlands 
Current 1985 Current 1985 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 dollars? dollars dollars? 
Sawtimber 
Dollars per thousand board feet, Doyle log rule 
1977 230 366 163 259 143,227 154.245 216 343 169 269 230 366 378 601 
1978 288 425 247 365 160 236 200 = 295 300 = 443 223 329 273 402 377 556 
1979 442 579 225 295 180 236 —_— — 373 = 489 417 547 690 905 495 650 
1980 579 665 — — 196 = 225 — — 535 615 863-991 780 896 473 544 
1981 486 511 — — 110 116 613 644 522 549 533 560 452 475 442 465 
1982 373 385 —_— — — — 475 490 475 490 369s 3381 336 347 270 278 
1983 334 340 — —_ — — 331 337 373 380 321 327 290 295 338 344 
1984 293 292 — — — — 281 280 311 310 314-3312 263 261 305 304 
1985 274 274 — — _ _ — — 271 271 325 325 268 268 276 276 
Veneer timber 
Dollars per thousand board feet, Doyle log rule 
1977 478 759 171 272 177 —s 281 450 716 35971 254 404 789° = 1,255 684 1,088 
1978 614 906 380 561 270 =. 398 588 867 460 678 322° (475 968 ~=-1,428 927 1,367 
1979 707 927 683 896 — — 505 662 566 = 742 498 653 994 1,304 916 1,200 
1980 809 929 933 1,072 — — 600 689 740 = 851 783 ~=900 778 894 1,011 1,162 
1981 771 811 — 450 473 800 =—842 852 896 629 662 610 642 867 912 
1982 499 515 675 697 —_— — 575 593 550 = 568 718 = 741 409 422 420 433 
1983 661 674 — — — — — — 621 632 250 255 683 696 722 736 
1984 715 711 —_— —_ — — 675 672 682 679 571 568 701 697 813 809 
1985 876 876 — — —- — 510 510 795 795 800 800 950 950 948 948 
' Select hardwoods include walnut, cherry, chestnut, and some prime grades of cypress, northern red oak, cherrybark oak, and white oak. 
? See figure accompanying appendix table 2.33 for areas included in price regions. 
3 Derived by dividing the price in current dollars by the Bureau of Labor Statistics producer price index for all commodities (1985 = 100). 
Source: Prices are based on average annual stumpage prices for select hardwoods reported by Timber Mart-South. 
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