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THE OUTLOOK FOR TIMBER IN THE UNITED STATES 



Table 2. — Average stumpage and lumber prices of Douglas-fir, southern pine, and ponderosa pine 1910-72 

 [Prices in constant 1967 dollars per thousand board feet, International M-inch log rule for stumpage and mill tally for lumber] 





Douglas-fir 



Ponderosa pine 



Southern pine 





Douglas-fir 



Ponderosa pine 



Southern pine 



Year 















Year 

















Stumpage 



Lumber 



Stumpage 



Lumber 



Stumpage 



Lumber 



Stumpage 



Lumber 



Stumpage 



Lumber 



Stumpage 



Lumber 



1910.... 



4.42 



35.98 



8.15 



39.17 



3.44 



36.53 



1940.... 



4.15 



48.09 



4.47 



59.93 



9.27 



52.68 



1911.... 



5.03 



33.03 



6.15 



40.71 



6.99 



41.45 



1941.... 



5.84 



56.49 



4.75 



63.59 



20.02 



56.60 



1912.... 



4.61 



31.75 



6.10 



37.34 



3.44 



39.37 

















1913.... 



3.45 



23.89 



5.03 



32.22 



3.94 



26.94 



1947.... 



9.46 



83.73 



8.93 



75.94 



11.90 



89.91 



1914.... 



3.33 



23.04 



4.68 



29.87 



6.89 



47.22 



1948.... 



17.56 



88.28 



14.51 



87.63 



16.54 



91.10 

















1949.... 



10.31 



81.22 



18.42 



88.15 



20.91 



86.61 



1915-.. 



5.92 



29.57 



5.75 



39.98 



4.90 



34.65 



1950— 



14.66 



96.32 



18.42 



96.57 



27.26 



93.44 



1916.... 



1.99 



24.44 



5.41 



32.92 



6.06 



32.49 



1951.... 



20.38 



94.63 



30.36 



101. 58 



31.71 



89.94 



1917— 



1.93 



26.86 



2.99 



32.32 



4.69 



31.35 

















1918.... 



1.95 



27.78 



3.29 



30.88 



3.71 



36.08 



1952.... 



21.29 



96.35 



25.47 



103.06 



36.30 



93.44 



1919.... 



2.46 



34.46 



3.46 



38.84 



4.33 



40.19 



1953.... 



16.90 



89.92 



24.41 



105. 49 



32.70 



93.91 

















1954 



13.53 



91.39 



25.58 



99.70 



28.33 



89.54 



1920.... 



1.65 



43.43 



3.83 



48.63 



4.61 



45.06 



1955 



24.05 



99.57 



24.47 



103.30 



30.43 



92.85 



1921.... 



2.76 



35.84 



5.24 



53.55 



6.14 



38.59 



1956 



30.40 



96.02 



24.70 



107. 16 



34.46 



93.09 



1922.... 



3.67 



41.98 



6.61 



55.66 



4.69 



47.45 

















1923— 



3.52 



51.97 



6.18 



63.72 



4.83 



57.42 



1957.... 



20.53 



83.94 



21.36 



95.05 



28. 20 



86.98 



1924.... 



3.18 



43.71 



5.70 



54.89 



5.79 



52.55 



1958—. 



16.84 



81.22 



16.62 



90.26 



27.45 



84.48 

















1959— 



28.38 



92.42 



17.89 



98.01 



31.01 



87.14 



1925— 



2.88 



39.25 



5.56 



51.93 



5.01 



49.60 



I960— 



24.65 



84.40 



16.57 



92.80 



30.36 



85.68 



1926.... 



3.11 



39.05 



5.90 



51.56 



5.82 



51.38 



1961 



21.35 



81.22 



10.54 



85.66 



23.68 



82.33 



1927— 



3.71 



39.46 



5.68 



52.83 



5.93 



48.22 

















1928—. 



4.24 



38.08 



4.12 



52.75 



6.02 



49.25 



1962 



18.89 



83.37 



13.98 



87.36 



22.91 



82.00 



1929.... 



4.02 



40.83 



6.04 



53.91 



5.95 



52.26 



1963 



21.58 



86.87 



13.76 



89.02 



22.18 



81.98 

















1964— 



29.41 



88.15 



16.52 



89.65 



24.52 



81.90 



1930.... 



5.41 



37.93 



6.65 



52.76 



6.00 



47.24 



1965— 



32.24 



85.76 



16.88 



87.91 



27.41 



81.74 



1931 



5.64 



32.04 



9.20 



54.46 



7.55 



45.18 



1966— 



36.62 



86.98 



16.34 



88.17 



32.30 



86.92 



1932 



3.70 



31.68 



6.38 



50.31 



6.97 



39.70 

















1933 



2.58 



39.88 



6.78 



54.58 



6.63 



52.64 



1967— 



30.49 



89.73 



18.28 



87.04 



31.99 



86.60 



1934— 



2.84 



41.77 



5.33 



53.08 



6.27 



56.00 



1968.... 



43.63 



105. 17 



24.25 



99.29 



34.38 



96.02 

















1969— 



56.43 



110. 99 



54.89 



120.98 



40.55 



102. 29 



1935—. 



3.01 



38.69 



4.79 



49.42 



9.11 



44.18 



1970—. 



27.72 



88.44 



23.90 



98.59 



33.46 



89.81 



1936.... 



3.69 



42.42 



4.35 



52.40 



10.23 



49.83 



1971.... 



31.51 



108.40 



27.71 



112.65 



38.32 



101. 73 



1937.... 



2.63 



44.22 



4.07 



55.14 



£-95- 



49.86 

















1938.... 



4.51 



42.66 



5.08 



54.83 



15.05 



46.91 



1972-.. 



43.99 



121. 74 



45.47 



127.63 



46.06 



110. 15 



1939— 



4.04 



45.03 



4.97 



57.20 



12.18 



49.53 

















Sources: Douglas-fir stumpage, 1910-31 National Forest timber sales, all 

 species Washington and Oregon; 1932-41, all species western Washington and 

 western Oregon; 1947-56, National Forest and Bureau of Land Management 

 sales, Douglas-fir only in western Washington and western Oregon; 1957-72 

 National Forest sales, Douglas-fir only in western Washington and western 

 Oregon. 



Southern pine stumpage, 1910-34 prices of privately owned second-growth 

 southern pine timber; 1935-49 National Forest timber sales, all species; 

 1950-72 National Forest sales, pine only. 



Ponderosa pine stumpage, 1910-72 National timber sales, California. 



Lumber prices, Forest Service estimates based on data published by the 

 Bureau of Labor Statistics, the western Wood Products Association, and 

 unpublished information collected by the Forest Service's Division of Timber 

 Management. 



Note: All U.S. Forest Service National Forest prices in this table are the 

 bid prices (including KV payments) for timber sold on a Scribner Decimal C 

 log rule basis and adjusted to International V4-ineh log rule units comparable 

 to sawtimber removals. Prices exclude timber sold by land exchanges and 

 from land utilization project lands. 



