Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Log Prices
FOREST INDUSTRY
- Industry Outlook
- Regional Reports
- Fire Hazard
- Log Prices/Logging Costs
- Wages and Production
- Timber Capacity
- Logging Utilization
- Biomass Research
Contact:
Todd Morgan
Director Forest Industry Research
CONTACT
Bureau of Business and
Economic Research
School of Business Administration
Gallagher Business Building,
Suite 231
32 Campus Drive #6840
Missoula, MT 59812-6840
Patrick Barkey
Bureau Director
Larry Gianchetta
Business School Dean
LOG PRICES
Under the sponsorship of the Inland Northwest Forest Products Research Consortium, the Bureau maintains a system to provide current mill-delivered prices for logs in Montana. These prices are based on quarterly surveys of Montana timber-processing plants. Sawlog prices are reported quarterly by product type and species. Past specialty log price reports are also avialable.
Choose a year and quarter, and hit the View button to see the report.
The Bureau is conducting a logging cost survey to characterize Montana and north Idaho timber harvest costs. This study will conclude in 2009. Preliminary results were presented in a poster at the 2009 Society of American Foresters National Conference: Estimating Harvesting Costs (pdf).
Choose a year and quarter, and hit the View button to see the report.
The Bureau is conducting a logging cost survey to characterize Montana and north Idaho timber harvest costs. This study will conclude in 2009. Preliminary results were presented in a poster at the 2009 Society of American Foresters National Conference: Estimating Harvesting Costs (pdf).
Logging cost bibliography
- Keegan, C.E., M.J. Niccolucci, C.E. Fiedler, G.J. Jones, and R.W. Regel. 2002. Harvest Cost Collection Approaches and Assorted Equations for Restoration Treatments on National Forests. Forest Products Journal 52(7/8):96-99.
- Keegan, C.E., C.E. Fiedler, and D.P. Wichman. 1995. Costs Associated With Harvest Activities for Major Harvest Systems in Montana. Forest Products Journal 45(7/8):78-82.
- Keegan, C.E., C.E. Fiedler, and F.J. Stewart. 1995. Costs of timber harvest under traditional and 'New Forestry' silvicultural prescriptions. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 10(1):36-42.