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Alabama Timber Market
Trends

Alabama Forest Owners’ Association

May 2014

Thomas G. Harris, Jr. 1
Publisher, Timber Mart-South
Professor, University of Georgia
Sara Baldwin, Jonathan Smith

TimberMart-South

Alabama Quarterly Average

Stumpage Prices

4th Quarter 1976 – 1st Quarter 2014

$60

$50

$40

US$ per ton $30

$20

$10

$0
1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012

Pine Sawtimber Pine Chip-n-Saw Pine Pulpwood

Hardwood Sawtimber Hardwood Pulpwood

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Alabama Stumpage Prices

Percent Change
1Q 2014 from 1Q 2013, 1Q 2009, & 1Q 2004

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Alabama Quarterly Average Pine
Stumpage Prices

$60

$50

$40

US$ per ton $30

$20

$10

$0

1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012

Pine Sawtimber Pine Chip-n-Saw Pine Pulpwood

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Alabama Quarterly Average
Hardwood Stumpage Prices

$35

$30

$25

US$ per ton $20

$15

$10

$5

$0

1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012

Hardwood Sawtimber Hardwood Pulpwood

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Alabama Quarterly Average
Pulpwood Stumpage Prices

$20

$15

US$ per ton $10

$5

$0

1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012

Pine Pulpwood Hardwood Pulpwood

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Alabama Average Pine Sawtimber
Stumpage Prices vs. South-wide
Average

Source: Timber Mart-South TimberMart-South 7

Alabama Average Pine Chip N
Saw Stumpage Prices vs. South-

wide Average

Source: Timber Mart-South

TimberMart-South 8

Alabama Average Pine Pulpwood
Stumpage Prices vs. South-wide

Average

Source: Timber Mart-South TimberMart-South 9

Alabama Average Hardwood
Sawtimber Stumpage Prices vs.

South-wide Average

Source: Timber Mart-South TimberMart-South 10

Alabama Average Hardwood
Pulpwood Stumpage Prices vs.

South-wide Average

Source: Timber Mart-South TimberMart-South 11

North Alabama Stumpage Prices

$60

$50

$40

US$ per ton $30

$20

$10

$0 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
1976 Pine Pulpwood

Pine Sawtimber Pine Chip-n-Saw
Hardwood Sawtimber Hardwood Pulpwood

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North Alabama Stumpage Prices

Percent Change
1Q 2014 from 1Q 2013, 1Q 2009, & 1Q 2004

Timber Mart-South TimberMart-South 13

North Alabama Average Pine
Sawtimber Stumpage Prices vs.

South-wide Average

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North Alabama Average Pine
Chip N Saw Stumpage Prices vs.

South-wide Average

Source: Timber Mart-South TimberMart-South 15

North Alabama Average Pine
Pulpwood Stumpage Prices vs.

South-wide Average

Timber Mart-South TimberMart-South 16

North Alabama Average
Hardwood Sawtimber Stumpage

Prices vs. South-wide Average

Source: Timber Mart-South TimberMart-South 17

North Alabama Average
Hardwood Pulpwood Stumpage
Prices vs. South-wide Average

Source: Timber Mart-South TimberMart-South 18

South Alabama Stumpage Prices

$60

$50

$40

US$ per Ton $30

$20

$10

$0 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
1976
Pine Sawtimber
Hardwood Sawtimber Pine Chip-n-Saw Pine Pulpwood
Hardwood Pulpwood

Timber Mart-South TimberMart-South 19



South Alabama Average Pine
Sawtimber Stumpage Prices vs.

South-wide Average

Source: Timber Mart-South TimberMart-South 21

South Alabama Average Pine
Chip N Saw Stumpage Prices vs.

South-wide Average

Source: Timber Mart-South

TimberMart-South 22

South Alabama Average Pine
Pulpwood Stumpage Prices vs.

South-wide Average

Source: Timber Mart-South TimberMart-South 23

South Alabama Average
Hardwood Sawtimber Stumpage

Prices vs. South-wide Average

Source: Timber Mart-South TimberMart-South 24

South Alabama Average
Hardwood Pulpwood Stumpage
Prices vs. South-wide Average

Source: Timber Mart-South TimberMart-South 25

Timber-Mart South

Final 26
Questions

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