Reprinted from Resources Protection & Stewardship
No. 1 Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702

MOST COMMONLY REPORTED PRICES PAID ILLINOIS TIMBER PRODUCERS
NOVEMBER 2002 - FEBRUARY 2003
PRODUCT

UNIT

Zone 1

Zone 2

Zone 3
Stumpage F.O.B. Mill Stumpage F.O.B. Mill Stumpage F.O.B. Mill
1. Sawtimber      

Dollars

    
Ash M bd. ft. 80-200 225-400 80-250 200-400 50-200 140-400
Basswood M bd. ft. na 180-300 80-150 150-250 30-150 140-250
Beech M bd. ft. 50-85 180-200 60-80 180-200 na na
Cottonwood M bd. ft. 50-85 150-200 30-100 150-200 10-75 100-220
Sweet Gum M bd. ft. 50-100 200-210 50-120 190-200 na na
Elm & Hackberry M bd. ft. 50-10 170-200 30-120 150-200 20-75 120-200
Hickory M bd. ft. 50-150 150-400 60-150 150-350 30-225 100-300
Soft Maple M bd. ft. na 150-320 60-150 150-300 50-250 150-400
Cherry M bd. ft. 150-550 300-1000 200-500 350-850 100-650 250-1000
Sugar Maple M bd. ft. 125-300 300-600 150-350 200-650 100-350 450-650
Black Oak M bd. ft. 100-325 280-600 80-350 190-500 120-320 180-500
Pin Oak M bd. ft. 40-100 150-200 30-120 180-200 50-200 200-250
Red Oak M bd. ft. 175-500 400-650 100-400 180-800 120-400 200-650
White Oak M bd. ft. 200-300 400-525 190-500 200-650 120-500 200-550
Yellow Poplar M bd. ft. 80-175 200-350 80-150 200-400 na na
Sycamore M bd. ft. 50-85 175-200 60-120 150-200 20-80 180-200
Black Walnut M bd. ft. 300-1000 250-800 300-700 400-1000 200-1000 750-1200
Woods Run Bottomland M bd. ft. na 150-250 70-160 180-200 50-150 250-255
Wood Run Upland M bd. ft. 150-300 250-550 100-350 na 100-250 410-500
   

STATEWIDE
Stumpage F.O.B. Mill
2. Face Veneer  

 

  
Red Oak M bd. ft. 200-800

460-1550
White Oak M bd. ft. 250-1600 225-2343
Walnut M bd. ft. 600-3000 600-4550
Cherry M bd. ft. 500-2000 460-2000
3. Cooperage      
White Oak M bd. ft. 210-300 430-500
4. Pulpwood      
Unpeeled M bd. ft. na na
       

 

LOG SCALES USED BY
REPORTING BUYERS
Scale Percent Using
Doyle 100
Scribner -
International -
CUSTOM SAWING BY THOSE REPORTING
Region Percent Reporting Rated Reported $/M bd. ft.
Zone 1 14 100-150
Zone 2 35 100-300
Zone 3 19 110-400
Illinois 23 100-400

 

VOLUME OF 2002-2003 OPERATIONS
Size in (000) bd. ft. Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 All
  % % % %
1-100 10 6 50 27
100-500 20 24 23 22
500-1000 20 23 14 18
1000-3000 20 29 13 21
3000 + 30 18 - 12

 

Cooperage is the manufacture of barrels.  Face veneer is logs cut into thin sheets or "veneer" used mostly by furniture builders.  Pulpwood is used in making paper, fiberboard, and similar products.  M bd. ft. means thousand board feet.  Sawtimber refers to logs that are cut into lumber or timbers.  F.O.B. refers to the price paid for timber delivered to mill.  Stumpage is the price farmers get for a standing tree.