Random Lengths Lumber Market Report
While sales picked up on Thursday, most framing lumber prices finished the week lower. Widespread bad weather was a constraint, and figured prominently in traders’ attitudes and approaches to the market. Some trading offices on the East Coast were closed on Thursday, as another winter storm moved up the Eastern Seaboard. Even so, forecasts for warmer temperatures next week raised hope in many, and confidence in some, that better weather would free pent-up demand.
Week
Feb 14 |
Week
Feb 7 |
Year Ago
2013 |
|
Random Lengths Framing Lumber Composite Price* |
$389
|
$397 |
$408
|
KD Western S-P-F #2&Btr 2x4 R/L Mill Price |
362
|
366
|
390 |
KD Eastern S-P-F #1&2 2x4 R/L, delivered Great Lakes |
455
|
461 |
478
|
Green Douglas Fir Std&Btr 2x4 R/L (Portland) |
380
|
385 | 373 |
Southern Pine (Westside) #2 2x4 R/L |
431
|
442 |
461
|
KD Coast Hem-Fir Std&Btr 2x4 R/L |
395
|
395
|
420
|
Ponderosa Pine (Inland) #2&Btr 1x12 R/L |
775
|
785
|
555
|
* Weighted average of 15 key items |
Random Lengths Panel Market Report
Structural panel trading was more active despite severe winter weather in some regions. Mill sales of OSB increased slightly from the previous week, but weather- and transportation-related issues remained at the forefront of traders’ minds. For a week dominated by bad weather, sales at most Southern Pine plywood mills were surprisingly brisk. By Friday morning, snow and ice were melting across most of the storm-affected areas. In western Fir plywood, activity picked up through the week, and mills edged quotes upward on stronger demand.
(f.o.b. mill prices) |
Week
Feb 14 |
Week
Feb 7 |
Year Ago
2013 |
Random Lengths Structural Panel Composite Price* |
$358
|
$357
|
$507
|
Southern (west-east) 15/32-inch 3-ply exterior sheathing plywood | 365-399 |
360-390
|
440-455
|
Southern (west-east) 15/32-inch 4-ply exterior sheathing plywood |
367-400
|
362-390
|
467-480
|
Western 1/2-inch 4-ply exterior sheathing plywood | 370 | 362 |
465
|
North Central 7/16-inch Oriented Strand Board | 215 | 215 | 425 |
*Weighted average of 11 key items |