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March 4, 2013


U.S.: Lumber and panel market report ---- Week 10  2013

Random Lengths Lumber Market Report

Sales were spotty and cracks developed in a few key framing lumber prices. However, the market¨s delicate supply-demand balance was evident as trading stirred in Western S-P-F late Thursday. Amid both upticks in key dry items and softness in green Fir, the Random Lengths Framing Lumber Composite Price ticked up $1, to $416. Meanwhile, veteran traders of the 1-inch board market noted that supplies were as scarce as they had seen in many years.

 

 

This Week
Mar 1

Last Week
Feb 22

Year Ago
2012

Random Lengths Framing Lumber Composite Price*

$416

$415

$290

KD Western S-P-F #2&Btr 2x4 R/L Mill Price

390

390

277

KD Eastern S-P-F #1&2 2x4 R/L, delivered Great Lakes

482

486

365

Green Douglas Fir Std&Btr 2x4 R/L (Portland)

370

375

242

Southern Pine (Westside) #2 2x4 R/L

470

468

298

KD Coast Hem-Fir #2&Btr 2x4 R/L

425

425

282

Ponderosa Pine (Inland) #2&Btr 1x12 R/L

590

570

650

* Weighted average of 15 key items

 


 

Random Lengths Panel Market Report

Structural panel trading faded. OSB sales marked another quiet week. Price cracks developed in some regions, as a few producers sought orders to plug holes in next week¨s shipping schedule. Quiet trading in Southern Pine plywood had little effect on prices. Most producers were content to hold to recent price lists, even though they found it tough to sell a week¨s worth of output. Western Fir plywood mills discounted their offerings of sheathing to varying degrees on Wednesday and Thursday, sparking sales and moving order files into the weeks of March 11 and 18.

 

(f.o.b. mill prices)

This Week
Mar 1

Last Week
Feb 22

Year Ago
2012

Random Lengths Structural Panel Composite Price*

$511

$513

$344

Southern (west-east) 15/32-inch 3-ply rated sheathing plywood

445-475

444-470

364-392

Southern (west-east) 15/32-inch 4-ply rated sheathing plywood

470-490

470-485

380-405

Western 1/2-inch 4-ply rated sheathing plywood

445

465

375

North Central 7/16-inch Oriented Strand Board

430

430

213

*Weighted average of 11 key items

 

 

 

 

(Source: Used with permission granted by Random Lenghts Publications, Inc.)
  

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