Wintry weather spreading across a wide swath of
the U.S. and Canada, as well as the approaching
holidays, put trading of framing lumber on ice.
Prices flattened or finished narrowly mixed.
While many mills were able to fall back on order
files into late December or early January, some
were still looking to clean out yards and sheds
before year-end. To do so, producers often had
to open to counters, and come close to meeting
buyers’ specified tallies to win orders.
| This Week Dec 16 |
Last Week Dec 9 |
Year Ago 2015 |
|
| Random Lengths Framing Lumber Composite Price* | $360 | $359 | $314 |
| KD Western S-P-F #2&Btr 2x4 R/L Mill Price | 322 | 324 | 269 |
| KD Eastern S-P-F #1&2 2x4 R/L, delivered Great Lakes | 408 | 406 | 362 |
| Green Douglas Fir Std&Btr 2x4 R/L (Portland) | 345 | 342 | 290 |
| Southern Pine (Westside) #2 2x4 R/L | 435 | 437 | 401 |
| KD Coast Hem-Fir #2&Btr 2x4 R/L | 347 | 347 | 305 |
| Ponderosa Pine (Inland) #2&Btr 1x12 R/L | 615 | 620 | 660 |
| * Weighted average of 15 key items | |||
Random Lengths Panel Market Report
The pace of structural panel trading faded as the holidays
approached. OSB sales slowed across North America, but prices
maintained an upward bias in most regions. The exceptions were the
North Central region and Eastern Canada. Southern Pine plywood
trading slowed in anticipation of the holidays, but overall activity
was steady. A few mills offered discounts on some items earlier in
the week. Western Fir plywood trading was measured. Mills ended the
week with order files into the weeks of January 2 and 9.
(f.o.b. mill prices)
| (f.o.b. mill prices) | This Week Dec 16 |
Last Week Dec 9 |
Year Ago 2015 |
| Random Lengths Structural Panel Composite Price* | $368 | $366 | $356 |
| Southern (west-east) 15/32-inch 3-ply rated sheathing plywood | 345-380 | 348-380 | 360-395 |
| Southern (west-east) 15/32-inch 4-ply rated sheathing plywood | 345-385 | 348-385 | 373-405 |
| Western 1/2-inch 4-ply rated sheathing plywood | 368 | 360 | 336 |
| North Central 7/16-inch Oriented Strand Board | 282 | 282 | 233 |
| *Weighted average of 11 key items | |||
