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September 19, 2011


U.S.: Lumber and panel market report ---- Week 37  2011

The framing lumber market stayed on a modest upward track. While demand in the field was measured, enough buyers sought fill-in purchases to feed a mild but steady flow of orders back to the mills. With production reined in, supply and demand were judged to be close to a balance, with the scale tipped slightly in favor of the suppliers. The Random Lengths Framing Lumber Composite Price edged up for a third straight week. Another weak close in futures, with no convergence with cash, left Canadian S-P-F traders wary.



Week
Sep 16

Week
Sep 9

Year Ago
2010
Random Lengths Framing Lumber Composite Price*
$263
$259
$250
KD Western S-P-F #2&Btr 2x4 R/L Mill Price
257
257
233
KD Eastern S-P-F #1&2 2x4 R/L, delivered Great Lakes
339
338
315
Green Douglas Fir Std&Btr 2x4 R/L (Portland)
245
245
170
Southern Pine (Westside) #2 2x4 R/L
250
244
268
KD Coast Hem-Fir Std&Btr 2x4 R/L
267
265
235
Ponderosa Pine (Inland) #2&Btr 1x12 R/L
540
530
515
* Weighted average of 15 key items


The Southern Pine plywood market took center stage in structural panel markets following news that Georgia-Pacific was taking three plants down sometime within the next seven weeks. Secondaries wasted no time picking up their purchasing Monday, and the activity stayed particularly strong through Thursday. Some prices on the eastside gained as much as $45. Activity in the South sparked sales of western Fir plywood, but price gains were much more measured. Sales of OSB were unaffected by the plywood surge, and prices were flat to down.
(f.o.b. mill prices)
Week
Sep 16
Week
Sep 9

Year Ago
2010
Random Lengths Structural Panel Composite Price*
$297
$290
$285
Southern (west-east) 15/32-inch 3-ply exterior sheathing plywood 330-340
298-325
305-330
Southern (west-east) 15/32-inch 4-ply exterior sheathing plywood
330-360
304-335
316-343
Western 1/2-inch 4-ply exterior sheathing plywood 337
326
300
North Central 7/16-inch Oriented Strand Board 188
190
160
*Weighted average of 11 key items
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