It is quite clear that most pellet buyers chose the right purchasing strategy in 2026. They held off on stockpiling and purchasing, banking on the usual price drop in the summer. However, last winter’s prolonged cold snap and high heating demand delayed and slowed the price drop, causing uncertainty among pellet buyers.

Pellet prices have remained virtually unchanged in mid-June. However, pellet customers’ willingness to buy is noticeably increasing. Purchases are on the rise again. This is because prices do not appear to be falling any further. The increase in pellet purchases is also supporting pellet prices. It seems that more and more pellet customers do not expect pellet prices to fall any further.

In mid-June, pellet prices remain largely unchanged from their levels at the end of May. As a result, more and more pellet buyers are purchasing wood pellets and stocking up their basements, as they now fear that pellet prices could rise rapidly again. This increase in demand is further stabilizing pellet prices. Market observers and dealers are increasingly confident that pellet prices will not fall any further in June. Since pellet prices hit a three-year high in February, they initially declined somewhat.

Throughout June, however, pellet prices have remained stable. Experts at Heizpellets24 say: At the beginning of June, with prices around 350 euros per metric ton, a noticeable market upturn became apparent. The lowest price since the start of the heating season in October 2025 is increasingly drawing buyers into the market. Consumer interest is surging, and the expected wave of stockpiling is gaining momentum. On average nationwide, the price for one metric ton of loose wood pellets (total purchase of six metric tons plus a delivery fee) was just under 350 euros in mid-June.

At the same time, the very stable price trend of recent weeks indicates that there will apparently be no more major bargains in the summer of 2026, according to market observers. If one combines the current price level and anticipated demand to form a forecast, prices below 300 euros per metric ton—which were regularly achieved in previous years—appear unlikely from the perspective of dealers and the market.

Source: agrarheute.com