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December  02, 2013


U.S.: Lumber and panel market report ---- Week 48  2013

Random Lengths Lumber Market Report

Holiday plans and wintry weather were uppermost in the minds of many traders. Sales of framing lumber were spotty at best, leaving price trends flat to narrowly mixed. Producers fell back on order files into early to mid-December, but some trimmed prices and opened to counters as quick-shipping loads developed. Some opened to counteroffers on the rationale that any order close to current prices was a good sale. Wholesalers were either clean or working to get that way, sometimes offering carloads at $10-15 under mill quotes.

 

 

This Week
Nov 27

Last Week
Nov 22

Year Ago
2012

Random Lengths Framing Lumber Composite Price*

$397

$399

$360

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

380

382

352

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

472

476

443

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

338

340

285

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

432

433

419

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

390

390

345

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

835

835

500

* Weighted average of 15 key items

 

 

 

Random Lengths Panel Market Report

Structural panel sales were predictably slow with the U.S. holiday at hand. A shot of wintry weather, the holiday in the U.S., and little urgency to cover near-term needs combined to quiet OSB trading across all producing regions. The Southern Pine plywood market was on cruise control headed into the holiday. Many decision-makers were out of their offices Wednesday. A general malaise settled over the western Fir plywood market, with buyers reluctant to step off the sidelines during the shortened work week.

 

(f.o.b. mill prices)

This Week
Nov 27

Last Week
Nov 22

Year Ago
2012

Random Lengths Structural Panel Composite Price*

$369

$371

$438

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

375-405

375-405

408-425

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

375-415

375-415

420-450

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

387

395

397

North Central 7/16-inch Oriented Strand Board

240

240

345

*Weighted average of 11 key items

 

    

 

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

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