| Random Lengths Lumber Market
Report
April¨s arrival failed to stem the framing lumber market¨s
weakness. Bad weather caught some of the blame in the Upper Midwest,
but for many frustrated traders this was becoming a tired excuse. Talk
that the market was oversupplied circulated. But traders also noted
that inventory buildups were mostly at the mills, and producers
continued to struggle to get the cars they needed to move that output
to the markets. Weakness prevailed in most species, and the Random
Lengths Framing Lumber Composite fell $8, to $370.
| |
This Week
Apr 4 |
Last Week
Mar 28 |
Year Ago
2013 |
| Random Lengths Framing Lumber Composite
Price* |
$370 |
$378 |
$451 |
| KD Western S-P-F #2&Btr 2x4 R/L Mill
Price |
344 |
354 |
404 |
| KD Eastern S-P-F #1&2 2x4 R/L,
delivered Great Lakes |
445 |
445 |
503 |
| Green Douglas Fir Std&Btr 2x4 R/L
(Portland) |
335 |
350 |
390 |
| Southern Pine (Westside) #2 2x4 R/L |
387 |
398 |
480 |
| KD Coast Hem-Fir #2&Btr 2x4 R/L |
390 |
397 |
445 |
| Ponderosa Pine (Inland) #2&Btr 1x12
R/L |
725 |
725 |
630 |
| * Weighted average of 15 key items |
Random Lengths Panel Market Report
Structural panel sales were a grind. OSB traders¨ frustrations
grew as another week waiting for a pickup in sales went unfulfilled.
Activity in northern markets was especially quiet. Southern Pine
plywood pricing was sloppy as producers struggled to find trading
levels that would allow them to stay ahead of their order files.
Several mills pushed order files into the week of April 14. Western
Fir plywood traders navigated an uneven week of activity, but with a
somewhat better tone in parts of the country.
| (f.o.b. mill prices) |
This Week
Apr 4 |
Last Week
Mar 28 |
Year Ago
2013 |
| Random Lengths Structural Panel
Composite Price* |
$355 |
$362 |
$518 |
| Southern (west-east) 15/32-inch 3-ply
rated sheathing plywood |
368-395 |
375-410 |
500-520 |
| Southern (west-east) 15/32-inch 4-ply
rated sheathing plywood |
368-395 |
383-410 |
505-535 |
| Western 1/2-inch 4-ply rated sheathing
plywood |
372 |
377 |
475 |
| North Central 7/16-inch Oriented Strand
Board |
208 |
213 |
420 |
| *Weighted average of 11 key items |
(Source: Used with permission granted by Random Lenghts Publications, Inc.)
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