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U.S. lumber and panel market reports

December  15, 2014


U.S.: Lumber and panel market report ---- Week 50  2014

Random Lengths Lumber Market Report

Overall price trends in framing lumber were narrowly mixed, but gainers easily outnumbered losers amid a mostly measured sales pace. Producers generally were busy enough to push order files further toward or into the holiday period, in which curtailments and downtime were planned by various producers. A modestly quicker sales pace Thursday helped the market finish on a firmer note. The Random Lengths Framing Lumber Composite Price gained $6, after edging up the previous two weeks.

 

  This Week
Dec 12
Last Week
Dec 5
Year Ago
2013
Random Lengths Framing Lumber Composite Price* $372 $366 $379
KD Western S-P-F #2&Btr 2x4 R/L Mill Price 339 332 355
KD Eastern S-P-F #1&2 2x4 R/L, delivered Great Lakes 429 425 450
Green Douglas Fir Std&Btr 2x4 R/L (Portland) 317 315 325
Southern Pine (Westside) #2 2x4 R/L 431 416 416
KD Coast Hem-Fir #2&Btr 2x4 R/L 342 342 375
Ponderosa Pine (Inland) #2&Btr 1x12 R/L 670 675 835
* Weighted average of 15 key items

 

 

 

Random Lengths Panel Market Report

Structural panel markets sprang to life. Sales of OSB gained steam as the week progressed, and fewer mills had loads available for shipment in December by Friday. With prices at multiyear lows in some regions, buyers were more willing to step off the sidelines. More Southern Pine plywood mills pushed their order files into year-end shutdowns, allowing them to take a firmer stance on pricing. Western Fir plywood sales picked up Wednesday and Thursday, as buyers reacted to additional mills building order files into late December or early January.

 

(f.o.b. mill prices) This Week
Dec 12
Last Week
Dec 5
Year Ago
2013
Random Lengths Structural Panel Composite Price* $389 $390 $363
Southern (west-east) 15/32-inch 3-ply rated sheathing plywood 443-480 445-480 365-405
Southern (west-east) 15/32-inch 4-ply rated sheathing plywood 445-482 447-482 372-410
Western 1/2-inch 4-ply rated sheathing plywood 415 415 380
North Central 7/16-inch Oriented Strand Board 202 204 225
*Weighted average of 11 key items

 

 

 

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

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