Y'all Been Checkin' Lumber Prices?

[Rockbadchild]

If not up now, give it time. Here's some prices in Canuk bucks. Multiply by 0 .7 to get US price
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I am no expert but I don't think we will see the same affect for lumber prices in Canada then the USA... out here they are talking about shutting down the lumber mills (for some time) until the demand kick back up, which means the price will stay down for us.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

If not up now, give it time. Here's some prices in Canuk bucks. Multiply by 0 .7 to get US price
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Right now a 2x4x8 at Home Depot is $3.84. So trending right along with the CAD price.

 

[arto98607]

Maybe it's time to begin preparing to re-start some idled US sawmills?

Plenty of Douglas Fir for sawmill logs available in our area once there is a demand.

 

[MossRoad]

Maybe it's time to begin preparing to re-start some idled US sawmills?

Plenty of Douglas Fir for sawmill logs available in our area once there is a demand.

If they restart mills, that'll put more lumber on the market, which will lower lumber prices, which will lower their profit, so I'm guessing that won't happen.

 

[drumminj]

If they restart mills, that'll put more lumber on the market, which will lower lumber prices, which will lower their profit, so I'm guessing that won't happen.

Only true if demand is static. If demand goes up due to lower prices, overall profit could go up

 

[arto98607]

Many US sawmills were shut down over the years because of cheaper foreign govt. subsidized competition and various restrictions on
logging in USA.

It's been going on for a long time.

There is lot more to this story - it also had a detrimental effect on pulp & paper mills in the Pacific Northwest because they were using residual wood-chips & sawdust from those sawmills for raw material.

I worked all my life in the paper industry as a supplier of equipment and saw this happen first hand.

Sad.

No politics please.

 

[arto98607]

Only true if demand is static. If demand goes up due to lower prices, overall profit could go up

The demand for domestic lumber will increase due to imported lumber prices going up.

 

[ultrarunner]

Many US sawmills were shut down over the years because of cheaper foreign govt. subsidized competition and various restrictions on
logging in USA.

It's been going on for a long time.

There is lot more to this story - it also had a detrimental effect on pulp & paper mills in the Pacific Northwest because they were using residual wood-chips & sawdust from those sawmills for raw material.

I worked all my life in the paper industry as a supplier of equipment and saw this happen first hand.

Sad.

No politics please.

The huge paper mill in SF Bay Area with port, co-generation, rail, etc was dismantled and sold including the power plant… decline in raw material availability a factor.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Lumber here has been the same price for 24 months

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

Maybe it's time to begin preparing to re-start some idled US sawmills?

Plenty of Douglas Fir for sawmill logs available in our area once there is a demand.

What idled mills. All the idle mills around me got, taken down and shipped to Canada. Except for one, which went onto a ship, which mills it into lumber while at sea. And then delivers it to Japan.