Lumber Pricing Trends

The trend line for benchmark softwood lumber commodity item Western S-P-F 2×4 has been quite stable this year, from the lowest price of US$426 mfbm right at the beginning of 2026, to a high of $516 during July. Western S-P-F 2×4 prices had a spread of $90 mfbm; quite normal historically throughout the course of […] The post Softer Lumber Prices in Mid-August Despite Tight Supply first appeared on Madison’s Lumber Reporter.

It is normal in later summer for lumber sales to be quite soft, as end-users have usually ordered the wood they need for their construction projects. Most thoughts were on getting in the last of seasonal holidays rather than focussing on work. Southern Yellow Pine lumber sellers had sent prices waffling radically up-and-down for most […] The post Usual Late Summer Slow-Down Keeps Lumber Prices Flat first appeared on Madison’s Lumber Reporter.