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Historically in mid-June most customers had sourced their solid wood commodity products to satisfy needs for ongoing and upcoming construction projects. Of course, the historical norm has not been evident for the past several years. This year the added burden of continually sharply-rising transportation costs as well as scarcity of trucks and rail cars, made […] The post Lumber Prices Waffle in Mid-June first appeared on Madison’s Lumber Reporter.

June arrived to forest products and building materials industry folks acknowledging the reality of ongoing tight supply. The rapidly increasing transportation costs only made the difficulty of sourcing solid wood products at lower prices more severe. Customers with the mentality of prior economics found themselves stymied by sellers who refused even small counter-offers. As sawmill […] The post Early June Lumber Market Still Lacks Clear Direction first appeared on Madison’s Lumber Reporter.

REQUEST A SAMPLE: https://madisonsreport.com/products/lumber-price-dashboard/ Mid-June 2026 Lumber Demand Soft As June kicked off the lumber market still lacked clear direction; with some prices up, some down, and some flat: Deep dive into softwood latest lumber prices and market update for mid-june 2026. The post Softwood Lumber Market and Prices Update: Mid-June 2026 (video) first appeared on Madison’s Lumber Reporter.

As the calendar turned to the week between the Canadian and US respective May long weekends, most lumber prices remained generally flat. After a sizeable run-up earlier this year, Southern Yellow Pine East side 2×4 prices corrected all the way back down to where it had been in January and February. For its part, benchmark […] The post Late Spring Lumber Prices Mostly Flat first appeared on Madison’s Lumber Reporter.