Regions & forests
Northwest Region timber sale prices
Volume-weighted green sawtimber price and bid intensity across 16 sold Northwest Region sales
Data through Aug 2026 · source last checked Aug 30, 2026 · page revised Aug 30, 2026
Cite
- Vol-weighted avg
About this data
- Source
- Washington DNR, Oregon Department of Forestry, Idaho Department of Lands, Montana DNRC, US Forest Service Region 6 and BLM Western Oregon timber auctions
- Series
- Average stumpage price and bid intensity
- Basis
- Stumpage; $/MBF (state) or $/CCF (federal)
- Geography
- Northwest Region
- Unit
- $/MBF
- Calculation
- Monthly average of per-sale prices
- Last observation
- Aug 2026
- Update frequency
- Event-based
Green sawtimber in the Northwest Region ran a median +80% over minimum across 16 sold sales, a volume-weighted average of $324/MBF (median $329/MBF, simple average $338/MBF), 36,488 MBF sold in total, a median of 2 bidders per sale. Separately, 3 salvage, deck and product sales carry a median +105% over minimum (capped, token minimums), tracked apart from the sawtimber signal. Prices are neutral: high is good for the seller, a cost to the buyer.
Northwest Region green sawtimber fell 32.8 percent month over month, from $466/MBF to $313/MBF on the volume-weighted average across 16 sold sales. Buyers held a median +80% premium over minimum with a median of 2 bidders per sale on 36,488 MBF sold.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month over month | $313/MBF | $466/MBF | -32.8% |
Previous weeks
Week of Jul 15, 2026
Green sawtimber in the Northwest Region ran $327/MBF across 13 sold sales, a median +90% premium over minimum. Month over month the price jumped to $466/MBF from $312/MBF, a 49.3 percent move upward. Bidding ran median 2 per sale.
An earlier week
Green sawtimber in the Northwest Region's volume-weighted average ran $466/MBF, up 49.3 percent from the prior month. Across the 14 sold sales in the region, the median premium was 87 percent over minimum with a median of 2 bidders per sale.
An earlier week
Northwest Region green sawtimber jumped to $466/MBF in July, up $154/MBF or 49.3% from the prior month. Fifteen sold sales ran a median 90 percent premium over minimum on 29,439 MBF total, with a median of 2 bidders per sale driving the prices harder.
About Northwest Region timber sale prices
This page rolls up GREEN SAWTIMBER auctions in the Northwest Region, standing timber sold on a real appraised minimum, into a volume-weighted monthly average price per thousand board feet (MBF), its median sale price, its premium over the appraised minimum, and its bid intensity. Salvage, deck, stewardship and product sales price on token minimums, so they are excluded from these figures and reported separately on the board rather than blended in. Volumes are reported in MBF. Everything here is a completed auction. Sales that have been noticed but not yet sold, in this region and everywhere else the site covers, sit on the upcoming timber auctions calendar with their auction date, offered volume and appraised minimum. Source: Washington DNR.