Regions & forests
WA DNR Pacific Cascade Region timber sale prices
Volume-weighted green sawtimber price and bid intensity across 17 sold Pacific Cascade Region sales
Data through Oct 2026 · source last checked Nov 5, 2026 · page revised Nov 5, 2026
Cite
- Vol-weighted avg
About this data
- Source
- Washington DNR monthly timber auction results and its upcoming-auction list
- Series
- Average stumpage price and bid intensity
- Basis
- Stumpage; $/MBF (state)
- Geography
- WA DNR Pacific Cascade Region
- Unit
- $/MBF
- Calculation
- Volume-weighted monthly average of sold green sawtimber sales
- Last observation
- Oct 2026
- Update frequency
- Event-based
Green sawtimber in the Pacific Cascade Region ran a median +47% over minimum across 17 sold sales, a volume-weighted average of $378/MBF (median $436/MBF, simple average $395/MBF), 108,980 MBF sold in total, a median of 4 bidders per sale. Separately, 5 salvage, deck and product sales carry a median +57% 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.
Green sawtimber in the Pacific Cascade Region ran a volume-weighted average of $378/MBF. Prices fell 30.3% month over month, from $444/MBF to $310/MBF, across 17 sold sales through October 15. The median premium held at +47% over minimum with 4 bidders per sale, holding steady amid the price decline.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month over month | $310/MBF | $444/MBF | -30.3% |
| Sale | Date | County | Volume | Minimum | Winning bid | Price | Premium | Bidders | High bidder | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amethyst | Oct 2026 | Skamania | 5,829 MBF | $1,677,000 | $1,894,021 | $325/MBF | +13% | 1 | Hampton Tree Farms, LLC. | WA DNR |
| Bough Down | Oct 2026 | Pacific | 10,932 MBF | $1,592,000 | $2,470,288 | $226/MBF | +55% | 3 | Hampton Tree Farms, LLC. | WA DNR |
| Country Boy | Oct 2026 | Cowlitz | 5,238 MBF | $614,000 | No bids | – | – | 0 | – | WA DNR |
| More Gooder | Oct 2026 | Lewis | 5,123 MBF | $2,050,000 | $2,410,262 | $470/MBF | +18% | 3 | Merrill & Ring Forest Products, L.P. | WA DNR |
| Short Short Sorts | Oct 2026 | Pacific | 2,174 MBF | $854,440 | $870,713 | $401/MBF | +2% | 1 | Awarded by sort (see DNR sort results) | WA DNR |
| Belty Sorts | Oct 2026 | Lewis | 103 MBF | $8,342 | $8,342 | $80.99/MBF | +0% | 1 | Awarded by sort (see DNR sort results) | WA DNR |
| Reflection | Sep 2026 | Clark | 6,526 MBF | $2,305,000 | $2,897,628 | $444/MBF | +26% | 4 | Interfor U.S. Timber, Inc. | WA DNR |
| Ten Fir Sorts | Jul 2026 | Wahkiakum | 1,320 MBF | $278,672 | $457,180 | $346/MBF | +64% | 2 | – | WA DNR |
| Turdy Pointer Sorts | Jul 2026 | Cowlitz | 5,864 MBF | $1,256,505 | $1,976,900 | $337/MBF | +57% | 2 | – | WA DNR |
| Kingfisher VRH VDT | May 2026 | Skamania | 11,072 MBF | $4,285,000 | $5,079,796 | $459/MBF | +19% | 4 | NW Timber, LLC. | WA DNR |
| Only Ferns | May 2026 | Pacific | 9,486 MBF | $2,852,000 | $4,216,733 | $445/MBF | +48% | 4 | Sierra Pacific Industries | WA DNR |
| Schmidt Creek Sorts | May 2026 | Cowlitz | 4,943 MBF | $1,259,083 | $2,146,647 | $434/MBF | +71% | – | – | WA DNR |
| Big Sigh | Apr 2026 | Pacific | 6,768 MBF | $1,966,000 | $2,324,167 | $343/MBF | +18% | 4 | Murphy Company | WA DNR |
| Snowflake | Apr 2026 | Pacific | 9,785 MBF | $1,584,000 | $2,533,078 | $259/MBF | +60% | 3 | Sierra Pacific Industries | WA DNR |
| Whistle Punk Pete | Apr 2026 | Lewis | 5,510 MBF | $1,818,000 | $2,515,108 | $456/MBF | +38% | 6 | Murphy Company | WA DNR |
| Flea Flicker | Mar 2026 | Wahkiakum | 7,946 MBF | $985,000 | $2,301,222 | $290/MBF | +134% | 2 | Hampton Tree Farms, LLC. | WA DNR |
| Synergize | Mar 2026 | Lewis | 4,111 MBF | $1,165,000 | $1,715,485 | $417/MBF | +47% | 4 | Murphy Company | WA DNR |
| Closer | Feb 2026 | Lewis | 8,648 MBF | $2,348,000 | $3,774,661 | $436/MBF | +61% | 4 | Merrill & Ring Forest Products, L.P. | WA DNR |
| Lego My Loggo | Feb 2026 | Lewis | 2,889 MBF | $922,000 | $1,358,924 | $470/MBF | +47% | 6 | Hampton Tree Farms, LLC. | WA DNR |
| Copper Head VRH | Jan 2026 | Clark | 3,683 MBF | $1,218,000 | $1,766,612 | $480/MBF | +45% | 3 | Merrill & Ring Forest Products, L.P. | WA DNR |
| Dendrophobia | Jan 2026 | Clark | 2,233 MBF | $867,000 | $1,187,225 | $532/MBF | +37% | 5 | Merrill & Ring Forest Products, L.P. | WA DNR |
| Hamski | Jan 2026 | Wahkiakum | 4,918 MBF | $655,000 | $1,468,034 | $299/MBF | +124% | 3 | Merrill & Ring Forest Products, L.P. | WA DNR |
| Sincerely Listening | Jan 2026 | Pacific | 3,521 MBF | $875,000 | $1,304,894 | $371/MBF | +49% | 3 | Merrill & Ring Forest Products, L.P. | WA DNR |
| Auction date | Sale | County | Volume offered | Minimum | Minimum per unit | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2026 | Once Bitten | Lewis | 6,700 MBF | $1,992,000 | $297/MBF | WA DNR |
| Nov 19, 2026 | Stumpty Dumpty | Wahkiakum | 7,960 MBF | $2,092,000 | $263/MBF | WA DNR |
| Nov 19, 2026 | What Stomata | Grays Harbor | 7,097 MBF | $2,220,000 | $313/MBF | WA DNR |
| Dec 17, 2026 | Looking Lens | Clark | 5,461 MBF | $1,814,000 | $332/MBF | WA DNR |
| Dec 17, 2026 | Sunnyvale | Pacific | 8,234 MBF | $2,535,000 | $308/MBF | WA DNR |
| Auction date | Sale | County | Volume offered | Minimum | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | Belty Sorts 7 & 8 | Lewis | 103 MBF | $42,600 | WA DNR |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Cabbage | Skamania | 8,973 MBF | $1,160,055 | WA DNR |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Langille | Skamania | 1,567 MBF | $8,157 | WA DNR |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Turdy Pointer Sort 6 & 8 | Cowlitz | 64 MBF | $19,460 | WA DNR |
| Buyer | Sales won (of 17) | Winning bids, total | Newest win |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrill & Ring Forest Products, L.P. | 6 | $11,911,688 | More Gooder (Oct 2026) |
| Hampton Tree Farms, LLC. | 4 | $8,024,454 | Amethyst (Oct 2026) |
| Murphy Company | 3 | $6,554,760 | Big Sigh (Apr 2026) |
| Sierra Pacific Industries | 2 | $6,749,811 | Only Ferns (May 2026) |
| Interfor U.S. Timber, Inc. | 1 | $2,897,628 | Reflection (Sep 2026) |
| NW Timber, LLC. | 1 | $5,079,796 | Kingfisher VRH VDT (May 2026) |
Previous weeks
Week of Sep 15, 2026
Green sawtimber in the Pacific Cascade Region sold at a volume-weighted average of $395/MBF across 14 sales totaling 87,096 MBF. Buyers bid a median of +47% over minimum, with four bidders per sale.
Week of May 15, 2026
Pacific Cascade Region green sawtimber prices hit $452/MBF this month, up 35.3% from $334/MBF the month before. The 13 sold sales drew a median 4 bidders and ran a median 47% premium over minimum. Four salvage and deck sales tracked separately drew a median 61% premium over minimum.
An earlier week
Green sawtimber prices in the Pacific Cascade Region hit $452/MBF on a volume-weighted basis, up 35 percent from April's $334/MBF. The lift came on 13 sold sales that drew a median 47 percent premium and a median four bidders per sale, moving 80,570 MBF total.
About WA DNR Pacific Cascade Region timber sale prices
This page rolls up green sawtimber auctions in the Pacific Cascade Region 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 are excluded from these figures and ranked separately on the board rather than blended in: they are a different product from standing green sawtimber, and many sell on token minimums where any real bid reads as an outsized premium. Volumes are reported in MBF, thousands of board feet (what an MBF is). Every completed auction here is listed in the sale table below the price figures, newest first, with a link to the agency document it comes from. The 5 sales advertised here but not yet auctioned are listed under it, soonest first; every advertised sale the site covers, in every region, is on the upcoming timber auctions calendar. 4 sales advertised here went to auction in the last 6 months with no result on file yet; they are listed with their notice and will move into the sale table when the result posts. Source: Washington DNR.