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Appalachian Comments

GENERAL

Comments from September 4, 2026

In this issue of Hardwood Market Report, please note small changes to many of the listings and range numbers in the measured before kiln drying (gross tally) price matrices (pages 3, 8-9, and 13). These changes are not the result of price fluctuations in the market. They are one-time adjustments due to our shift to an automated process for converting net tally prices to gross tally prices as part of a larger project to improve the accuracy and timeliness of HMR reporting. Almost all these changes are $5 or $10 moves and are bolded per our standard practice.

This issue also has changes that are the result of actual price fluctuations. The net tally matrices include only the changes resulting from actual fluctuations, whereas the gross tally matrices include those changes along with the adjustments due to the shift to an automated process.

Surveys of market participants reveal that grade lumber sales are strongest to the distribution and moulding/millwork sectors. Markets for pallet cants are busy, offering more certainty than most grade lumber markets. Comments about crosstie demand run the gamut, with sellers reporting uneven monthly sales to one treater, while another treater has ramped up purchases from non-regular suppliers in the northern tier of the region. This is not indicative of a broader change in tie markets, however.

Northern Comments

HARD MAPLE

The green #1C&Btr Hard Maple listings extend their declines this week in both color sorts. Green prices have been trending down throughout this summer amid a modest slowdown in demand and the need for producers to move lumber before it stains due to high temperatures. Kiln dried prices had been holding up better but have also slumped. The 4/4 Fas listings fall this week in both color sorts; the #1&2 White net tally listing is down $75/MBF from its summertime high. Comments from producers about kiln dried business are still mostly positive. However, some have noted a dip in demand for #1C&Btr items and building supplies of Fas.

SOFT MAPLE

Soft Maple has been the worst-performing of the Maples for Northern producers during the last couple of months. Contacts partially attribute this to low prices for Hard Maple uppers compared with Soft Maple, which is causing some buyers to prefer the former over the latter. One producer in the Upper Midwest listed kiln dried #1C and #2A among his best-sellers this week, but most comments about demand have been negative, especially for Sap&Btr uppers. This week, the kiln dried 4/4 Fas listings and ranges fall in both color sorts, with the Sap&Btr net tally listing posting a $50/MBF decline. The only other changes lift the high ends of the kiln dried Sap&Btr 4/4 #1C ranges.

International Comments

GENERAL

Please see our graphs.