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# Weeksville and Clark Hinch Complete MT DNRC's August Run

_Aug 14, 2026_

> Two MT DNRC sales closed in the past ten days. The 36-sale summer board sits at a median +25% over minimum across 75,566 MBF (state) of timber sold. Elk Mill (WA DNR) drew no bid. 81 advertised sales remain in the forward book.

_Numbers as of Aug 14, 2026 pull._

Two MT DNRC sales completed in the past ten days: Clark Hinch on August 4 and Weeksville on August 13. Both come from a program whose Northwestern Land Office has run the summer board's two sharpest premiums, GNA Baird-Harper at +224% over its per-unit minimum and Dern Draw Blowdown at +215% over its per-unit minimum on a single bid. The 36-sale period board stands at a median **+25% over minimum** across 75,566 MBF (state) of timber sold.


[Chart: Green sawtimber bidding heat (%)](https://stumpage.news/board/recent-results) ([data](https://stumpage.news/board/recent-results.md) — chart image: https://stumpage.news/charts/issues/timber/2026-08-14/board/recent-results.png)


- **GNA Baird-Harper** (MT DNRC, Northwestern Land Office): period high for competition. Cleared $31.25/tons against a $9.64/tons per-unit minimum, **+224%** over the per-unit minimum with 2 bidders. Total high bid $101,344 against a $31,263 total minimum.
- **Dern Draw Blowdown** (MT DNRC, Northwestern Land Office): cleared $37.77/tons against a $12.00/tons per-unit minimum, **+215%** over the per-unit minimum on 1 bid. Total high bid $67,986 against a $21,600 total minimum.
- **No bid:** Elk Mill (WA DNR) drew no qualifying bid, the only no-bid among 36 sales this period.
- **Volume leader:** King (WA DNR) at 54,547 tons, total high bid $1,520,770.

## Upcoming auctions

81 sales are advertised in the forward book. Leading by published volume and nearest on the calendar:

- Flame Sandwich GNA Ton (IDL, Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Aug 6): **54,818 tons** offered, the largest published volume in the advertised group.
- Casey Cedar (IDL, Clearwater, Aug 12): 7,410 MBF offered.
- Initial Blackrock Blowdown Salvage (IDL, Mica, Aug 17): 2,535 MBF offered.
- Tyson Saddle Salvage (IDL, St. Joe, Aug 18): 1,495 MBF offered.
- Miller Cedar Salvage (IDL, Mica, Aug 11): 1,370 MBF offered.
- ODF sales at Klamath-Lake (Pint - GNA, West Wall GNA), Tillamook (Cronin Too) and Astoria (Hunt Quarry), plus Forest Service sales at Deschutes NF (Horse), Willamette NF (JC Reoffer) and Umatilla NF (Winter Wind Salvage Re-Offer), are advertised through Aug 18 with volumes not yet published.

Weeksville and Clark Hinch are recorded as sold on the MT DNRC board; per-sale prices and premiums were not published in this period's digest.

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