No-bid tracker
No-bid timber sales tracker
3 public timber sales drew no bid in the last 24 months
Source last checked Aug 26, 2026 · page revised Aug 26, 2026
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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
- Public timber sales that drew no bid, with re-offer outcomes
- Basis
- Offered volume and unmet appraised minimum
- Geography
- Tracked agencies (WA DNR, ODF, USFS R6, BLM Western Oregon)
- Update frequency
- Event-based; trailing 24 months
3 public timber sales drew no bid in the last 24 months, 14,040 MBF of timber offered and left unsold. None has been re-offered on the tracked dockets yet.
Three public timber sales drew no bid in the last 24 months, 14,040 MBF offered and left unsold. Elk Mill (10,740 MBF) drew no bid in July 2026, followed by Malua (2,467 MBF) in June and Q South Nancy Creek (833 MBF) in May. None has been re-offered on the tracked dockets.
| Sale | Agency | Region / forest | Volume | Minimum | Auction | Re-offer outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Mill | WA DNR | Olympic Region | 10,740 MBF | $1,850,000 | Jul 2026 | No re-offer found |
| Malua | WA DNR | Northwest Region | 2,467 MBF | $388,000 | Jun 2026 | No re-offer found |
| Q South Nancy Creek | WA DNR | Northeast Region | 833 MBF | $165,000 | May 2026 | No re-offer found |
Previous weeks
An earlier week
Three public timber sales drew no bid in the last 24 months, 14,040 MBF of timber offered and left unsold. All three were WA DNR tracts auctioned between May and July 2026, ranging from 833 MBF in Northeast Region to 10,740 MBF at Elk Mill in Olympic Region. None has been re-offered on the tracked dockets yet.
An earlier week
Four public timber sales drew no bid in the last 24 months: 16,329 MBF of timber offered and left unsold from WA DNR tracts. The largest was Elk Mill (10,740 MBF, $1,850,000 minimum) auctioned in July 2026. None has been re-offered on the tracked dockets yet.
An earlier week
Five WA DNR sales drew no bids in the last 24 months, totaling 27,069 MBF unsold. Elk Mill, at 10,740 MBF and the only re-offered tract, again drew no bid when brought back in July at the same $1,850,000 minimum. Four smaller no-bid tracts, ranging from 833 to 2,467 MBF, remain unsold from auctions between February and June.
Week of Aug 18, 2026
Four WA DNR sales drew no bids in the last 24 months, leaving 16,329 MBF unsold. Elk Mill was the largest at 10,740 MBF with a $1.85 million minimum, drawing no bids in July; Malua, Q South Nancy Creek and Swiss drew no bids in June, May and February. None has been re-offered on the tracked dockets.
About No-bid timber sales tracker
A no-bid sale is a real public timber auction that drew no qualifying bid: the timber was offered at an appraised minimum and no one bought it. This tracker lists the no-bid sales on the tracked dockets over the last 24 months. When a later sale of the same tract (same agency, same sale name) appears, it is linked here as a re-offer with its outcome: whether the minimum was lowered, and whether the re-offer sold. Matching is conservative: only an exact agency + normalized-name match is paired, so an unmatched no-bid simply reads "No re-offer found" rather than a guess. A no-bid is a demand signal, not a defect; it is descriptive, not advice.