Regions & forests
Northwestern Land Office timber sale prices
Volume-weighted green sawtimber price and bid intensity across 31 sold Northwestern Land Office sales
Data through Aug 2026 · source last checked Aug 26, 2026 · page revised Aug 26, 2026
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- 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
- Northwestern Land Office
- Unit
- $/ton
- Calculation
- Monthly average of per-sale prices
- Last observation
- Aug 2026
- Update frequency
- Event-based
Green sawtimber in the Northwestern Land Office ran a median +41% over minimum across 31 sold sales, a volume-weighted average of $22.86/ton (median $23.49/ton, simple average $22.95/ton), 375,090 tons sold in total, a median of 2 bidders per sale. Separately, 3 salvage, deck and product sales carry a median +34% 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 Northwestern Land Office averaged $22.86/ton on a volume-weighted basis across 31 sold sales with a median 41 percent premium over minimum and a median of 2 bidders per sale. The price declined 25.8 percent month over month and 59.3 percent year over year.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month over month | $8.30/ton | $11.18/ton | -25.8% |
| Year over year | $8.30/ton | $20.40/ton | -59.3% |
Previous weeks
An earlier week
Northwestern Land Office green sawtimber fell to $9.13/ton, off 18.4 percent month over month and 55.3 percent year over year. On 29 sold sales, the median premium over minimum ran 41 percent with 2 bidders per sale.
An earlier week
Northwestern Land Office green sawtimber averaged $7.95/ton on a volume-weighted basis, down 61 percent year over year from $20.40/ton. Across 30 sold sales, the median premium over appraisal held at 40 percent with a median of 2 bidders per sale.
About Northwestern Land Office timber sale prices
This page rolls up GREEN SAWTIMBER auctions in the Northwestern Land Office, standing timber sold on a real appraised minimum, into a volume-weighted monthly average price per tons (green weight), the per-ton basis Idaho and Montana sell some sales on, 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. These sales are scaled and priced per ton, a different unit from a state MBF or federal CCF price, so they are not directly comparable and never blended in. 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: Montana DNRC.