Regions & forests
WA DNR Northwest Region timber sale prices
Volume-weighted green sawtimber price and bid intensity across 19 sold Northwest Region sales, plus 2 per-ton sales tracked separately
Data through Sep 2026 · source last checked Oct 15, 2026 · page revised Oct 15, 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) and $/ton (per-ton sales) kept separate
- Geography
- WA DNR Northwest Region
- Unit
- $/MBF
- Calculation
- Volume-weighted monthly average of sold green sawtimber sales
- Last observation
- Sep 2026
- Update frequency
- Event-based
Green sawtimber in the Northwest Region ran a median +58% over minimum across 19 sold sales, a volume-weighted average of $317/MBF (median $305/MBF, simple average $330/MBF), 41,167 MBF sold in total, a median of 2 bidders per sale. 2 further green sawtimber sales here are sold on a different unit (34,678 tons of per-ton timber), counted separately and not included in any price figure on this page. Separately, 3 salvage, deck and product sales carry a median +105% 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.
Northwest Region green sawtimber averaged $317/MBF on a volume-weighted basis across 19 sold sales, with a median premium of 58 percent over minimum. The latest month ran $265/MBF, down 15.3 percent from the prior month, at a median of 2 bidders per sale.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month over month | $265/MBF | $313/MBF | -15.3% |
| Sale | Date | County | Volume | Minimum | Winning bid | Price | Premium | Bidders | High bidder | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eye Bolt | Sep 2026 | Snohomish | 972 MBF | $249,000 | $392,323 | $404/MBF | +58% | 2 | Hampton Tree Farms, LLC. | WA DNR |
| Prairie Mountain VDT VRH | Sep 2026 | Skagit | 1,944 MBF | $320,000 | $336,057 | $173/MBF | +5% | 2 | Hampton Tree Farms, LLC. | WA DNR |
| Rotor Wash | Sep 2026 | Okanogan | 22,494 tons | $11,247 | No bids | – | – | 0 | – | WA DNR |
| Sasse Salmon | Sep 2026 | Kittitas | 4,023 tons | $67,224 | $74,989 | $18.64/ton | +12% | 2 | ERICKSON LOGGING INC | WA DNR |
| Take Two | Sep 2026 | Whatcom | 1,763 MBF | $434,000 | $512,119 | $290/MBF | +18% | 2 | Hampton Tree Farms, LLC. | WA DNR |
| Birdie SWT | Aug 2026 | Skagit | 1,493 MBF | $14,000 | $110,231 | $73.83/MBF | +687% | 3 | Willis Land Management, LLC. | WA DNR |
| Coal Train | Aug 2026 | Okanogan | 30,655 tons | $113,730 | $578,153 | $18.86/ton | +408% | 1 | HAMPTON TREE FARMS LLC | WA DNR |
| East May VDT VRH | Aug 2026 | Snohomish | 4,582 MBF | $655,000 | $854,823 | $187/MBF | +31% | 2 | Sierra Pacific Industries | WA DNR |
| Explorer Ridge | Aug 2026 | Snohomish | 2,409 MBF | $775,000 | $992,350 | $412/MBF | +28% | 1 | Sierra Pacific Industries | WA DNR |
| Next Regeneration | Aug 2026 | Snohomish | 1,588 MBF | $583,000 | $838,200 | $528/MBF | +44% | 3 | Squire Creek Forest Products, LLC. | WA DNR |
| Above Snakes VDT | Jul 2026 | Skagit | 1,073 MBF | $206,000 | $379,836 | $354/MBF | +84% | 2 | Hampton Tree Farms, LLC. | WA DNR |
| Buttercup | Jul 2026 | Snohomish | 1,229 MBF | $357,000 | $730,086 | $594/MBF | +105% | 3 | Sierra Pacific Industries | WA DNR |
| Go West Again VDT | Jul 2026 | Skagit | 2,343 MBF | $563,000 | $1,071,692 | $457/MBF | +90% | 2 | Hampton Tree Farms, LLC. | WA DNR |
| Looking Glass | Jul 2026 | Whatcom | 3,022 MBF | $790,000 | $1,391,682 | $461/MBF | +76% | 2 | Hampton Tree Farms, LLC. | WA DNR |
| Black Pearl VRH SWT | Jun 2026 | Snohomish | 5,554 MBF | $338,000 | $734,489 | $132/MBF | +117% | 2 | Sierra Pacific Industries | WA DNR |
| Coyote | Jun 2026 | Skagit | 3,697 MBF | $811,000 | $2,153,757 | $583/MBF | +166% | 2 | Sierra Pacific Industries | WA DNR |
| Malua | Jun 2026 | Whatcom | 2,467 MBF | $388,000 | No bids | – | – | 0 | – | WA DNR |
| Echo Explorer VRH Salvage | May 2026 | Snohomish | 7,864 MBF | $1,717,000 | $3,526,356 | $448/MBF | +105% | 4 | Sierra Pacific Industries | WA DNR |
| Right Step | May 2026 | Whatcom | 1,027 MBF | $146,000 | $313,194 | $305/MBF | +115% | 4 | Sierra Pacific Industries | WA DNR |
| Small Fry SWT | May 2026 | Snohomish | 1,592 MBF | $99,000 | $102,013 | $64.08/MBF | +3% | 1 | Willis Land Management, LLC. | WA DNR |
| Whats Up Dock | May 2026 | Skagit | 2,305 MBF | $200,000 | $567,899 | $246/MBF | +184% | 3 | Sierra Pacific Industries | WA DNR |
| Chute Zen Ladder | Apr 2026 | Skagit | 1,577 MBF | $126,000 | $454,694 | $288/MBF | +261% | 2 | Hampton Tree Farms, LLC. | WA DNR |
| Atonal | Mar 2026 | Skagit | 2,307 MBF | $652,000 | $867,392 | $376/MBF | +33% | 2 | Hampton Tree Farms, LLC. | WA DNR |
| WOOD WASP CH Sorts | Feb 2026 | Skagit | 1,034 MBF | $56,761 | $63,849 | $61.75/MBF | +13% | 2 | See Sort Sales Results | WA DNR |
| Carpenter Connection Unit 2 | Jan 2026 | Snohomish | 503 MBF | $103,000 | $145,952 | $290/MBF | +42% | 2 | C & C Timber, Inc. | WA DNR |
| Top Notch VRH | Jan 2026 | Snohomish | 1,680 MBF | $170,000 | $226,465 | $135/MBF | +33% | 1 | C & C Timber, Inc. | WA DNR |
| Auction date | Sale | County | Volume offered | Minimum | Minimum per unit | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | Ladybug | Skagit | 4,507 MBF | $1,381,000 | $306/MBF | WA DNR |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Soup Bones VDT VRH | Snohomish | 2,016 MBF | $98,000 | $48.61/MBF | WA DNR |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Whitehorse Vista | Skagit | 3,134 MBF | $312,091 | $99.58/MBF | WA DNR |
| Nov 18, 2026 | Big Whoop VRH Rmz Wmz | Skagit | 2,521 MBF | $473,000 | $188/MBF | WA DNR |
| Nov 18, 2026 | Gallnipper | Skagit | 2,612 MBF | $789,000 | $302/MBF | WA DNR |
| Nov 18, 2026 | Nottingham VRH VDT | Skagit | 4,590 MBF | $1,394,000 | $304/MBF | WA DNR |
Previous weeks
Week of Aug 15, 2026
Green sawtimber stumpage in the Northwest Region fell to $313/MBF from $466/MBF month over month, a 32.8 percent drop across 16 sold sales. Bid intensity held firm: the region's sales carried a median 80 percent premium over minimum with 2 bidders per sale. Volume-weighted average prices stand at $324/MBF through August 15.
Week of Jul 15, 2026
Green sawtimber in the Northwest Region ran $327/MBF across 13 sold sales, a median +90% premium over minimum. Month over month the price jumped to $466/MBF from $312/MBF, a 49.3 percent move upward. Bidding ran median 2 per sale.
An earlier week
Green sawtimber in the Northwest Region's volume-weighted average ran $466/MBF, up 49.3 percent from the prior month. Across the 14 sold sales in the region, the median premium was 87 percent over minimum with a median of 2 bidders per sale.
Week of Aug 20, 2026
Northwest Region green sawtimber jumped to $466/MBF in July, up $154/MBF or 49.3% from the prior month. Fifteen sold sales ran a median 90 percent premium over minimum on 29,439 MBF total, with a median of 2 bidders per sale driving the prices harder.
About WA DNR Northwest Region timber sale prices
This page rolls up GREEN SAWTIMBER auctions in the Northwest Region, standing timber sold on a real appraised minimum, 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 price on token minimums, so they are excluded from these figures and reported separately on the board rather than blended in. Volumes are reported in MBF, thousands of board feet (what an MBF is). 2 green sawtimber sales in this region are sold by the ton instead (34,678 tons). Those sales are counted on their own and never averaged into the price above, because the units measure wood differently. 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 6 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. Source: Washington DNR.