Monthly results
January 2026 timber sale results
19 completed public timber sales in January 2026 across Washington DNR, the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Montana DNRC, the US Forest Service and BLM
Data through Jan 2026 · source last checked Aug 26, 2026 · page revised Aug 26, 2026
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- Volume-weighted average, $/MBF
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
- Completed public timber sales for one calendar month, all agencies
- Basis
- Stumpage; $/MBF (state), $/CCF (federal) and $/ton (Idaho/Montana) kept separate
- Geography
- The Pacific Northwest
- Unit
- $/MBF
- Calculation
- January 2026, with the monthly price history up to it
- Last observation
- Jan 2026
- Update frequency
- Monthly, updated as late results post
January 2026: 19 completed public timber sales (19 sold, 0 no-bid). 43,560 MBF of state timber and 0 CCF of federal timber, 72,079 tons of per-ton timber, offered. Green sawtimber ran a median +38% over its appraised minimum, a volume-weighted $359/MBF across state sawtimber sales and $13.15/ton across per-ton sawtimber sales.
All 19 January sales sold with no no-bids. State sawtimber averaged a volume-weighted $359/MBF with a median premium of 38 percent over minimum. Twister Loop drew the hardest bid, at $30.77/ton for a 64 percent premium in central Montana.
| Sale | Agency | Class | Region / forest | Volume | Result | Premium | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Bound | ODF | Sawtimber | Forest Grove | 2,444 MBF | $413/MBF | n/a | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Cold Creek | ODF | Sawtimber | North Cascade | 974 MBF | $661/MBF | n/a | Jan 22, 2026 |
| Doney Gal | MT DNRC | Sawtimber | Southwestern Land Office | 9,938 tons | $11.11/ton | +35% | Jan 22, 2026 |
| GNA After Midnight | MT DNRC | Sawtimber | Northwestern Land Office | 9,342 tons | $10.35/ton | +1% | Jan 21, 2026 |
| Kinney GNA | ODF | Sawtimber | North Cascade | 1,091 MBF | $126/MBF | n/a | Jan 20, 2026 |
| Ridge Walker | ODF | Sawtimber | Astoria | 6,343 MBF | $578/MBF | n/a | Jan 20, 2026 |
| Twister Loop | MT DNRC | Sawtimber | Northwestern Land Office | 16,734 tons | $30.77/ton | +64% | Jan 20, 2026 |
| GNA Harley DxP Timber Sale | MT DNRC | Salvage/deck/product | Central Land Office | 3,896 tons | $5.12/ton | +2% | Jan 14, 2026 |
| GNA Whitetail Timber Permit Sale | MT DNRC | Sawtimber | Central Land Office | 32,169 tons | $5.43/ton | +8% | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Beets | WA DNR | Sawtimber | South Puget Sound Region | 2,333 MBF | $389/MBF | +18% | Jan 2026 |
| Boulder | WA DNR | Sawtimber | Olympic Region | 9,457 MBF | $188/MBF | +39% | Jan 2026 |
| Carpenter Connection Unit 2 | WA DNR | Sawtimber | Northwest Region | 503 MBF | $290/MBF | +42% | Jan 2026 |
| Copper Head VRH | WA DNR | Sawtimber | Pacific Cascade Region | 3,683 MBF | $480/MBF | +45% | Jan 2026 |
| Dendrophobia | WA DNR | Sawtimber | Pacific Cascade Region | 2,233 MBF | $532/MBF | +37% | Jan 2026 |
| Hamski | WA DNR | Sawtimber | Pacific Cascade Region | 4,918 MBF | $299/MBF | +124% | Jan 2026 |
| Hold on | WA DNR | Sawtimber | South Puget Sound Region | 1,323 MBF | $406/MBF | +66% | Jan 2026 |
| Rocky Road | WA DNR | Sawtimber | Olympic Region | 3,057 MBF | $280/MBF | +0% | Jan 2026 |
| Sincerely Listening | WA DNR | Sawtimber | Pacific Cascade Region | 3,521 MBF | $371/MBF | +49% | Jan 2026 |
| Top Notch VRH | WA DNR | Sawtimber | Northwest Region | 1,680 MBF | $135/MBF | +33% | Jan 2026 |
| Sale | Agency | Volume | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largest volume | GNA Whitetail Timber Permit Sale | MT DNRC | 32,169 tons | $5.43/ton |
| Highest sawtimber premium | Hamski | WA DNR | 4,918 MBF | +124% |
Previous weeks
An earlier week
January's 20 public timber sales all sold, with green sawtimber posting a median 39 percent premium over its appraised minimum. State sawtimber averaged $358/MBF volume-weighted and per-ton sawtimber $13.15/ton. Twister Loop in Montana drew 64 percent over minimum, the hardest-bid sale in the month, while Oregon's Cold Creek sold at $661/MBF.
An earlier week
Twister Loop, a 16,734-ton MT DNRC sawtimber sale, sold 64 percent over minimum at $30.77/ton, the hardest-bid result in January. State sawtimber on the West Coast averaged $358/MBF across 44,063 MBF offered, with Oregon's Cold Creek tract running $661/MBF and Ridge Walker at $578/MBF. All 20 sales offered drew bids.
About January 2026 timber sale results
This page is the permanent record of the public timber sales that were auctioned in January 2026: every completed state and federal sale that month, sold or no-bid, with its class, offered volume, winning price and premium over the appraised minimum. Green sawtimber is the market read; salvage, deck, stewardship and product sales price on token minimums and are labeled as their own class, not blended into the sawtimber figures. State volumes are in MBF and federal volumes in CCF, and the two are never summed. The page updates in place as late results for the month post; it does not forecast prices or advise what to bid. The chart is the volume-weighted green sawtimber price month by month, in dollars per MBF, the unit the sales in January 2026 were scaled in. It runs from the start of this archive through January 2026 and stops there, so the line shows what a buyer reading this month could already see. A month that closed no comparable sawtimber sale in that unit is left as a gap rather than plotted as a zero, and the three units are charted apart, never averaged together.