Monthly results
August 2026 timber sale results
9 completed public timber sales in August 2026 across Washington DNR, the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Montana DNRC, the US Forest Service and BLM
Data through Aug 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
- August 2026, with the monthly price history up to it
- Last observation
- Aug 2026
- Update frequency
- Monthly, updated as late results post
August 2026: 9 completed public timber sales (9 sold, 0 no-bid). 12,238 MBF of state timber and 0 CCF of federal timber, 55,264 tons of per-ton timber, offered. Green sawtimber ran a median +23% over its appraised minimum, a volume-weighted $679/MBF across state sawtimber sales and $8.30/ton across per-ton sawtimber sales.
Butcher Blowdown Timber Permit sold at $34.86/ton on August 20, a +191% premium over its appraised floor. August ran 9 sales across four agencies with all nine sold and zero no-bids. Green sawtimber achieved a median +23% over its appraised minimum, with state sawtimber volume-weighted to $679/MBF.
| Sale | Agency | Class | Region / forest | Volume | Result | Premium | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section 36 Timber Sale | MT DNRC | Sawtimber | Northwestern Land Office | 27,104 tons | $5.15/ton | +3% | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Back Track | ODF | Sawtimber | Forest Grove | 4,602 MBF | $608/MBF | n/a | Aug 21, 2026 |
| Big Rock Candy Mountain | ODF | Sawtimber | West Oregon | 2,210 MBF | $593/MBF | n/a | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Butcher Blowdown Timber Permit | MT DNRC | Sawtimber | Northwestern Land Office | 2,405 tons | $34.86/ton | +191% | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Mashed Potatoes | ODF | Sawtimber | North Cascade | 5,426 MBF | $774/MBF | n/a | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Hunt Quarry | ODF | Sawtimber | Astoria | n/a | n/a | n/a | Aug 18, 2026 |
| West Wall GNA | ODF | Sawtimber | Klamath-Lake | n/a | n/a | n/a | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Weeksville Timber Sale | MT DNRC | Sawtimber | Northwestern Land Office | 10,005 tons | $14.04/ton | +22% | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Clark Hinch | MT DNRC | Sawtimber | Northwestern Land Office | 15,750 tons | $6.01/ton | +23% | Aug 4, 2026 |
| Sale | Agency | Volume | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largest volume | Section 36 Timber Sale | MT DNRC | 27,104 tons | $5.15/ton |
| Highest sawtimber premium | Butcher Blowdown Timber Permit | MT DNRC | 2,405 tons | +191% |
Previous weeks
An earlier week
Four public timber sales sold in August with a median 23 percent premium over minimum, and green sawtimber averaged $9.13/ton volume-weighted. Montana DNRC's Weeksville Timber Sale topped the month at $14.04/ton on 10,005 tons for a 22 percent premium, while Clark Hinch sold at $6.01/ton on 15,750 tons for a 23 percent premium. Two Oregon Department of Forestry sales, Hunt Quarry and West Wall GNA, completed but results were not yet published.
An earlier week
Weeksville Timber Sale led August at $14.04/ton, +22% over minimum, well above the month's $7.95/ton median for sawtimber. Clark Hinch moved 15,750 tons at $6.01/ton with a +23% premium. Four sawtimber sales closed in August across Montana DNRC and ODF with no no-bids.
About August 2026 timber sale results
This page is the permanent record of the public timber sales that were auctioned in August 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 August 2026 were scaled in. It runs from the start of this archive through August 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.