Madison’s Reporter: Lumber Prices Unchanged as US Housing Starts Pop

Panel prices jumped yet again. Most lumber buyers having covered their most pressing needs and balking at current price lists, that market entered a digestion phase.

In the week ending March 22, 2024, the price of Western S-P-F 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was US$452 mfbm, said forest products industry price guide newsletter Madison’s Lumber Reporter. This is flat from the previous week when it was $452.

That week’s price is up by +$8, or +2%, from one month ago when it was US$444 mfbm.

Compared to the same week last year, when it was US$380 mfbm, that week’s price is up by +$72, or +19%. Compared to two years ago when it was $1,400, that week’s price is down by -$948, or -68%.

In the week ending March 22, 2024, the price of Southern Yellow Pine East Side 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was US$400 mfbm. This is down by -$10, or -2% from the previous week when it was US$410 mfbm.

That week’s price is down by -$5, or -1%, from one month ago when it was US$405 mfbm.

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Compared to the same week last year, when it was US$532 mfbm, that week’s price is down by -$132, or -25%. Compared to two years ago when it was $1,350, this week’s price is down by -$950, or -70%.

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Source: Madison’s Lumber Reporter