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Tuesday, October 03, 2023

Update: Lumber Prices Down 11% YoY

by Calculated Risk on 10/03/2023 02:42:00 PM

Here is another monthly update on lumber prices.

SPECIAL NOTE: The CME group discontinued the Random Length Lumber
Futures contract on May 16th. I've now switched to a new
physically-delivered Lumber Futures contract that was started in
August 2022. 

Unfortunately, this impacts long term price comparisons since the new
contract was priced about 24% higher than the old random length
contract for the period both contracts were available.

This graph shows CME random length framing futures through last
August (blue), and the new physically-delivered Lumber Futures (LBR)
contract starting in August 2022 (Red).

LBR is currently at $491.50 per 1000 board feet, down 11% from
$550.00 a year ago.

Lumber PricesClick on graph for larger image.

There is somewhat of a seasonal demand for lumber, and lumber prices
usually peak in April or May.

We didn't see a significant runup in prices this Spring due to the
housing slowdown.

Posted by Calculated Risk on 10/03/2023 02:42:00 PM
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